Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Google Tour Builder Storytelling Tool [VIDEO]
David Erickson discuss the new Google Tour Builder tool that allows you to tell your own stories by annotating Google Earth maps with your own text, photos and video to create a 3D geographical tour.
Read MoreSocial Media Breakfast Minneapolis/St. Paul [VIDEO]
David Erickson discuss the success of the Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter of the Social Media Breakfast organization, which is the largest such organization in the world and just held it’s 60th consecutive meeting.
Read MoreGoogle Helpouts = Freelance Expertise [VIDEO]
David Erickson discusses Google Helpouts, which will enable individuals to charge for offering their expertise via video conferencing technology.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Gavin Newsom Discusses The Future of Higher Education [VIDEO]
Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California, discussed how technology can help fix broken education systems in the US with LinkedIn at TechCrunch Disrupt SF.
Read MoreGoogle Helpouts – A New Virtual Expert Consulting Platform [VIDEO]
Google Helpouts are built on Hangouts video conferencing technology and Google Wallet to allow experts to charge for virtual consultations.
Read MoreCollege Spending On Athletics vs Academics [VIDEO]
Scarlet Fu looks at academic versus athletic spending at U.S. colleges.
Read MoreLearning From Online Education
Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free — not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Scott McNealy On Technology & Education
Scott McNealy, founder of Curriki.org, discusses technology’s effect on education and the benefits of providing educational tools and materials that are easily accessible online.
Read MoreYouTube For Schools
YouTube for Schools lets schools access free educational YouTube videos while limiting access to other YouTube content. Students can learn from more than 400,000 educational videos, from well-known organizations like Stanford, PBS and TED.
Read MoreClass Of 2015
Tom McBride, the Keefer Professor of Humanities at Beloit College, discusses this year’s Mindset List for the Class of 2015, who were born in 1993.
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