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A folksonomy is a system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content;[1][2] this practice is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging.[citation needed] Folksonomy, a term coined by Thomas Vander Wal, is a portmanteau of folk and taxonomy.
Folksonomies became popular on the Web around 2004[3] as part of social software applications such as social bookmarking and photograph annotation. Tagging, which is one of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 services, allows users to collectively classify and find information. Some websites include tag clouds as a way to visualize tags in a folksonomy.[4]
An empirical analysis of the complex dynamics of tagging systems, published in 2007,[5] has shown that consensus around stable distributions and shared vocabularies does emerge, even in the absence of a central controlled vocabulary.
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Voicethread 4 Education - home - 4 views
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"Hello and welcome to the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki. This wiki was started by Colette Cassinelli (http://twitter.com/ccassinelli) but because of contributors like YOU - it has grown to be comprehensive collection of VoiceThread examples from students and teachers of all ages and groups. The purpose of this wiki is to gather examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classrooms (or for professional development) and to share those examples."
VoiceThread Extends the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums | Edutopia - 2 views
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Bill Ferriter knew his sixth-grade language arts and social studies students spent time online outside of class, surfing the Web and instant messaging. So when he discovered he could engage his kids online in a collaborative, multimedia slide show called a VoiceThread, he decided to see if he could use it to, as he puts it, "steal some of their online minutes."
6 Free Online Interactive White Boards | Emerging Internet Technologies for Education - 1 views
100 Great Tech Talks for Educators | Best Colleges Online - 0 views
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"If you're an educator, surely you know that technology has and will continue to have an incredible impact on learning. Whether it's the Internet, innovative learning tools, or teaching technology itself, these two subjects are intertwined. In these talks, you will find essential information for educators concerned with technology."
SchoolTube - 1 views
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The site Brien was talking about as a potential space to post student video work.
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Looks like a great site. I use a lot of video with skits in my classroom, but have been reluctant to post them for sharing and comment. This might change that.
Edmodo | Free Private Social Platform for Education - 0 views
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Mentioned by Will Richardson as a way to use twitter type assignments in a closed environment.
Over 100 ideas for using Twitter in the Classroom | Emerging Internet Technologies for ... - 1 views
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These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.
opensourceresources - home - 0 views
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In the '09 cohort someone came across this open source resources page. It's a listing of free webtools (like Joyce Valenza's) that you may find useful for your classroom. They're organized by use/purpose and they're all free to use unlimited in your courses.
Welcome to Aviary - 0 views
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For this creative projects you have you may want to direct students to this site. It has a suite of free software that can enhance presentations and even pave the way toward digital storytelling (if that's where you're looking to go).
Top 40 podcasts for teachers - 1 views
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Some great podcasts for multiple disciplines---check it out!
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this has lots of goodies for all of us in all disciplines--take a look!
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios PDF - 4 views
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I did want to release the Free PDF of the Web-Based Portfolio series I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. I’ve taken the four blog posts and put them into this PDF that you can download and use if you would like.
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"I did want to release the Free PDF of the Web-Based Portfolio series I've been working on for the past couple of months. I've taken the four blog posts and put them into this PDF that you can download and use if you would like."
prezi-manual.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 2 views
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A 35-page manual showing how to use Prezi.
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Thank you, I uploaded to my moodle site for the students.
Thanks @NMHS_Principal and @Schoology! Here are my incomplete notes from #TSETC today: ... - 0 views
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Karen Blumberg's Notes from TSETC. She covers sessions on building a PLN, using web 2.0 tools, researching on the web, teaching with games, using an iPad, using social media, going global, and using digital storytelling.
tsetcweb20 - 0 views
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Erica Hartman's presentation from #tsetc
"Groups" Feature Is the New Facebook [OP-ED] - 0 views
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A new way to use Facebook?