There are several Web-based "audience response system" packages available. Poll Everywhere offers some pretty nice features including various input methods (SMS, Smartphone or desktop/Web-based voting), polling/output views (e.g. hidden polling results during voting and customized output graphs) and Powerpoint integration....
The flexibility of YouTube videos continues to improve with additions helpful for many educators. Here are a few highlights to add to earlier postings about YouTube features. Widescreen Video YouTube changed the aspect ratio of its video player from 4:3...
This fall, General Chemistry students experienced a new method for participating during their lectures. The Chemistry Department, led by Professors Nick Turro and Ged Parkin extended their use of an audience response system (ARS), also known as "clickers," that began...
Xtimeline.com is a service for creating timelines through an easy-to-use interface. Timelines can be collaboratively edited and data can be imported via a CSV file or and RSS feed. See an example: The History of Video Games...
Instructors looking to add a class mapping assignments that include a 'field work' component should take a look at EveryTrail. EveryTrail is a free service that allows you to record, visualize and share any trip using geotagged photos. New to...
A new free service from Drop.io offers a private space (called a drop) to share files privately. There are no accounts, email addresses or registrations necessary to create a drop. Each drop has a URL, such as this sample created...
YouTube has released a new caption feature for videos. As summarized in a recent YouTube Blog posting: "[W]e've added a new captioning feature which allows you to give viewers a deeper understanding of your video. Captions can help people who...
Mashable.com has a posting covering digital notebooks for scholarly and research use. While not a full review, the article does offer a list of contenders for anyone looking around for a solution. The list includes iLeonardo, Google Notebook, and Zoho...
Anyone interesting in delving deeper into the U.S. presidential campaign this year, will find a new site released by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond of some interest. Voting America is a mapping site that allows users...
While this Educause article relates mostly on to the conversion from audiotape lecture-capture system to a digital one, there are interesting lessons to be learned from a school that has been recording lectures for a long time as they might...
