Results- Social Media and Ed Experts Meet-Up

McGRAW-HILL BRINGS TOGETHER SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATION EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Experts Underscore the Need for Social Media in the Classroom and Beyond

NEW YORK (February 11, 2010) –

McGraw-Hill Education hosted a panel discussion as part of Social Media Week New York titled, “The Future of Social Media in Higher Education.” Students, academics and social media experts shared their thoughts on how social media is changing the way students learn, instructors teach and institutions adapt to innovation. To view pictures, videos and quotes from the discussion, visit: http://mcgraw-hill.presslift.com/social-media-higher-education.

The following themes, issues and trends were discussed at length, indicating the role of social media today in the higher education classroom and its future potential:

• Geo-tagging will be a powerful tool for higher education as it can be used to target locations and get information about those locations, whether students are working on sociology, science, etc. Dr. Kind talked about specific disciplines who have been utlizing it already and great promise of the application. Adam Ostrow, editor in chief of Mashable.com, cited FourSquare’s partnership with Harvard University as an example.

• Co-learning as a model for teachers and students to advance technology integration. In the video clip just below, Dr. King shares how teachers can advance technology practice AND model lifelong learning with a co-learning model. She describes how co-learning can be used to facilitate teachers and students to advance technology integration with many benefits for mutual professional and personal growth.

Higher Ed Trends Panel: Social Media Week

NEW YORK- February 5, 2010

Unlike many higher education events held in February 2010, this one had a worldwide assembly of NON-professors and NON-students discussing teaching and learning with technology. Their platform was the globe, and their discussion was just about as far reaching.

New York City’s Social Media Week events had been held all week as part of a global initiative being coordinated in 5 international cities with participants from everywhere able to plug-in. On this Friday, wrap up events included a stellar event held at McGraw-Hill Headquarters in New York City. This panel, Trends in Social Media in Higher Education included approximately 175 people from across industries, journalism and education on the roll call for the event on-site and via livestream at USTREAM.tv.

The superb news is that you did miss this very public and participatory “class.” The informative and compelling session is available on demand via http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4470423. (See below)

Social Media Modeled

Special features of the event included the use of social media to promote and facilitate the panel discussion, discussion of critical topics by a expert panel, fielded Q&A with NYC participants and digital media innovation immediately following the discussion …..

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Financial Literacy Podcast- Season II

News Flash- December 2009-

Dr. Kathy King and Mark Gura are pleased to announce they have received a $53,000 grant award from the McGraw-Hill Companies through Fordham University to develop, host and produce another 23 episodes of Talking Financial Literacy Podcast.

The series has been featured in the New York City Metropolitan edition of Business Week in September 2009 as part of a NYC wide philanthropic effort to serve the needs of the area by the McGraw-Hill Companies.

According to King, Talking Financial Literacy Podcast, Season II is being planned and developed even now.

“We have a clear outline of what we want to accomplish in season II to fill the gap which still exists in this urgent area of need. Based on eighteen months of researching and discussing this field we have even more than to offer teachers and parents as they seek to incorporate financial literacy and learning in education activities.

“Our series focuses on everyday, current financial issues, free, or inexpensive resources and how to make the learning and study of them engaging, exciting, and meaningful for students of all ages.

King also indicated they have a new format for the show’s second season,

“Our first episode will be posted in mid-January, 2010 with …..

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Academic Author Publication Grants

Dr. King Awarded $750 TAA Publication Grant

Dr. Kathleen P. King, a professor of education at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York City, has been awarded a $750 TAA Publication Grant for expenses incurred in researching her co-edited book, The Professor’s Guide to Taming Technology: Leveraging Digital Media, Web 2.0 and More for Learning, which will be published by Information Age Publishing, Inc. in July 2010.

“This grant is not only a surprise and tremendous monetary help, it is extremely validating as well,” said King. “I am very grateful on each account. In the past, some of my books have been based on funded research or were less intensive in the editing process. However, this book has turned into a large project because we have a unique, very valuable contribution to the literature as our goal. From all of the TAA members, thank you for your forward thinking in providing a potential source of funding for us to pursue special projects that we might not be able to otherwise.”

The entire grant will be used to defray a good part of the costs King personally incurred in the book’s development, including research assistant searches, transcripts and copy editing assistance.

How You Can Apply for a TAA Publication Grant: Download a PDF form and mail to: TAA Executive Director Richard Hull, 3241 Heather Hill Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32309-2307. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2010. (You must be a member of TAA; however, according to Dr. King it is well worth the low cost and great benefits)

“There are many aspects to writing and editing an edited volume that are……

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Educational Commentary with Dr. King: KSCO Radio

Don’t Miss Out -A Dynamic Trio Deep in Discussion on Santa Cruz Radio – What a Meetup!

David Coursey, Vernon Vernon, and Dr. Kathy King went head-to-head-to head on a wide range of educational issues Thursday November 20, 2009 on KSCO radio 1080 Santa Cruz. And for your listening pleasure you can hear it all here.

We have it captured and on demand.

You do not want to miss the opportunity to hear this lively discussion and opinions ranging on topics from ….

• 32% tuition increase at Univ. California announced prior day!
• Class sizes in k-12 and higher education
• Tracking of students
• Purpose of education

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Rematch-Sloanie and King-WLW

Dateline 11/13/09, Dr. Kathy King joined Scott Sloan on WLW from Chicago as a returning guest.

“Sloanie’s” radio talk show is aired not only on WLW 700 AM, but also XM radio, iHeart radio, and streamed on the web.

Scott Sloan is a reputed shock jock, but his serious side surfaces periodically amidst the laughter and jabs whenever he has Dr. King on the show. In this episode, he surprises….

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Transformation for a New Career

NPR Florida– WLRN Tropical Currents

Dr. King on Transformation for a NEW Career- Skill Sets

Dr. Kathy King, keynote speaker, award winning author and professional coach, was a guest on Florida NPR radio on November 9, 2009 in a special 1-hr discussion about career transformation and retraining.

Joseph Cooper is the host of WLRN’s Tropical Currents broadcasting on the web and air waves from Miami Florida. In a full one hour, daytime interview from her New York City offices, Dr. King fielded questions from Cooper, listeners on the call in line and and provided much needed information and encouragement for developing alternative career paths.

The emphasis was on federal and state resources as well as retraining opportunities, considering new career paths, and adult development and change. Dr. King reminds callers that …..

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NPR Unemployment Discussion- WI-Style

At Issue with Ben Merens- Dr. King Talks Unemployment and ReTraining

Dr. Kathleen King was the guest expert on Wisconsin Public radio (WPR) with Ben Merens November 10, 2009 for a special 1 hour segment discussion and call-in show on unemployment and retraining. Dr. King answered questions and provided critical information about how adults can handle the unemployment trends, consider new career opportunities and weigh retraining options.

Kathy provides detailed guidance on not only using The Occupational Outlook Handbook online, but also accessing state and county based information for career needs and projections. Topics extend from trends in up and coming jobs and careers, options for certification choices, unemployment benefits, to OneStop Centers, Wisconsin specific benefits, new veterans’ scholarships and many online resources. The variety of needs revealed among the callers is enlightening and helpful in fleshing out how different situations can be handled and add……

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