Higher Learning Now

  ClassParrot Celly Remind101 (iphone app)       How can you use group texting to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

        Livebinders website   How can you use Livebinder to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

        Animoto website   How can you use Animoto to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

        Write or Die website (use the link on the side menu to get to the free web version of Write or Die) OmmWriter is Robin’s other favorite distraction-free writing tool We talked about distraction-free writing and several tools in HLN#20 2012 Horizon Report   Will you use Write or Die to […]

  FollowUpThen website and video demo     What do you think–how will you use Followupthen? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

        MIT OpenCourseWare Turns 10 MIT OCW MIT OCW app in iTunes OpenStudy OCW Scholar Open Education Week (was Mar 5-10) Creative Commons The Power of Open Open Culture (“the best free cultural & educational media on the web”) MERLOT (we talked about MERLOT on show #4 )   How can you […]

        Creaza mindmapping, video-editing, sound-editing story creation suite Acid Planet – online community of individual digital musicians and videographers and includes weekly free audio loops   How can you use Creaza and digital storytelling to support and enhance learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or […]

      Some backchannel platforms: Chatzy Tiny Chat Backchan.nl: website and best practices from Backchan.nl Todays Meet Other backchannel resources: 7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communications, pdf  (Educause) Using the Backchannel in Your Classroom (Technology for You and Classroom blog) Backchannel Best Practices (ASTD Learning Circuits) Building a Better Backchannel (ProfHacker) Social […]

  SalesForce ChatterYammer A comparison of the free versions of Chatter and Yammer Set-up Yammer for a small group (similarly can be done with Chatter) Yammer & Chatter and Getting into Hot Water   How can you use Yammer or Chatter to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this […]

        WeVideo – web-based, collaborative video editor AnyVideoConverter website (we also discussed it on the podcast in show #9 )   How can you use WeVideo to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe […]

Google Takeout- save some or all of your Google data into a downloadable archive InSync – create an InSync folder on your computer and it will create an automatic two-way sync with your Google docs Google Data Liberation Front   How will you use Google Takeout or InSync to help your productivity or to support […]

      GroupTweet home page   How will you use GroupTweet to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

        Google docs home page                       How might you use Google docs sharing to make it easier for small groups to collaborate? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to […]

VoiceThread home page VoiceThread digital library with examples of educational uses Wiki for VoiceThread users Information for planning a VoiceThread Wiki with links to ideas and samples Penn State VoiceThread webpage (with links to additional resources)   How do you use voicethread to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to […]

      ifttt homepage (pronounced like “lift” without the “L”, stands for “if this then that)   How might you use ifttt yourself or to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via […]

  Facebook in Education has often focused on its social media aspect and social media in the educational process, but Facebook can also be used in “getting out the word” in the educational process through Facebook Advertising. FB advertising is the small advertisements that one sees on the left hand side of the FB screen. […]

        Creating a Tweet (and more!) Newpaper Paper.li home page Howard Rheingold’s Paper.li Education Technology curated by Lisa Koster Social Learning Daily curated by Carlos Suso The Learning4Tomorrow Daily curated by Elliott Rosenberg   Scoop.it homepage #elearning_Aneesh curated by Aneesh Bhat Games + Learning for Higher Education curated by Michelle A. Hoyle […]

          Creating and Editing Audio with Audacity Audacity download page Useful tools and plugins for Audacity Lame plugin download page and installation instructions AnyAudioConverter (windows only) Levelator Chris’s compress dynamics download page Resources to help you learn to use Audacity: Audacity Help Page including tutorials Audacity instructional handouts, pdf (Mindy McAdams, […]

            Online Shared Whiteboard: Scriblink! Scriblink shared whiteboard page Scriblink features include: Privacy: the board is all yours, open only to the people you choose to invite Dynamic Tools: use shapes, hundreds of colors, a size bar, a text feature, and a grid to help guide your drawings File Options: […]

          Online Survey Programs! There are many online survey generators includings: SurveyMonkey SocialSci Zoomerang KwikSurvey Bzoink   How do you use online surveys to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this […]