All Blog Posts Tagged 'social' (15)

The Ecosynergy Group carriers out a number of storytelling research projects in the Education sector. The aim is to identify the narrative elements that optimize impact on their audience. This methodology was developed in a foundational research project whose findings supported key reports, such as the 2011 Mayoral Taskforce on youth employment. These reports outlined that youth want to be exposed to and learn from diverse peer role models.…

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Your professional learning network (also known as personal learning network or PLN) is all the people and resources you engage with (this includes your online and face to face contacts). This network is personal to you, and you can choose what it looks like, who is part of it, how and when you use it.

You can use your PLN as a resource to:

• Search for information or ideas
• Ask questions
• Make new contacts
• Share your plans, drafts for feedback,…

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Too much face and not enough books? - a recent U.S study looking at time spent on Facebook and its impact on GPA. Summary of results: time spent on FB was negatively related to GPA, but the study deemed that 'the relationship between time spent on Facebook and grades is negligible at best'. Sharing links & checking friends was positively related to GPA, while posting status updates was negatively…

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One thing I like about Twitter is the chance to read (or contribute) short snippets of information, links, ideas and quotes on topics I'm interested in without having to sift through Google results for relevance.

 

Even if you are not a member of Twitter you can use the Twitter search page (http://twitter.com/#!/search-home) to search for topics of interest. One of the best ways to do this is to type in a keyword topic that others…

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“From Sixdegrees to Friendster to Facebook, social networking has become a familiar and ubiquitous part of the internet.” – David Kirkpatrick

The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World by…

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Clay Shirky's new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Genorisity in a Connected Age, gives an overview of society from pre-idustrialism through to the present day and forecasts the effect social media will play in the coming…

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At the SLAV Make Share Do: Active Online Learning conference on Friday, Joyce Valenza used Mashpedia in one of her keynotes. Mashpedia is described,

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These two videos about online safety are great for parents to watch as well as children. The videos are from the UK CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre); they maintain the Think You Know site http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/



YouTube videos

• Jigsaw - for Upper Primary/Middle School…

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The annual Australian Internet & Technology Report by Nielsen Online also includes the Social Media Report 2009-2010.



This is from the Exec Summary: "We are now at the third wave of this deep dive into Australians’ participation in social media. Exactly who is doing it, how and why they do it, which sites and services they have tried, and which have gained their loyalty.… Continue

eLearningLearning - A community collecting and organizing the best information on the web about eLearning. http://www.elearninglearning.com

• Includes RSS feed of Best of eLearningLearning and…

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In case you're unaware of Twine, it can be a handy way to keep abreast of news about topics and discover recommended links to new resources. Twine lets you bring together links about subjects, share interests by joining a twine, share your resources and be updated by people with similar interests.



While you don't need to be a member (it's free) to browse, you do need to login if you want to join a twine & receive email notifications/add to… Continue

I thought I'd share a link to this Ning for those with an interest in Gifted education and Web2.0

http://giftededucation.ning.com/



Being a Ning your login details for this Ning will identify you there too.



The Gifted Education 2.0 site in turn links to:

Gifted Education 2.0 FaceBook Group…

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Data.gov.uk is a UK Government site that has lots of information about innovation - online resources & initiatives, apps, etc - they've also made their community membership open to people outside ... you don't need to register to use the community resources, but



"Once registered, community members can:

- Submit contributions to the site discussion forum

- Create, edit and save new pages on the project wiki

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A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth. Today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week). And because they spend so much of that time 'media… Continue

Seth Goodin* has brought together

"more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O'Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Fred Wilson, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber.



...Have… Continue