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Great explanation of Social bookmarking! I think most people don't "get it" and your explanation is very concise.

You are so lucky that you can access wetpaint at your school. It is blocked at most schools I know. 

I like how the group eval each other. Your rubric is very specific

Where was this video when we did our presentation!

This is a really cool site! Nice idea. Does this meet all the ideas of an active classroom? I think it could, but just wanted to see your thoughts. Thanks.

It all boils down to the quality in the information shared and the outcome of the collaboration. I suppose I could just read your post and not internalize it by commenting back or thinking about it.

It is more active than just handing them a voaculary list to memorize...It can be made more active having the student share cards (creating their own study groups to work/study with)...witht he cards shared with the instructor, they can also be saved for future students

Great idea Ruth. The communication and personalization is truly an added feature. We can share and see who says what. Students can benefit from this as they are brain-storming for new ideas as they use this. For example, they can share formulas in math homeworks or discuss social studies projects.

Thanks WendyWu! I like the tips you mention. It helped me figure out how to post to certain people...LIKE THIS! (i think I got it now)

I like your lesson using webquest. The student can participate in direct online interaction through the webquest. Also they use asynchronous communication to send information to peers. The communication is important as they can create ideas and share…and mainly edit their work in Google Docs, prior to sending it off to peers. You chose PowerPoint and find this is totally useful for real-world learning; young people need to learn these skills for various uses (e.g., work) and it adds a bonus of autonomy as they are part of the creation. This brings me to collaboration. Collaboration in this project will be effective as they share and learn about new animals. The topic is awesome as it stimulates curiosity and furthers research ideas. Lastly, I feel the animal topic is also a way to allow students to use multimedia and see images online.

Veronica, I am not reviewing your unit but I really like how you did something useful for your class! I enjoyed your unit :) 

Does anyone know how to take highlighter off?

If you highlight it, you can remove it. If it is used by others, we don't have privilege to remove it.

This would be a cool lesson to share at the beginning of the year or with 2nd graders at the end of the year. It has great networking options! 

Please post your interactive design.

This is a good assignment, do you think you could easily add to this to make it active? I think this could go a lot of different directions!

I suppose if we just sat around like sponges and did not participate, it would stay in the expository range. Since we are active thinkers, it moves up a level. As teachers, I do not think we have the capacity to do that. Scratch that, since we are ed techies, we can't. We know too much about the power of participation and the inner calling of collaboration. Thanks for commenting so quickly this week.

technically, as ed techies....I would think that we would be inclined to take any expository format and adapt it to something more active :-)

Nate...I agree; many ways to make this an active assignment...example: students could make a power point on what their learning style is-present to class

Great job on this! As someone who has taken 'traditional' HIPPAA training in the past, kudos to you for making it interesting and interactive. Your participants will be engaged by the content and far more likely to remember the high points!

Thank you Amy. I'm glad my effort paid off!

The content provided is appropriate for the targeted audiences. I love how the events page is set up and can be accessed on the home page. The workshops, webinars, and clinics are numerous and offer variety so everyone can find something they are interested in learning. The members can RSVP to events directly from that page or watch archived events to learn. Multiple NLE instructional strategies are utilized. These include- Linkage Design, UGC, Community-Community Interaction, Agg, Mashup, social content sharing, Remix, RSS, Participatory web, folksonomy, social networking, mobile learning, and cloud computing. Network was the focus! Multiple web 2.0 tools utilized- twitter, voicethread, and blog. Social media is integrated- facebook. I have not joined facebook yet but this unit seems to me it would be like a facebook for CONHI. The focus was on network and all of the technologies were integrated effectively and appropriately. There were no defined lessons, however, this unit fit all of the criteria about creating a NLE. I have struggled with how to create units for the adult coworkers I work. It is difficult "making" them go through lessons like they were in school. This unit has opened my eyes on how to incorporate my learning with facilitating my coworkers learning. The evaluation methods are weak. Most of this has to do with the learning environment itself. It is not set up as traditional lessons which make it harder for evaluation. The checklist is a great way to assess the NLE's utilization, however, learning isn't measured (again due to the adult environment this is set up for). Also, the instructional strategies and technologies are not evaluated. I would just create another checklist for members to complete regarding the instructional strategies and technologies to help evaluate their effectiveness. It doesn't look as if the goals and objectives are directly measured. Even though this environment doesn't necessarily call for it, a survey