http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com Your source for Higher Education technology news and information Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:36:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blogabroad.com/audition.htmlSchools, send this along to your students.  It's a great way to get them involved in the study abroad community, help other students decide on whether to study abroad or not, and earn $500 bucks!Blogging has been proved to be a perfect way to communicate and share thoughts, ideas, and ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/12/13/blogabroad-auditions-are-open/ Anyone looking to put a personal stamp on a national website, get a foot in the door of the marketing world or just make some extra money during the holidays may have a chance. EducationforAdults.com, an online directory of adult education programs, is running a contest to develop a new ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/12/12/adult-education-website-lets-audience-become-the-marketers/ Are you into technology? Do you keep AIM on 24 hours a day? Are you waiting (im)patiently for your very own Nintendo Wii? Do you use Skype to stay in touch with friends on other campuses? Well, you may not be able to use Skype much ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/12/08/colleges-thinking-about-banning-skype/ An operating system is probably the most important part of someones computer experience.   We all use one.    Windows, Mac OSX, some of you real geeks use Linux.    I love Linux.   It's a free and open source operating system.    I saw something today that really got me excited about open source ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/12/04/the-educational-operating-system/ Andrew Congdon likes to shoot video. Andrew Congdon also likes to travel. Andrew Congdon is currently studying abroad. Video + Study Abroad = A Winning Combination. Watch and Enjoy Blogged with Flock http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/11/29/nothing-describes-studying-abroad-like-video/ A great NY Times article came out and it talks about the use of blogs in higher education. I recently did a presentation for the Access Group, which I'll be posting more of (and posting the actual powerpoint), but here is a great article to see why you ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/11/29/erasing-divide-college-leaders-take-to-blogging/ Or...."What I did this summer" Everyone knows about web 2.0. You've heard us talk about how web 2.0 is sharing, community, communication, information gathering. But some folks aren't sold yet. Hey, I completely understand. A lot of the time, you're a 2 or ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/11/02/why-technology-in-higher-ed-is-important/ Yup, you heard it right. Google has set up a service that lets you create your own search engine. What does this mean? It means that you can add the sites that interest you and then let your web visitors search on those sites only. It's ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/10/25/make-your-own-search-engine/ That is the question raised by this recent article on Ed-Tech Insider. Amid recent congressional scandals that I won't get into, new attention is being paid to whether the government should be able to control Instant messaging on the internet. As you know, companies who provide instant messaging (AOL, ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/10/16/instant-messages-to-be-private-or-not-to-be-private/ Not sure what a Wiki is? Maybe you are but you don't know it. Ever heard of wikipedia? It's the largest open source for encyclopedia type information on the internet. It has been mentioned in every major publication in the world at some ... http://blog.eduinternetstrategies.com/2006/10/06/wiki-university/