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Teaching Sociology With Mobile Apps

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Date Added to MERLOT: March 12, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT: July 05, 2012
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Sociology Spotlight is a must-have app for all Sociologists brought to you by Wiley-Blackwell. This exciting new app gives you the following community features at your fingertips, anywhere, anytime.

 • Latest information on key Sociology conferences and latest conference tweets

• A free, comprehensive Frommer’s travel guide to major conference locations

 • Latest abstracts for Sociology articles and books, including the ability to ‘follow’ your favorite publications

• Latest news in and around the discipline from Sociology Lens

 • Latest Special Issues, including free articles

 • Latest Video Abstracts for Sociology articles

 • Access to a series of Publishing Workshops, in audio and PDF format

 • Customizable YouTube search tool to find educational videos

 • A customizable search of scholarly literature, blogs and news articles related to Sociology

 • Customizable Syllabi Search tool to find syllabi freely available on institutional websites, perfect for generating teaching ideas

 • The ability to bookmark any content you see, email yourself a Reading List and share content via Facebook and Twitter

 • The ability to add your own RSS feeds, allowing you to keep track of your favorite sources.

This unique app shines a powerful spotlight on Sociology, enabling you to instantly read all the latest news and developments in your field. Whether you want to keep track of broad trends across the discipline or focus in on a subfield, Sociology Spotlight is an essential tool for your research and teaching. View the video trailer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHq9a8oTuv4

 

 

 


Keywords:
Sociology, sociology blogs, research, Videos

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Primary Audience: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Mobile Compatibility: Not specified at this time
Technical Requirements: Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later

Language: English
Material Version: Version 1.0.4
Cost Involved: no
Source Code Available: unsure
Accessiblity Information Available: unsure
Copyright: yes
Creative Commons: Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States

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