#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 […]
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 […]
The Integrated Media Association will be holding their 10th annual conference in conjunction with SXSWi this March 7 and 8. The iMA is an organization created in the late 1990s (officially incorporated in 2004) as a common landing ground for public media operations around the nation. The main goals of iMA are to enable public […]
Over the last couple of years, Twitter has skyrocketed to the forefront of social media, and, more importantly, as a means of how many communicate. And, following in the footsteps of text messaging, and passing notes before that, Twitter is now a new way for students to communicate in the classroom. Many teachers may find […]
This year with so many panels and events going on simultaneously, it is easy to overlook or miss a panel of great value/importance. On Monday March 12th, “The iPad: The Second Coming of the CD-ROM” is a SXSWi panel any digital user or producer should not miss. When the CD-ROM became mainstreamed in 1985, the […]
#IfSantaWasBlack. #YouKnowYouGhettoWhen. #BlackParentsQuotes. If you find yourself on Twitter fairly often, you’ve probably seen at least one of the aforementioned phrases on the social networking site’s top Trending Topics, which have become increasingly dominated by similar subjects over the past few years. But how are these topics coming about? Who is creating them? Apparently, the […]