ETS Site via Wordle

Posted by on Jul 25, 2008 in Blog, ETS, Mashups, Tools | Comments Off

Gary Chinn took a minute to run this site through the really cool content visualization tool Wordle. The resulting tag cloud below is what he got. I like that the words students, technologies, educational, and learning are similar in size. Thanks to Gary!

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Faculty Success Story: Laura Guertin

Posted by on Mar 19, 2008 in Blog, Digital Commons, Faculty, iTunes U, Mashups, Podcasts at Penn State, Success Story | Comments Off

Laura Guertin at Penn State Brandywine uses podcasting and Google Earth in her earth and geoscience courses to help students grasp science principles. She has discovered that when students use these technologies, the quality of their science improves, they care more deeply about the subject matter, and they are eager to share their learning with a wider audience. In 2005, Guertin began to record...

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NMC Conference on Mashups

Posted by on Mar 11, 2008 in Blog, Mashups, NMC, Presentations | Comments Off

Mashups are emerging on our campus in places we’d never expect. Faculty and students alike are building mashups using the platforms we’ve been implementing and with sites outside the Penn State web. With this in mind, Cole Camplese will be presenting at the NMC Symposium on Mashups on April 2nd, 2008. Mashing it up at a Big University While most of our faculty and students...

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