The students have spoken
“A new study of U.S. college students asked them what they think education will look like in the years to come. What they had to say could affect your association’s meetings and education strategy when Read More …
Tag: Generation Y
Millenials / Generation Y Infographic
This infographic does a fair job in covering the ‘life’ of Generation Y, and tries to label ‘them’ as the best generation ever. Do you agree with it? Click to view the whole of the Read More …
‘Generation Y’ is dead, long live ‘Generation T’
I wasn’t aware of all the different labels that have been assigned in the past, but here is a brief overview (for those who are equally in the dark): The Lost Generation: Those who fought Read More …
Reflection on a presentation: Social Media and Social Network #SoMe
Earlier this week I gave the following presentation to a groups of first year Accounting and Finance students: Social Media & Networks: How to survive online (or “your [next] employer is watching you”) and was Read More …
Presentation: Social Media & how (students) can survive online
I’ve been lucky enough so far this term to be involved with two sets of students, both under-graduate first years (one unit called ‘Professional Studies’ even), and with both sets I have been surprised and Read More …
Video: What is Creative Commons?
Educational short video from Creative Commons (CC) explaining what the CC license is all about. This video provides a great summary of CC, and why it’s relevant for both educators and students.
More “Digital Immigrant vs Digital Native” Posts
So, the age old discussion (argument?) about the differences between Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives has come up again. I’ve already written a little about it, albeit a year ago in the posts “Digital Native/Immigrant Read More …
Video: The State of The Internet
This video shares many facts and figures, and one I was most surprised / impressed with was (as of November 2009) Facebook had over 30,000 servers!! Wow! JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Read More …
Social Media and Social Network Educational Infographics
I am seeing and reading so many blog posts and tweets with someone trying to explain what is a Social Network, or what is a PLN/PLE. Which is why I couldn’t resist showing you these Read More …
Dropbox: save and share files across the Internet
Last year I left my 4gb USB stick in the socket of a PC that was sat on the floor (I know, silly me, but I was in the middle of a presentation). As I Read More …