Seeking Feedback: Have you attended a THATCamp? Help me sell it to our faculty, students & heritage community!

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Have you attended one or more THATCamps? If so, please help me share your feedback and (hopefully) enthusiasm for THATCamp with my campus and community colleagues, and with our students.

I am teaching a free Historypin digital heritage workshop in Orange County next week!

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On behalf of the Orange County, California, Heritage Coordinating Council, I am teaching a FREE hands-on Historypin workshop next Tuesday, January 10th! If you live or work in or near Orange County, you are welcome to join us.

What Facebook needs to fix in Groups to make them more useful for educators (Part 2)

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The second part in my look at what Facebook needs to fix or implement in Facebook Groups to make Groups an effective tool for classroom instructors.

Class Assignment Example: Networking and job hunting using social media

Social Media University. Image courtesy of Lawton Chiles at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawtonchiles/2857703657/.

Christopher Axell, from the CSU Fullerton Department of Marketing, shares an assignment he gives to teach Business Writing students how to use social media for networking and job hunting.

Profology is seeking higher education beta testers

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Profology, a new social networking site exclusively for higher education professionals expects to launch this Fall. But, they’re seeking beta testers for access as early as next month.

What Facebook needs to fix in Groups to make them more useful for educators

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A handful of key features that Facebook needs to incorporate into Groups in order to make them more useful for educators to use for classroom instruction and discussion. Particularly in light of the Google+ launch.

My “must have” apps after 1 academic year on the iPad

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My list of “must have” apps for the iPad. How I organize my apps. And which ones are important enough to sync to my home screen.

Social Media Trends: Applications for higher education professionals

Social Media University. Image courtesy of Lawton Chiles at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawtonchiles/2857703657/.

How my library uses social media, what factors organizations should consider if they are looking to start, and how a Personal Learning Network works.

LINK: Getting Around MIT With Google Maps

I found this really cool Google Maps mashup via the Google Maps Mania blog today, MIT’s interactive campus map.  A search for “parking” instantly shows you all parking lots on campus, and a search for “pub” shows the locations of on-campus pubs — both equally important to college students.  Click on a site marker and [...]