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Dean Mantz

Weblogg-ed » Pulling Networks Together - 12 views

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shared by Dean Mantz on 13 May 10 - Cached
  • John Seely Brown’s (and others) new book Pull,
  • hammering home the continued importance of face to face connections and the value of serendipity in making those connections.
  • 1. Can you identify the fifty smartest or most accomplished people who share your passions or interests, regardless of where they reside?
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  • 2. How many of these people are currently in your professional / personal networks?
  • 3. How many of these people have you been able to engage actively in an initiative related to your shared passions or interests
  • 4. To how many of these people would you feel comfortable reaching out and mobilizing in a new initiative related to your shared passions and interests
  • 5. For these fifty people, how effectively are you using social media to increase your mutual awareness of each other’s activities?
Tom McHale

Kids Create -- and Critique on -- Social Networks | Edutopia - 1 views

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shared by Tom McHale on 24 Jun 09 - Cached
  • "With Web 2.0, there's a strong impetus to make connections," says University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow, who studies how people learn and teach with social networking. "It's not just creating content. It's creating content to share."
  • And once they share their creations, kids can access one of the richest parts of this learning cycle: the exchange that follows. "While the ability to publish and to share is powerful in and of itself, most of the learning occurs in the connections and conversation that occur after we publish," argues education blogger Will Richardson (a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).
  • In this online exchange, students can learn from their peers and simultaneously practice important soft skills -- namely, how to accept feedback and to usefully critique others" work.
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  • "I learn how to take in constructive criticism," says thirteen-year-old Tiranne
  • image quality, audio, editing, and content
  • Using tools such as the social-network-creation site Ning, teachers can easily develop their own networks, Mosea says. "It is better to create your own," he argues. "If a teacher creates his or her own network, students will post as if their teacher is watching them, and they'll tend to be more safe. "You can build social networks around the curriculum," Mosea adds, "so you can use them as a teaching resource or another tool." An online social network is another tool -- but it's a tool with an advantage: It wasn't just imposed by teachers; the students have chosen it.
  • Sheri Edwards on 24 Jun 09
     
    "Self-Directed Learning When students are motivated to create work that they share online, it ignites an independent learning cycle driven by their ideas and energized by responses from peers."
  • Sheri Edwards on 24 Jun 09
     
    Self-Directed Learning "When students are motivated to create work that they share online, it ignites an independent learning cycle driven by their ideas and energized by responses from peers."
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