Technology for Active Learning

Produced for the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota.

PeerWise supports you and your peers in the creation, sharing, evaluation and discussion of assessment questions relevant to your studies.

Mural.ly - Visual Collaboration for Creative People. Thousands of creative people from all over the world are using Mural.ly to grow ideas.

Minicasts allow you to combine photos with an audio track to create a video slideshow. You can share your minicast with friends on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and beyond.

Quora is your best source for knowledge. Ask any question and get answers from real people with first-hand experience. The Quora community includes some well-known people, such as Steve Case, Marc Andreesen, Dustin Moskovitz, Jimmy Wales, Michael Dell, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Fry and Ashton Kutcher. The largest group of Quora users is located in Silicon Valley.

Sketch notes-or graphic notes, or whatever other term you like-are one of the single most important developments in note-taking history. Hold on, give me a second to explain. Exactly why they matter has something to do with the way our brains work, and the explosion of technology, and a little bit of viral success.