Posts Tagged with ‘technology’
Technology’s Role in Education
A story published in the Wired Campus blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education contends that “professors at research-intensive universities believe” that technology is not improving learning in their classrooms. The article, “Professors Say Technology Helps In Logistics, Not Learning,” analyzes a study published in the journal Science, Technology, & Human Values. Just giving a [...]
NAIS Recap: Technology for Independent Schools
The morning of February 29th marked a new and exciting journey for our team as four OrgSyncers headed out to Seattle, WA to attend our first National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Conference. We packed up raincoats and headed northwest, excited to try fresh seafood, experience winter (a mythical season to us here in Texas), [...]
Campus Technology 2010
OrgSync just returned from its first Campus Technology conference in Boston, MA. The conference was a great chance for OrgSync to meet with IT professionals from across the country. The buzz around Campus Technology was all about ePortfolios and finding new ways to integrate the latest technologies into campuses. The conference offered our team a [...]
Social Media Based Software Will Improve Student Retention
OrgSync was recently featured on Article Alley. This article does a great job at explaining the benefits of having a co-curricular platform to manage campus communication, such as the social media based platform offered by OrgSync. The author, Ethan Luke states, “A solid co-curricular management system would establish a reliable communication system to keep all members [...]
Students Using iPhones as an Educational Tool
Guest Blogger: Ashley Noel, Campus Liaison for the University of Wisconsin at Stout Not just a fad, iPhones are rapidly proving themselves to be a successful tool for students in the classroom. Introduced back in Summer of 2007, Apple’s new and innovative cell phone was quickly named “Invention of the Year” by Time Magazine. In [...]
Online Virtual Meetings are Cost Effective, Efficient & Not to Mention Green
Guest Blogger: LaRoun Tolbert; OrgSync Campus Liaison for Bowling Green University. Every year the world is continuing to advance itself and becoming more fast paced. People have become so accustomed to life on the web, we are technological people and our main source of connectivity is via the internet. Meeting up virtually eliminates many barriers [...]