Posts Tagged ‘college’

Google Docs Ad Appeals to College Students – Creative Uses

Friday, September 4th, 2009

On the Google posted a video on its YouTube Channel a very creative ad to appeal to the college crowd. In the ad a boy uses Google Docs to draft a note to ask a girl he met in French 101 out on a date. He uses the social sharing features to enlist the help of his friends in drafting the note. It’s a very cute demonstration of how Google Docs can be used for collaboration.

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Twitter in the Classroom – Using Social Media to Conduct Discussion

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Most of us know how hard it is to participate in a large lecture class when there is a discussion. Often times students are timid and don’t want to talk in front of 90+ students to voice their opinions.

Enter Twitter… the 140-character microblogging service allows one History class at the University of Texas in Dallas to conduct a History discussion and involve more of the students.

Watch the video below. I’d like to hear what your thoughts are on this. Post them in the comments section.\

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