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Tereza Vieira

How Technology Has Changed Education - 0 views

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    "How Technology Has Changed Education"
Andrew Barras

Building a PLN for Education - 1 views

  • One of the most important things a teacher can do this summer is to build a PLN or Personal Learning Network.  Your Personal Learning Network is a network of people that you connect with online for social and professional reasons.
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      wow it's great!
  • Twitter is a microblogging website.  On Twitter you can follow the feeds (short statements) of people that you add. 
  • Another great resource for building a PLN is wikis.
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    Good overview of tools for PLN
Tereza Vieira

Interview with T-Mobile International Music Category Manager, Luke Magnuson - 0 views

  • Award-winning filmmaker David Grubin, the creator of The Buddha, was supported by a diverse and talented group of visual artists, educators, and media production professionals. The show can be viewed online in HD at the PBS website.
  • Record investment pours into Shanghai as the city prepares for the expected tens of millions of visitors to the Shanghai World Expo. The event starts on May 1 featuring culture, featuring art and technology from around the world. 
  • Hideo Kojima, Japanese pioneer of the video game industry, predicts the end of the consoles era.
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  • Award-winning filmmaker David Grubin, the creator of The Buddha, was supported by a diverse and talented group of visual artists, educators, and media production professionals in during the process of bringing the film to PBS
  • Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative, provides a walk-through of upcoming attraction Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's opens next June 18.
  • Be entertained while you dine: a London restaurant has thrown away its menus preferring customers to place their orders through an interactive ''e-table',' which they say speeds up service.
  • Japanese electronics manufacturer Sony and world's governing soccer body FIFA have unveiled details of the 25 World Cup matches that they plan to broadcast in 3D.
  • Can facebook’s stellar growth history in Taiwan be replicated elsewhere in the globe?
  • Tomorrow at OMA: Opening of Transcending Vision: American Impressionism 1870-1940 Works from the Bank of America Collection, with works by a diverse group of more than 75 American artists, tracing not only the development of Impressionism in America, but the emergence of a truly American style of painting.
  • , including the Asia Society, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Asterisk Animation, and the Sonnett Media Group. You can see a complete credits list and a list of the programs funders on the website: http://www.pbs.org/thebuddha/credits/
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    T-Mobile International Music Category Manager, Luke Magnuson, explains how the company's music offering has grown, its strong relationship with Sony Ericsson, and the ground-breaking deal with Robbie Williams. Magnuson also suggest thatT-Mobile's music business may shift to a flat-rate or ad-funded model.
Susan Albershardt

The Default Major: Skating Through B-School - 0 views

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    And what about employers? What do they want? According to national surveys, they want to hire 22-year-olds who can write coherently, think creatively and analyze quantitative data, and they're perfectly happy to hire English or biology majors.
Andrew Barras

PLN: Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy « Once a Teacher…. - 0 views

  • Personal Learning Networks, or PLNs, have been around forever.  Originally, they were your family and friends, maybe other educators you worked with, but as the internet and web 2.0 tools have become nearly ubiquitous, PLNs can include tons of different communities – social networking sites like Facebook, blogs, Twitter, wikis, social bookmarking tools, LinkedIn, and so many more.  Basically, anyone that you interact with is apart of your PLN, whether they are social contacts, professional peers, or experts in their field.   Most of the ‘learning’ takes place on-line now, because it is simple to find and connect with others with similar interests from around the world.
  • If you’re interested in expanding your PLN, here’s a directory of some of the best web 2.0 tools:
  • There are certain stages that most people seem to go through when building their PLN before settling into a comfortable niche.  It may take a little time, but you’ll eventually find that a rich PLN can elevate both your personal and professional life to new heights.
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    A simple explanation of PLNs. Also a good table of useful web tools.
Andrew Barras

Stages of PLN adoption - 0 views

  • As I’ve helped others start their PLNs I have found that many of them go through these same stages. I am still trying to wrap my head around this but for now here’s what I see as emerging stages of PLN adoption.
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    Good chart and list of PLN adoption stages
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