Why Do You Retweet? | Social Media Today Practical reasons for retweeting other people's Twitter messages. Social media is about interaction, conversation, and synergy. When retweeting, add a short comment to add value to the retweet and establish your own expertise with the topic.(tags: Twitter social_media)

10 Rules To Help You Become A Super Hero Guest Poster | Social Media Today (tags: social_media blogs)

57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources | Social Media Today Wonderful collection of how social media is managed and used at nearly 60 organizations. Their experiences provides a roadmap of things to do and not do with a new organization strategy for use of social media. (tags: social_media social_media_policies)

5 Ways To Get More Retweets on Twitter | Social Media Today (tags: Twitter social_media)

5 Lecturecasting Tools That I Can't Live Without (and Why) - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education I use ScreenFlow to record my class lectures through my laptop. It does a wonderful job of capturing the PowerPoint slides, video clips, and my voice. I use an inexpensive Radio Shack wireless microphone (about $50) and then post the Quicktime movie to the course management system. it requires student password to enter and view the video. Students report average to high satisfaction with the process. One student even commented that they liked it better than listening to me since they felt comfortable in stopping the lecture any time they want, rewinding, and watching again. Now that is what you call "remote control" over the lecture. :-) (tags: screen_capture lecture_capturing instructional_technology)

Teaching with Omeka - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education A sophisticated online software program for creating digital projects by individuals or groups. (tags: Omeka digital_storytelling collaboration_tools)

News: Web Re(design) - Inside Higher Ed The basic issue is making web pages friendly for the consumers and not only for the web page designers and those at the institution that give direction to the designers. Reminds me of need for focus groups of potential users to guide the web page design. (tags: web_pages web_page_design)

Mass Video Courses May Free Up Professors for Personalized Teaching - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education I have often thought about separating out the sections of my class sessions that are lecture-focused and placing them online, while reserving the class time for more intense interaction among students and with me. Good ideas in this article. (tags: instructional_technology video_courses personalized_teaching)

How to Start Tweeting (and Why You Might Want To) - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education (tags: Twitter social_media)

Ask a question on society.me A new service that can be used to establish credibility of a person with a specific content area. It is a form of social networking (a la LinkedIn) that brings together people with questions and those with answers. (tags: Society, Ask_me_anything social_media)

Why America Needs a Smithsonian of Basic Skills - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education (tags: developmental_level_courses learning_assistance,_de,_access)

Using Data to Inform College Access Programming in the 21st Century High School (Using DICAP) | data.ed.gov This is the I3 grant funded for the Council on Opportunity in Education. It focuses on use of data to improve programs and decision making leading to higher college stuccess rates. (tags: I3 COE data_driven_decision-making grants)

University of Minnesota Mail - Announcing ChimeIn Created by Colin McFadden and team at the University of Minnestoa, Chimeln is a clicker system that uses mobile devices (smartphones, iPads) as a class response system. Check out the video tutorial (tags: Chimeln classroom_clickers student_response_system)

Simple, Powerful Uses for Google Books - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education Great suggestions for using Google Books both for personal research as well as replacement or supplement of free books for students in classes. (tags: Google_books Google)

Three Keys to Being a Subject Matter Expert on Twitter | Social Media Today (tags: Twitter social_media)

Managing Twitter Favorites - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education Very practical suggestions for identifying and sharing favorite Tweets. I create a "badge" through Twitter and then embed into a web page where I display my favorited Tweets. Nice way to share with others as well as save for my future use. (tags: Twitter social_media)

Top 10 Sites for Creating Surveys Great free sites for creating surveys. Some of the sites provide enhanced services for a monthly fee. SurveyMonkey is one of the ten. (tags: online_surveys apps)