Move over television, because social media has become the go-to platform for companies to reach their target audience. Whether it’s the tailor-made advertisements Facebook puts all over your news feed, or a Twitter campaign asking followers to “retweet to win,” companies, both big and small, have to find new ways to connect with an audience. […]
Inaugural SXSWedu Winners are LearningJar (HigherEd) and BloomBoard(K12). [View the story “LearningJar and BloomBoard LaunchEdu Winners” on Storify]
Occupiers protest the SXSWedu keynote by Pearson CEO by Marjorie Scardino. [View the story “Occupy Austin protests at SXSWedu” on Storify]
#DocChange Interested in learning how to raise awareness for your organization by using video? If so, the panel, “Social Change, Social Media & Social Filmmaking” presented by Dorothy Engelman, Rob Dyer, Sherien Barsoum and Meghan Warby might be of interest to you. Presenter Dorothy Engelman, executive director of q media solutions and one of Canada’s […]
John Boyer has a unique message: gigantic classes can build an environment with tremendous sense of communities and connection, engage students, and turn them into excited, lifelong learners. For three years, he’s been experimenting and perfecting the process. See preview here He has help with that, including one specialist in instructional technology, Katie Pritchard, and […]
SXSWedu 2012 got off to a running start today with its opening session, “On the Horizon: Harnessing Emerging Technologies in Education.” Symbolically, technology was used to provide three different educational conferences in different locations in Austin and Washington, D.C. with a video link so that keynote presenters at each of the conferences could speak to […]
With the emergence of social media as a standard for conversation, having an online presence is a must. An important part of that online presence is to have your own website. Having your own website is like a virtual portfolio, where one can showcase all of their achievements. Being able to actually create and build […]