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Posted by Tim on 09/10 at 06:18 PM
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When I look at the evolution of the web over the past few years one thing that strikes me is how easy it is for us to share information. We’ve had email for what seems like forever, but that was never a great medium to share content widely. More and more these days I’m finding that, while I do still rely a bit on RSS Feeds, the majority of my “wow, that’s interesting” links are coming from Twitter. Between tweets and retweets if something awesome exists there’s a good chance it will find it’s way into my Twitter stream at some point. Hashtags make it even easier to follow conferences (like #vste2011 for example) and large streams of content.
As a part of the Membership Committee at VSTE we created the Hotlink Project as a way for folks to share all the great ideas and resources that they’ve stumbled on surrounding a given topic. On the 15th of each month we tweet out these tips, tricks, tools, and resources with the hashtag #vstehotlink so everyone can follow along. We also collect all these tweets each month right here on the VSTE website and continue to think of new and innovative ways to visualize that information for our membership.
On September 15th we will fire up our Twitter clients and do it all over again. This month’s theme is “Mobile Apps For Starting the New School Year” and with us just having finished a summer of mobile learning events now is a great time to share how you’re using mobile devices in the classroom. Are there any nifty productivity apps that you’ve found helpful? What’s working (and what’s not) in your school division with mobile devices and applications. As we begin the school year let’s take a day on the 15th to share these resources with each other. As always you can refer back to our website for the archive of these collaborations.
Tim Owens is an Instructional Technology Specialist at the University of Mary Washington in the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies. As a member of VSTE he has presented on mobile applications and devices at annual conferences and regional events as well as serving on the Board of Directors. When he's not playing with his iPad he can be found blogging at his website or on Twitter @timmmmyboy.
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