Social Media Addiction and Fun Apps | e-Learning Today TV

e-Learning Today TV – View in iTunes

Episode 38 – Fri., Dec. 10, 2010

• Episode Length: 9 minutes, 9 seconds
• Previous episode – Math Poker, Educational Apps and Bamboo Growth

Ed & Tech – Using Skype in Education

• Our guest blogger, Laura Ketcham found the following sites that with tips on using Skype in the classroom:
  1. Teaching Degree: 50 Awesome Ways to Incorporate Skype in the Classroom
  2. Teach Hub: Using Skype in the Classroom
  3. YouTube video showing teachers how to use Skype in the classroom
  4. Google Books: Skype for Dummies

Watch and Learn – Social Media Addiction

• Funny take on the addiction to technology, phones, media, etc
• The cause of problems in many things, like relationships, family, etc
• Has a drug-like effect on some people where they can’t be separated from their phones
• Often makes people less sociable and serves as a reminder of what is important in life!

New in the News – Celebrities “Twitter Deaths” raise $1 Million

• Celebrities got together to bring awareness to an organization by singer and song writer Alicia Keys, Keep a Child Alive.
• They went off line for 6 days, not posting on twitter or facebook and asking fans to donate money.

Apps of the Week – Four Fun Apps for Kids!

• Talking Tom Cat
• Fling Free!
• Pocket Frogs
• Tap Zoo

So, What Do You Know?

• A Malaysian man received a $218 trillion phone bill!
• The library of congress is archiving every tweet!

e-Learning Today TV – View in iTunes