Online Education gets a boost from Facebook Apps.
June 1, 2009 by Kate Lehnhof
Filed under Tools
With an influx of new Facebook applications being created everyday, we are seeing many different types come out of the woodworks. The interesting part: some of them are actually USEFUL and might even help you with your homework. This trend correlates with the increased use of online resources for education. Long gone are the days [...]
Google Wave in Online Education
June 1, 2009 by Brandon Buttars
Filed under Online Education, Tools
So the latest craze and development at Google and on the internet now is Google Wave. If you haven’t seen the Google Wave Developer Preview from Google I/O, you have to watch it. Google is going to change the face of the internet as we know it with Google Wave. Google Wave is going to [...]
Web Based Applications for Education – Google
June 1, 2009 by Brandon Buttars
Filed under Online Education, Software, Tools
I’m sure you’ve all seen the lists of FREE open source software and maybe even the specific lists of FREE open source software that will help students. Well that’s great and all but what happens when you jump from computer to computer? You have to install the software on those computers. Well we thought we’d [...]
Elementary School Student Laptop List
May 7, 2009 by Brandon Buttars
Filed under Elementary Education
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of articles that have been dugg and that have been floating around some social communities out there. One example is “Education reform: Let’s start by burning all the textbooks”. This article discusses a focus on digital/electronic education and getting rid of textbooks. The great thing about digg is all [...]