Vote for Social Media and Education at SXSW 2011

August 11, 2010

Today the SXSW Interactive, Music and Film festival announced potential panels and workshops for the annual conference in Austin, TX. Each year the SXSW team lets people submit ideas in all three categories, making it a conference for techy-artsy-musical people, by techy-artsy-musical people.  The final schedule is then determined by a combination of online audience, [...]

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What Mashups Could Mean For Higher Education

August 9, 2010

When thinking of the term ‘mashup’ musical remixes often found on the popular TV show Glee come to mind. However, in the digital world the term takes on a different meaning. “Mashup: a Web page or application that uses and combines data, presentation or functionality from two or more sources to create new services.”~ Wikipedia [...]

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Journalism Student Portfolio Showcase: Summer 2010 Part 1

August 5, 2010

Communication students today create a ton of content throughout their four (or five) years of undergraduate education. Students have a plethora of what I like to call “stuff,” from writing assignments to videos, PR materials, class projects and more. The fact that they don’t realize their “stuff” is worth saving or showcasing, has led me [...]

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Guest Post: Got The iPad? Get an Online Degree, Your Way

August 2, 2010

Today we hear from guest blogger Aimee Chou from eLearners.com. At e-Learners.com you can search for information on 3,500+ online colleges, degree programs, courses and more.  Connect with Aimee on the eLearners.com blog where she writes about online education. Got The iPad? Get an Online Degree, Your Way “If you only have a hammer, you [...]

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Link List Thursday: Tech Tools From #EduWeb and #web20chat

July 29, 2010

Link List Thursday returns! Its been a while, but Link List Thursday is back to give readers the most up-to-date articles and resources on a given topic. Once every few weeks Tech Academy will list newsworthy articles on technology, higher education, social media and education tools. This week we take a look at four tools [...]

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