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One of the latest publications in the ELI "Seven Things You Should Know About..." series

Abstract: Ning is an online service that allows users to create their own social networks and join and participate in other networks. No technical skill is required to set up a social network, and there are no limits to the number of networks a user can join. Users of Ning social networks have access to functionality similar to that of more well-known social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. Various features allow users to read news or learn about related events, join groups, read and comment on blog entries, view photos and videos, and other activities as set up by the network creator. RSS feeds let users subscribe to updates from specific parts of the social network.

On this blog, Vinicius Lemos presents learning activities and tips  "utilizing mobile devices like smartphones, digital cameras and tablets."

reference from Folksonomies: Tidying up Tags?

Thanks, Paul, for bookmarking this site. Interesting reading that points out to what we've been experiencing, the strengths and weakenesses of folksonomies. If we learn about them, we can try to minimize a bit ambiguity problems in tagging, though they will always be there!

Enter your list of words, and try several activities to learn their spelling. Teachers can save their lists. Includes automatic reading aloud and use in context. Cool!!!! Learned about it at David Kapuler's blog "Thoughts of a Cyberhero".

Has anyone tried this cool resource yet? If so, let me know how it worked!

Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).

Site offering activities and stories in various thematic groups: Animals and Nature, Everyday Life, Seasonal, Fairy Tales, Poems and Rhymes, World Stories, and Colour in Stories (2011.03.15)

Thanks to Jennifer for pointing out this site!

Social Media Marketing Agency Social Media Marketing Works Social Media Marketing is the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service. Although the terms e-marketing and digital marketing are still dominant in academia, Social media marketing is becoming more popular for both practitioners and researchers. Most social media platforms have built-in data analytics tools, enabling companies to track the progress, success, and Commitment of ad campaigns. Corporation address a scale of stakeholders through social media marketing, including current and embryonic customers, current and potential employees, journalists, bloggers, and the general public. On a planned level, social media marketing incorporate the ruling command of a marketing campaign, administration, setting the scope. More active or passive use and the formation of a firm's needs social media "culture" and "tone." Social Media Advertising Social Media promotions, or social media aim, are advertisements served to users on social media principles. When companies join these social channels, purchasers can connect with them directly. In many instances, when the target market aligns with the user demographics of a social platform social advertising can provide huge increases in conversions and sales with lower cost of acquisition. We offer advertising solutions for every level of proficiency You don't have to be an expert to start advertising on Facebook. Create and run option using simple self-serve tools, track their layout with easy to read reports. More than two million people use Facebook so no matter what sort of viewers you want to reach you will ex[lore them here. When using social media marketing, firms can allow customers and Internet users to post user-generated content , online comments, product reviews, etc.Also known as "earned media," rather than use marketer -produced commercial copy. Set your target in between customers and fans. Visit our website: https://www.

Nik's great activity and a whole blog to explore

In this part of the site you can improve and practise your English with activities that involve listening and watching. Each of the sections below has something to listen to, some have video as well and there are lots of exercises to test your comprehensi

Fantastic site for movie, music, practice activities.

Karen Swan (Kent State University) introduces a special issue of JALN about collaboration thus: "... [M]any online educators remain unsure of why, when, and how to introduce collaboration in their online classes. This special issue is designed to provide help with collaborative activities."

I can hardly wait to read these articles!

Coiro, Julie. (2005). Making sense of online text. Educational Leadership 62(2), 30-35. Retrieved September 21, 2011, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct05/vol63/num02/Making-Sense-of-Online-Text.aspx "Four challenges face students as they use Internet technologies to search for, navigate, critically evaluate, and synthesize information. Here ... [Coiro] pose[s] each challenge as a question and suggest a corresponding activity that models effective strategies to help students meet that challenge" (A New Kind of Literacy, ¶3).

The focal point for this project is How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague. Participating classrooms can write their own summer vacation adventure story or calculate the miles traveled during their vacation. Both activities will be shared via the Internet. Project begins August 31st.