Social Networking & Social Learning

5 Fun Ways to Use Facebook in Your Lesson Plans and Teaching

August 15, 2012

The most popular site on the Internet can be leveraged in the classroom in engaging and useful ways. Post collaboratively written with guest author Heather Green. Facebook has become such a ubiquitous part of our lives that it has evolved to be much more than a way to find out what happened to that guy [...]

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TechChange - Enabling Social Change With Innovate Uses of Education Technology

July 29, 2012

TechChange is the “The Institute for Technology and Social Change”, and they are at the forefront of combining technology and education to facilitate social change across the globe. TechChange.org has been successfully leveraging technology in educational applications to help groups of people throughout the world bring about social change where it is needed. TechChange President [...]

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10 More Resources For Getting the Most Out of Cell Phones and Smart Phones in School

May 30, 2012

Most high school and college students have one. Why are we still generally ignoring them as a valid educational tool? In Sunday’s article “Embracing the Cell Phone in the Classroom With Text Messaging Assignments”, we read about one instructor’s perspective on the importance of embracing the cell phone as a communications tool to engage and [...]

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How will MOOCs impact the future of college education?

April 25, 2012

Massive Open Online Courses are leveraging today’s technology to provide (typically) free access to world class education. Only the proverbial ostrich (you know, the one with it’s head in the sand) could look at the growing popularity of MOOCs and not acknowledge that technology has the potential to radically transform how education is delivered and [...]

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7 Twitter Users to Follow If You Are Interested in Education Technology

January 8, 2012

A great mix of individual experts and enthusiasts and education technology professionals to follow and stay informed with. Guest post by Maria Rainier. Though Twitter’s contribution to the world of social media and progressive society was at one time a strongly argued point, there is no doubt today that the popular social media platform has [...]

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10 Beneficial Facebook Pages For Educators To Check Out

November 20, 2011

A selection of Facebook Pages providing resources and dialogue focused on education and instructional technologies. Like most Facebook users, many educators use Facebook to connect with friends new and old, but the Internet’s most popular site can also be a great learning (and teaching) tool. There are many Facebook pages that have been created as a resource to collect, share, and [...]

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Invitation to Kindergarten Teachers Around The World (Twitter Project)

August 24, 2011

There are openings for classes outside of the US and Canada to participate in this innovative project. Many of you may remember Amy (“Miss Night”) from the post, “Inspiring Learning Outcomes with Twitter in the Kindergarten Classroom”. Amy is Project Coordinator for Kindergarten Around The World, and they are welcoming classes across the world who might wish to participate [...]

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The Safe Webspaces Project Helps Introduce Kids to the Internet

August 14, 2011

KiwiCommons provides a space for young students to ease into web browsing with ‘Internet Immunity’. Guest Post by Tim Szeto The emergence of the digital generation means educators have had to change their teaching methods to include technology in the classroom to keep students engaged. With this emerging technology, however, we are also opening the [...]

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7 Reasons To Leverage Social Networking Tools in the Classroom

June 5, 2011

Instructional uses of social networking software can provide opportunities for learning, connecting, and engagement. This year, I’ve written frequently about popular social media tools, and education-specific social networking apps, and social enterprise solutions. I’ve also noticed increasing coverage of this topic in the media recently. Maybe it’s just me paying more attention to it … or maybe it signals [...]

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