Our panel discussion titled - The Future of Social Media in Higher Education, was a huge success!

The event helped add to the ongoing discussion regarding Social Media and Academia. The panelist offered invaluable insight on where they currently see the Higher Education landscape and where they see academia going with the increased usage of Social Media.

The event kicked off with a special introduction by Social Media Week founder Toby Daniels.

Emphasized throughout the event was the need for student engagement in academia. The panelist stressed the importance of engaging with students and creating a social interaction that goes beyond the  current forms of communication established by universities today.

Live coverage was available via UStream and Twitter- where the audience actively followed and commented on the discussion.

Guest also gained insight into some of the tools being developed by the McGraw-Hill Student Innovations Lab.

Those who were not able to attend the event can access the video coverage here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-future-of-social-media-in-higher-education-mcgraw-hill-digital-innovation-showcase

Thanks to all those who attended and a special thanks to our panelist:

• Adam Ostrow, editor in chief of Mashable.com
• Dr. Kathleen P. King, professor at Fordham University and president of Transformation Education LLC
• Greg Verdino, VP strategy & solutions at Powered and author of microMARKETING
• Mary Casey, New York University student and founder of Jatched.com
• Vineet Madan, VP strategy & business development at McGraw-Hill Higher Education

The Second Annual Social Media Week Conferences are taking place this week and we’re excited to announce that we will be joining this week’s list of New York events. Our panel discussion titled - The Future of Social Media in Higher Education, will host education technology, social media and popular technology bloggers for an hour discussion on the trends of technology and social media in education.

WHEN: Friday February 5th at 12:00pm EST

WHERE: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1221 Avenue of The Americas, Auditorium

• REGISTER TO ATTEND
• Can’t attend? Check out our LIVESTREAM
• Participate via Twitter: #smwmcgraw

The Future of Social Media in Higher Education event will help to answer:

How is social media changing the way college students learn? How are digital applications changing how professors teach? What are the most significant education technology trends of 2010 and beyond?

The event will feature education technology and emerging media experts to explore how the social web is transforming higher education. The event will also feature a preview of highly anticipated products from the McGraw-Hill Student Innovation Lab.

The panel will feature:

Adam Ostrow Editor in Chief, Mashable.com

Dr. Kathleen P. King Professor, Fordham University; President, Transformation Education LLC

Greg Verdino VP Strategy & Solutions, Powered; author of microMARKETING

Mary Casey NYU Student and Founder of Jatched.com

Vineet Madan VP Strategy & Business Development, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Yianni Garcia (Moderator) Marketing Specialist, GradeGuru.com

GradeGuru made it to Mashable today!
LINK: “GradeGuru: Collaborative Note Sharing for College Students”
Author: Ben Parr
Check out what people are saying on Twitter following the post and join us in the conversation @gradeguru

UPDATE:

This comment was just posted on the Mashable by a student:

i’m a college student and i think it’s really helpful…i painstakingly take pages and pages of notes every class but sometimes the professor goes too fast and I miss the 3 or 4 sentences that just happen to be the most important part of the lecture. Or I’m trying to keep up & can’t read my writing. Or sometimes I just don’t understand why I wrote something down. My friends in my classes and I share our notes before exams because sometimes the way someone else wrote something down just makes more sense.
Also, after nearly every lecture when I come home and am reading over my notes there are always things that I need to know in more detail, or just need to hear it a different way to really get it, so I end up spending hours researching whatever the topic is online, and sorting through the thosands of articles in my school’s databases. Having one place where I can search for the topic will be really helpful to fill in the blanks that I might have in my notes.
I know my friends and I plan to use GradeGuru before finals to share our notes with eachother so we can save paper and not photocopy different pages for different people, etc.
Also, it’s a good place for me to STORE my notes…right now I have boxes and boxes of file folders overflowing.

People who use GradeGuru maliously won’t get anything out of it in the end anyhow. I see people cheat in class all of the time and maybe that gets them a high A when I studied super hard and barely got a 90%. But when I have my MPH and then my Phd and they couldn’t even get into a good grad school….well, then cheating won’t seem to them like it was worth it.