Interesting Site of the Week: Digication

Posted on September 27th, 2006 mitch  Print 1 comment

This evening, I was listening to the latest edition of Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur ( from TWiT.tv ) as they were discussing a new education site called Digication.

Not only did I get to hear a human being [ Leo Laporte ] use the word matriculate in a sentence, but I also got to hear a bit about a [ not so new ] site created for Educators and their Students.

I find this site absolutely fascinating because I just had this conversation with a friend of mine, a private-school teacher. She needs the ability to share her course materials with her students so they can access the information from home.

This site can do this – and mostly for free.  The first 1,000 users are free with a nominal charge for additional users.

In addition, Digication actually opens up what is really a social network where the teachers and students can discuss, on-line, the class and materials.

About Digication:

Digication represents an entirely new concept in educational software. Easier to master. Simpler to use. With all the connectivity, file sharing and e-portfolio tools educators and students want. Designed by educators to serve the core needs of educators, Digication Campus & Spotlight open the lines of communications by combining elements of social networking and learning content management systems. The software allows users to create a community that can learn and grow both inside and outside the classroom.

Simple by design, Digication Campus & Spotlight steer clear of superfluous features and extended training, and instead relies on an intuitive interface that can be learned in minutes. Educators can create a simpler, more appealing and more cost effective web-based solution for creating, managing, sharing and accessing educational content.

Digication was founded by faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. In an effort to bring educators a simple way to communicate with their students, the founders designed a network community intended to be populated with high quality users and content simplifying the latest developments in technology.

If you are an educator, or know one, I would strongly advise that you point them to both the TWiT Podcast and the Digication site itself.

And for the record, I'm just a little more than disappointed that I didn't think of this first. :)

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