A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education discussed the emergence of social software sites that, as the article title states, “try to make studying feel like Facebook.” These sites are taking different approaches, but all are basically trying to draw student participation to themselves. And, of course, many of these are for profit
Tag: Technology
Potentially useless, but…
As an instructional technology specialist, I review a lot of different Web 2.0 tools to see if they are useful for instruction and collaboration. GoogleDocs, Wiki, Delicious, collaborative mind-mapping tools (like Mindmeister etc.), Voicethread and Diigo are definitely my favorite tools of trade, depending on what I’d like to use them for. Students’ favorite, Facebook,
Q: Why is “Facebook” blue?
A: Mark Zuckerberg (friends call him Zuck) 26 year-old founder of Facebook, is red-green color-blind so blue is the “richest” color for him. Therefore, blue is the primary color of Facebook as well as his Palo Alto home (which he found the same way he has found all of his homes, on Craig’s List). If
