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Educational Technology

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Overview:: This is a blog dedicated to educational technology and mobile learning. This includes numerous links to an extensive number of sites and includes a wide variety of topics all related to educational technology and mobile learning.
Type of Material:: Social Networking Tool
Recommended Uses:: - Instructors looking for quick ideas to use in class. - Others may find tools that are not necessarily restricted to teaching and learning.
Technical Requirements:: Reviewed with Internet explorer version 11, Chrome and Firefox version 36
Identify Major Learning Goals:: - Teachers will find tools on the web. - Instructors will be able to improve their teaching
Target Student Population:: The target audience according to the blog is for teachers and educators. However, the wide variety of tools offered could apply to anyone that has a device which they use frequently for different applications.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: None

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Strengths:: - A wide variety of applications of all types is provided for tablets and smartphones. - The primary focus seems to be on Google products. - There are tabs to identify major categories
Concerns:: - Unclear how the suggested sites were vetted for safety and security. - There are many, many ads - mostly for Google, Facebook and Amazon - but they are very distracting. - There is so much focus on Google that this is almost like advertisement.

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Strengths:: - The significant variety of applications and tools may provide applications for anybody willing to explore the website. - There is a wide variety of topics.
Concerns:: - The focus is primarily on Google. - Users need to be aware of this focus on Google and that other tools that are not necessarily Google products are available by simple searches on the Internet.

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Strengths:: - This was very easy to use, including drop-down menus from the categories across the top of the blog to the items listed. - Everything is a clickable link.
Concerns:: - The ads on the blog are not distracting, but the user needs to be aware that online degrees and other products are offered, mixed in with some useful information. - So much of the material is based on Google, that it seems like an ad for the company.

Other Issues and Comments:: - This gives the appearance of being a website about websites. It is not that the material is bad, it is just easily available in regular searches. He identifies this as a blog, but it appears he would like it to be taken as more than personal opinion. -It is also not clear why the blog owner would elect to focus primarily on Google. For a blog, there is very little discussion.
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