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Dana Daines-Smith

UNESCO Office in Bangkok: How to use social media in the classroom? SMILE project can g... - 0 views

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social media classroom project

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 17 Jul 13
     
    The SMILE acronym stands for Social Media in Learning and Education. I really like that the project was designed as a learning laboratory that looked at 6 communities of practice. They included: Social Media - What is it, Social media- school policies, Social media- PD, Social media, internet safety and responsible use and Social media- challenges to adoption.
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Blogging Field Trips - 0 views

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teaching social media edtech543

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 17 Jul 13
     
    Provides the perspective of the administrator that use to block all the social media tools and his change in belief in using these free tools in order to connect with students and help further their learning in their classes.
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100+ examples of use of social media for learning - 0 views

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social media applications tools classroom use

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 17 Jul 13
     
    Provides excellent examples from teachers, worldwide, on how they use social media tools in their classroom to enhance learning.
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100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom - OnlineUniversities.com - 1 views

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 17 Jul 13
     
    Provides ideas on how to inspire students in classrooms to become engaged in their learning. Lots of ideas on how to implement social media in the classroom.
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Using Social Media In The Classroom For Real-World Learning - 0 views

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social media education web2.0

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    Discusses the cost effectiveness of using social media in the classroom and the value of providing real world experiences for students. Emphasizes how collaboration skills are utilized and developed by students. An intersting point that is made is educating students on how to use social media as a tool, not a distraction.
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The Value of Social Media in the Classroom | TVO Parents - 0 views

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social media classroom web2.0

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    Provides an example of a teacher using blogs, before blogs were commonly used as a classroom tool. The teacher had the students take their blogs and morph them in to online portfolios. The teacher published an eBook talking about the successes.
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5 Steps to Implementing Social Media in the Classroom | Compass Learning Navigator - 0 views

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social media learning classroom

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    Discussing important steps in implementing social media in the classroom such as assess the learning environment, research platforms, create a policy, educate community and evaluate the progress. Social media was linked to reviving stale classrooms.
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Social media expands the classroom - FT.com - 0 views

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social media web2.0 learning

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    Discusses how a teacher went from having students place phones in bucket, if they were caught using them in class to delivering lessons throgh YouTube. An example of using Vine for projects was described as very successful because students have to be succinct with their ideas.
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4 Ways To Improve School Communication Using Social Media | Edudemic - 0 views

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school education socialmedia

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    Provides ides for increasing classroom communication as a way of engaging students and parents. Facebook pages, Twitter reminders, blogging, Pinterest show and tell were a few of the suggestions.
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realfriends: A Student Social Action Project | Canadian Education Association (CEA) - 0 views

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social action project canadian education

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 17 Jul 13
     
    "Realfriends" was a social action project created by students who wanted to create a face to face social network to help make the school more social. Students were concerned about cyber bullying and isolation and thought it would be a good idea for the school community to meet face to face.
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Module 3: Reputation Management Assignment - 0 views

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EDTECH543 digital footprint

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 01 Jul 13
     
    10 steps to follow to manage and create a positive digital footprint
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infed.org | Jean Lave, Etienne Wenger and communities of practice - 9 views

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education CoP EDTECH543

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    Communities of Practice are becoming an important focus in organiation development because of the learning and collaboratiave aspects of CoP. Theory and practice of CoP's are reviewed. The model of situated learning is reflected upon as CoP's are viewed as a process of engagement.
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The Art & Technique of Personal Learning Networks - 6 views

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PLN web2.0 socialnetworking

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    Discusses the origin of the concep to PLN's and how they morphed from PLE's to PLN's. Enforces the importance of learning a variety of web based applictions to create PLN's.
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23 Resources about Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) - 3 views

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PLN learning teaching resources

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    Discusses rethinking the way we teach and refers to PLN's as "Passionate Learning Networks". Provides several links to research about PLN's as well as videos and presentations on explanations of PLN's along with steps on how to create successful PLN's
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Community of Practice Design Guide - 14 views

net.educause.edu/...nli0531.pdf

EdTech543 EdTechSN Module2 CoP education technology

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 20 Jun 13
     
    Defines CoP's and reinforces that CoP's focus on sharing knowledge and developing best practices. Identifies CoP's as a model for connecting people for learning, knowledge sharing, collaboration and organizational development. Provides great key questions for growth of a CoP.
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Cultivating-Communities-of-Practice-Etienne-Wenger-for-COP-NW3-P2.pdf - 0 views

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Communities of Practice organizations knowledge

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    Discusses Communities of Practice and their value to organizations and indicates that cultivating COP's is key to success for global knowledge. Focuses on the nature of knowledge and states that knowledge is dynamic and ever changing.
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Rethinking Your Online Classroom with Connectivism - 2 views

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edtech543 connectivism networking technology educators eLearning

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 20 Jun 13
     
    Views connectivism as a learning theory. Lists the 6 key skills that educators today should posses. These skills are: technical competence, experimentation of teaching methods, provide learners with autonomy, engage in creation, play and explore big ideas as well as capacity for complexity.
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elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 6 views

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Connectivism social network learning teacher

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    Provides an overview of learning theories in terms of creating instructional environments. Discusses principles and limitations of connectivism and concludes that how people work and function is altered when new tools are utilized. Connectivism provides insight in to learning and tasks.
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Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past? - 3 views

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elearning EdTech543 education technology

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    Questions whether learning theories reflect the needs of learners of the future. Identifies that school systems haven't developed a connectivist model for curriculum instruction because educators aren't sure of all the possibilities technology is able to offer. Author feels that connectivism is an important part of developing theories but shouldn't be considered a learning theory, on its own.
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Teacher 's Guide on Creating Personal Learning Networks ~ Educational Technology and Mo... - 5 views

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PLN technology Edtech543 learning

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 20 Jun 13
     
    Video offers great description of the importance of PLN's and although there is a lot of discussion on ways to create a PLN, the importance of communication is highlighted as the key to a successful PLN.
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