http://ets.tlt.psu.edu Inspiring Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State University Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:49:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Short week for BuzzLion and ETS with the Fourth of July holiday on Friday, but there was still a lot going on in educational technology at Penn State. Cole Camplese, ETS director, has found that the Macbook Air keeps his head in the clouds. But Web 2.0 technology keeps him ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/buzzlion/buzzlion-for-the-week-of-june-30/ New Technology Helps Engineers Expand Their Reach and Their Right Brain Skills This fits into not only podcasting but the Daniel Pink idea of developing the right side of the brain in "left-brained" people. http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-new-technology-helps-engineers-expand-their-reach-and-their-right-brain-skills/ E-Vote: Generation Y Engages Politically With Web 2.0 "MeriTalk today announced the "Generation Y's Bill of Rights" report which provides insight on how Generation Y gets information and makes recommendations for reaching and engaging this critical constituency. The report not only underscores the substantial differences in how Ys and baby boomers ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-e-vote-generation-y-engages-politically-with-web-20/ Web 2.0 Start-Ups = Social Science Experiments Interesting report from the Tetherless World Research Constellation, which seems like a relevant event to our work in educational technology. http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-web-20-start-ups-social-science-experiments/ Web doesn't make you dumb "As industry and society become more Web-enabled, there is growing backlash among those who feel the medium is negatively impacting our collective intelligence. A recent cover story in Atlantic magazine asks if "Google is making us stupid," while the book The Dumbest Generation warns readers not ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-web-doesnt-make-you-dumb/ Despite the muggy weather that makes the BuzzLion exist in a sort of a torpor, things are rolling right along in Educational Technology Services these days. So let's get right to our look at the week that was.... You don't need an invitation to participate in Web 2.0, so says Chris ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/uncategorized/buzzlion-for-the-week-of-june-22/ Indiana University podcast innovators announced Always interesting to see what others are doing, especially fellow CIC schools. Anything here sound interesting? http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-indiana-university-podcast-innovators-announced/ If you are a user of the Twitter service, you can follow ETS by visiting our Twitter page and selecting "follow." So why would you follow ETS on Twitter? Well, every time something gets updated here at the ETS Blog, Twitter announces it with a link -- and ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/announcements/follow-ets-on-twitter/ Web 2.0 an awkward fit for the academic world "YouTube may make a lousy place to hold a class, but that doesn't mean that the YouTube experience isn't shaping the expectations of students, especially those engaged in online learning. Those expectations are not being met by universities, where most online student ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-professor-web-20-an-awkward-fit-for-the-academic-world/ ETS is planning, with a healthy dose of community involvement, the first annual Learning Design Summer Camp to be held at University Park on August 12 and 13, 2008. Please know that you are invited to participate in the planning and in the actual event. We are doing ... http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/announcements/learning-design-summer-camp/