A Social Media Education Blog by Matthew J. Kushin, Ph.D.
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. It has been a very busy few weeks here. Good news: It is Friday and time for another web roundup! And I will be turning in my mid-term tenure review portfolio today! wahoo! Great articles from around the web: Recently, the great blog […]
Continue reading More on Google and News Releases; New Google Tools; The Death of iGoogleThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. What tools are you teaching your students in your social media class? Recognizing the need to teach students how to use social media dashboards, I began teaching Hootsuite in the classroom a few years ago. However, I was disappointed in the limited amount of […]
Continue reading 3 Great Benefits of the Hootsuite University Higher Ed ProgramThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Happy Monday! Last week, my social media class had the wonderful opportunity of having Nate Bagley as our guest. Who is Nate Bagley (@bigbags)? Nate currently runs the Loveumentary Podcast (and blog!), a podcast that believes “True Love exists… you just need to listen.” The […]
Continue reading Guest Speaker: Using social media to share the search for true loveThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. What is the story behind great technological innovations? What was it like for those involved in making them? What were the struggles? The “aha!” moments? I recently came across two great articles from the New York Times Magazine that tell the story (both […]
Continue reading The fascinating origins of the iPhone and Twitter you didn’t knowThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. A little while ago I posted about just how useful screencasting is for teaching students how to use tools and software on the computer/web. I also recently posted on a favorite image screen capture Chrome add-on that makes it super easy to grab […]
Continue reading Are Your Classroom Handouts Stuck In the Last Century?This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Yes, this title is a corny attempt to play on the popular skit from the first Portlandia episode. But the reference got your attention, so let’s proceed… :)
Continue reading The Dream of Content Curators is Alive with PortlandiaThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Last week was such a busy week I didn’t get a chance to post this content I had planned. So here are a few things I didn’t get a chance to share: I participated in another great Google+ Hangout with social media educators […]
Continue reading Social Media Educator Google Hangout; Google Drive in the Classroom