Psyched in 10

This is an interesting article on an award winning e-learning course. I watched this module myself, and I have to say it was very entertaining and interesting, it is on Psychology and about 10 minutes long, so do it if you have some free time. In the article there is an interview with the creator, he talks about how and why he made this course.
Try the course if you can, just click on the picture!

Celebs Who Twitter

If you are interested in the life of famous people, do not think it twice to click here.

Our connected world

I just wanted to show you this funny picture about the world we live in. :)

Twitterese

I have read an interesting article in The Economist on whether Twitter has a negative effect on language. Although not a linguist, Ralph Fiennes expresses his negative feelings about this issue. Hmm. Probably he did not see the interview with David Crystal ;)

Twitterese, however, is a word I like a lot :)

You can read the article here.

Activities for the Interactive Whiteboard

The classroom we have our classes in has an interactive whiteboard, which seems to be a great tool, especially for a course like ours. For me, the interactive board was a novelty; I had not seen one prior to this social media class. The youth of today may well be accustomed to having interactive whiteboards, but I am old. Schoolteachers, however, are usually even older, so they are likely to need some sort of guidance as to how to use this brilliant device. The video below is about a book that helps teachers exploit the opportunities that an interactive whiteboard offers.

Did you notice that Budapest was mentioned in one of the example sentences? Alas, it happened to be an incorrect sentence.

Social media making university lectures more interactive

Here is an article which talks about using social media in lectures to make them more interactive.

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/04/turning-a-college-lecture-into-a-conversation-with-coveritlive103.html

Using Facebook, Hoot.me as a Study Tool

I found this interesting article about Facebook application Hoot.me that is connected to studying.

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/10/using-facebook-hootme-as-a-study-tool284.html