only a small proportion of those surveyed are using technology such as virtual-research environments, social bookmarking, data and text mining, wikis, blogs and RSS-feed alerts in their work. This contrasts with the fact that many respondents professed to finding technological tools valuable.Just under half of those polled used RSS feeds and only about 10 per cent used social bookmarking, with Generation Y students exhibiting the same behaviour as other age groups.
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The Social Media Map | Social Media Today - 111 views
Smokescreen § Homepage - 46 views
How Social Media is Changing the Education Industry [infographic] | Mindjumpers - 66 views
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By now, we are all aware of how social media is changing the way we communicate with each other. Social media has made it easier for us to connect with people both close to us, businesses we have an interest in and not least people across the world. And now, we also begin to see how the education industry is joining the game.
Best Practices | Center for Social Media - 87 views
Teacher Experience Exchange - Navigating the curated human network - 34 views
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If I can get overloaded with a flood of daily content, how can I expect students to cope?
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To add to this, I believe students (and all of us for that matter) need help managing social media and making it productive, not overwhelming.
For teachers on Facebook, professionalism trumps fun - The Globe and Mail - 32 views
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Lots to wrestle with here: Bottom line - be wise, professional, kind, and have integrity. If we all followed these, there would be on problem
PLN = Perplexing Linguistic Notion | Graham Wegner - Open Educator - 54 views
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PLN. Stands for Personal Learning Network. Gets bandied around a lot by educators using social media tools. Myself included. We all think we know what we are talking about when we refer to our PLN. Well, I do, at least. Not too sure about some of you others out there. Here's what I personally think my PLN is:
A Principal's Reflections: Opening Minds on Social Networking - 53 views
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Before opening his mind to the educational value of social media, he blocked You Tube at school. Great message for school board members and administrators.
A Principal's Reflections: The Limitations of Being a Disconnected Nomad - 8 views
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"It seems like just yesterday that I was a disconnected nomad working hard to maintain the status quo and conform to a rigid system commonly known as education. You see, prior to 2009 I was adamantly opposed to even the thought of using social media for both personal and professional reasons. As a building level leader burdened by endless responsibilities, I could not fathom wasting even a precious minute in what I saw as a perpetual time sap. " Read the rest of this post to see how Eric discovered being connected on social media and engaging in conversations with passionate educators has transformed his work in education.
HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter - 1 views
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Your Twitter community is your life line. The strength of your community determines overall what you will (or won't) get out of the microblogging platform. What do you want to use Twitter (Twitter) for? I wanted to build a community where I could engage in dialogue, stay ahead of the social media curve, and share some laughs.
Social Media Use in Schools - 47 views
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Infographic outlines benefits of using social media in schools - stats; benefits for educators, parents, students; examples - FB, Pinterest, Blogger, Twitter; results from pilot program in Portland, Oregon.
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