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Susan Waterworth

weblogs and writing - 0 views

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participatory culture digital literacy media

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    Do-It-Yourself Broadcasting: Writing Weblogs in a Knowledge Society Very cool article that talks about not opnly blogging, a core paert of participatory culture, but also has some great analysis of how media manipulates our understanding of events. Scroll down to the middle images to see some shocking info re how we were fooled at the beginning of the Iraq War.
Susan Waterworth

Punctuation: Brief Overview of Punctuation from Purdue OWL - 0 views

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teaching punctuation writing

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    Easy to follow and understand! Brief!
Susan Waterworth

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GOOGLE collaboration documents Web2.0

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    Google Docs
Mar Bo Cheng

2009 Horizon Report: The K12 Edition » One Year or Less: Online Communication... - 1 views

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  • homes and classrooms as well. Online communication tools put students in touch with distant family members, practicing experts, and their peers, wherever they may be located. Desktop videoconferencing, instant messaging services, microblogging platforms, and voice-over-IP clients facilitate connections and the dissemination of information between and among students and teachers, keeping classroom communities in touch with each other on a more extensive basis than ever before.
  • As more professionals work from remote or distributed locations, the need for cheap, flexible communication tools has grown.
  • Desktop videoconferencing, instant messaging services, microblogging platforms, and voice-over-IP clients facilitate connections and the dissemination of information between and among students and teachers, keeping classroom communities in touch with each other on a more extensive basis than ever before.
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  • conversations via Twitter (http://twitter.com), a microblog application, allow dialogs that are not bound by physical space or time limits. Meebo (http://meebo.com), a web-based instant messaging aggregator, eliminates the need for schools to support software from a variety of instant messaging vendors by enabling access to different accounts in one interface.
  • Many schools are now beginning to see instant messaging as a learning tool rather than a distraction. This requires new approaches to classroom management in order to optimize learning and limit unhelpful communications.
  • The value of online communication tools goes well beyond social interaction. Access to these tools gives students an opportunity to experience learning in multiple ways, to develop a public voice, to make connections with others around the world, and to compare their own ideas with those of their peers.
  • Debate, dialog, demonstration, conversation, and other means for exploring the many sides of a topic are all natural ways to interact using these tools.
  • Online communication tools create opportunities for “the teachable moment” even if students are at home, at the mall, on a field trip, or anywhere else.
  • While a shorthand form of writing is commonly used in text messages, students still need to develop their ideas in order to express them; and tools that make use of audio or video encourage students to articulate their thoughts clearly in order to be understood.
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