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Justin Reeve

BBC News - Facebook 'likes' predict personality - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-21699305

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  • Justin Reeve on 12 Mar 13
     
    Sexuality, political leanings and even intelligence can be gleaned from the things you choose to "like" on Facebook, a study suggests. Researchers at Cambridge University used algorithms to predict religion, politics, race and sexual orientation. The research, published in the journal PNAS, forms surprisingly accurate personal portraits, researchers said.
anonymous

The Educational Uses of Facebook by Amy Brown, Director of eLearning - 3 views

cit.ceu.edu/t26.pdf

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  • anonymous on 30 Aug 10
     
    As an online 9-12 teacher and parent of three teenagers, I know that the majority of students have Facebook accounts and spend time each day socializing through this technology median. I have often accused Facebook as being a distraction from homework and "real socializing". This article helps me rethink the use of Facebook. The old adage comes to mind, "If you can't beat them, join them". I loved the practical suggestions this paper brings forth, such as making my own "Teacher Profile" that they can keep as a friend. Through this means, students will be able to chat with me about homework whenever we are online, as well as visit my page for useful resources. Sure we can introduce other software programs to provide these teacher interaction services to students such as e-mail, Moodle and Pronto, but why not work with a program they already know and love...In addition, the topic of Facebook profiles and postings can also provide "meaningful" classroom discussions about ethics and self dignity. Thank you, Amy Brown for putting this resource together.
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  • glorihinck on 30 Aug 10
     
    Tina- this is a great summary of both Facebook and how to use Facebook for education. I have seen the YouTube video that it presents before but I still laugh every time I view it. It is so true!
  • Lora Evanouski on 01 Sep 10
     
    Hi Tina and Glori, I found a blog about how the schools in Lee County, Florida have banned the practice of using Facebook to stay connected with current students. "One Florida school district, Lee County, is the first in the state and possibly the nation to ban teachers from communicating with current students through the social networking sites "regardless of the reason." I found this article very interesting. I will post the links for everyone to read. Thanks for the great article, it was very informative and could be a great discussion starter in a class.
  • glorihinck on 01 Sep 10
     
    Lora, my University has an informal policy discouraging friending of students on Facebook. I really need to explore this issue more. To be honest, I wouldn't want students on my personal Facebook page as I have a rather large eclectic group of friends who might not always post appropriately.
  • anonymous on 02 Sep 10
     
    I would have to totally agree with you! I would not want my students to have access to my personal FB page. I do think there are ways to social network using Facebook without having to use personal pages, such as setting up a group page that requires permission to join the group and all discussions will be kept there and not put on personal pages. The only downfall to this would be that everyone in the class would have to set up new, alternate profiles to do so and I am not sure that FB will let you have multiple profiles. I guess that would be something to look into. I do like Facebook and the ease of use that is has and since most kids know how to use it nowadays, they would probably be quite interactive on it. This is something to reasearch more on, though.
  • glorihinck on 02 Sep 10
     
    Something for us to explore this term! Perhaps a final project?
  • johnericshelton on 02 Sep 10
     
    When I first started using Facebook, I was determined to keep it exclusively made up of my real friends. I was living abroad at the time so it was a great way to stay in touch with friends. As it gained in popularity I started getting requests from students which, even though I primarily teach adults, I ignored out of a sense of professionalism. Eventually I did friend a few students who I considered actual friends and that opened the floodgates to friend requests from every student. I felt obligated to accept them and before long I couldn't use Facebook without second-guessing everything I posted and worrying about what my friends might post. I only used Facebook as an email alternative for a few years before I became confident in the privacy settings and once again felt comfortable that I really was only socializing with my friends and not also every student, distant relative and elementary school classmate I had ever had. I think the moral of the story is that instead of using Facebook as the One True Social Network, it's better to have smaller, more specialized social networks for different purposes, such as an EduBlog set up for one individual class.
  • glorihinck on 04 Sep 10
     
    John you bring up really good points. I share the same concerns and try not to accept every friend request I receive or offer friendship just because I recognize a name.
Jamey Robbins

Creating a Personal Learning Network by The Educational Technology Guy - 1 views

educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/...onal-learning-network-pln.html

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  • Jamey Robbins on 31 Aug 10
     
    I really like this blog because he talks about how much a personal learning network can help teachers. It gives very simple steps on how to begin a personal learning network and a boat load of resources to use.
keefe67

Twitter as a Personal Learning Network - 4 views

whatsnewintheworld.net/...twitter-as-a-pln

Twitter PLN Networking

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  • keefe67 on 06 Sep 10
     
    This article was useful to me because I have recently started to use Twitter in my own classroom as a way to get information out to other teachers as well as a tool for me to find other resources. The questions that this article presented for me are how many teachers out there use Twitter? I am constantly trying to find data to support my use, just in case the principal gets a nasty email or phone call about it. I have had nothing but positive thoughts from parents on the use of Twitter, but that could change is the wrong person found out. I have actually became a little more at ease since reading this article. I now have a good resource to finding other links on Twitter and this is something that I can show my principal to support the use of Twitter.
  • Brenda Janot on 15 Sep 10
     
    Keefe, This article was useful because it demystified the Personal Learning Network (PLN) usefulness for educational purposes. Some of the questions that the article prompted for me was how to utilize Twitter. I especially enjoyed reading about how Twitter was used for professional research networking. I feel that short tweets can lead to ground breaking theories that have not been presented on the internet. I also noted that there were 38 blog posts for this article. Thanks for sharing your insights. Brenda Janot
Kae Novak

Patterns of personal learning environments - 2 views

digitalcommons.bolton.ac.uk/...viewcontent.cgi

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  • Kae Novak on 06 Sep 10
     
    This article was written by one of co-authors of the article Eric posted Personal Learning Environments: Challenging the dominant design of educational systems. The key points of this article is that a PLE is made up of more than just software. While it has tools - these could be considered more of problem solvers or strategies. Some of the typical problems that these tools solve are discourse monitoring, micropattern spotting, creating and mixing media and indicating presence of other participants in your personal learning network. In comparison with an LMS which can be static this environment actually can function as an ecosystem. While I have already started on my PLE in bubbl.us, this article is making me rethink how I categorized according to tools. Perhaps, I should be thinking more about how the social network is functioning and what tools best fit the culture of the social network. How do members of the network choose to solve their problems or implement their strategies for their own PLEs?
  • Lisa Dawley on 06 Sep 10
     
    Hmm very interesting Kae! I would love to see you take a stab at categorizing your PLE in this way, and see what you're able to come up with in the analysis. I noticed that Jamey (I think!) categorized her PLE by purpose (social, learning, entertainment, etc.), and this seemed to provide a useful sorting mechanism, as well, especially when you overlay the SNKC color coding on top. You could see where she spent her time contributing, lurking, etc. You might find some good insights using your approach, as well. Good luck!
Brenda Janot

Social Networks for Learning - 1 views

socialnetworksforlearning.com

Social Network Learning

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  • Brenda Janot on 05 Sep 10
     
    This website caught my attention when I was searching for a resource to describe social network learning. There were a couple of key points that were addressed on the website. The first was Personal Learning Style (PLS). I think that determining what PLS works best for a student enhances the effectiveness of the instruction. The website suggests that PLS is now being adopted by companies to enhance work performance. Since I have a hearing disability I gravitate towards visual learning so my individual learning is much different than an audio learner. The other key point identified on the website is that social network learning should be inclusive of all generations. The instruction or social mechanism should take into consideration learner autonomy. The learning community for academics is much different than personal. However, because the two may be interrelated, the learner must adopt some control over their learning environment whether it is social academic or social personal.
Stephen Lazowski

Analyzing Online Social tRelationships - 3 views

Article written by - Jonathon N. Cummings, Brian Butler, and Robert Kraut http://tiny.cc/k6gbe This is a great article that compares online and face to face social interaction. What I found most ...

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started by Stephen Lazowski on 07 Oct 10 no follow-up yet
Justin Reeve

WordPress › WP Teacher « WordPress Plugins - 0 views

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shared by Justin Reeve on 07 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Justin Reeve on 07 Jan 13
     
    WP Teacher is a plugin that allows teachers to use WordPress to their advantage by integrating course content into their personal website to enhance student learning. WP Teacher is built with easy-to-use features that will make his or her WordPress experience easier. WP Teacher functions like typical blog postings, but it provides additional features to maximize student learning. All the features work together. The plugin is maximized for customization, which makes it perfect for multi-site WordPress installation.
Justin Reeve

TeachAde - Free Educational Resources for Educators and Teachers - 1 views

www.teachade.com

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  • Justin Reeve on 13 Dec 12
     
    Similar to parts of Edutopia and the WordPress Buddypress plugin, TeachAde hosts a number of useful discussion groups and offers plenty of free education resources. Billing itslef as "the first social networking website designed specifically for educators that is completely free and easy to use," TeachAde promises a host of activities, nearly 60,000 resources, core materials, a daily digital planner, and even a 'find a colleague' feature that I personally find the most compelling reason to try out the site. After all, isn't connected learning all about actually, you know, connecting with your fellow learners? TeachAde holds great promise and all the parts are there. Now it just needs your help and input. I've been tinkering with TeachAde for a few weeks now and it's proven to be very useful for finding peer-reviewed resources.
glorihinck

Personal Learning Networks for Educators - 3 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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shared by glorihinck on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • glorihinck on 01 Sep 10
     
    I think you will find this video a helpful summary describing visually why educators should consider crating and participating in a personal learning network.
  • Lora Evanouski on 02 Sep 10
     
    Thanks for sharing Glori! I enjoyed listening and watching the Youtube video. I then watched quite a few more to get a better handle on what a PLN is and how to set my own PLN up. It also allowed me to see that I already do some of the aspects of a PLN but did not know it. This will help in creating my own PLN.
glorihinck

Welcome to my PLE! - 2 views

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  • glorihinck on 01 Sep 10
     
    You have to check out this YouTube video of a 7th grade student giving a tour of her personal learning environment. The project was conducted as part of dissertation research implementing the use of networked learning and construction of personal learning environments in a 7th grade life science class.
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  • tsurridge on 03 Sep 10
     
    That is the greatest! How lucky is this student, and class, to have such a forward thinking (and obviously well trained) teacher? I do find it a little bit intimidating that I'm chasing the understanding of a 7th grader. Sigh....
  • glorihinck on 04 Sep 10
     
    Timothy, I had the exact same thought! This is quite some 7th grader.
  • Dennis Lecker on 06 Sep 10
     
    I am quite humbled by this girl. Wow!
  • josh worsham on 07 Sep 10
     
    That was a great example of how good students can become at using new tools to construct and organize learning. I am impressed with both the student and the teacher. The teacher must be very dedicated and organized. The student claims that the class is basically paperless. I have never heard of the note taking program she referenced, and I think that can be helpful for me in this masters program! I also have never seen the digital poster application she used. The best part of this video is that it is proof that educational technology is being used well is some classrooms.
jodie hale

5 Things You Can Do to Begin Developing Your Personal Learning Network - 2 views

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/...an-do-to-begin-developing.html

Personal Learning Network Education

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  • jodie hale on 31 Aug 10
     
    This is a really good blog on how to start developing your own PLN. The blog suggests 5 steps to follow to get started and offers some websites to visit. At the end, the blogger provides additional resources if needed.
  • Jamey Robbins on 31 Aug 10
     
    I really like this blog that you found. The clip has some great inside on PLN. My favorite part of this blog is that the steps to get started on developing a PLN are simple yet detailed enough to make sense and there are several resources listed.
tsurridge

Want to be a great teacher? Don't go to PD. - 6 views

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/...eat-teacher-dont-go-to-pd.html

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  • tsurridge on 06 Sep 10
     
    I have led professional development, and shaped a series of professional development classes, to assist teachers in the adoption of one to one laptop programs. Saying that, I couldn't agree with this blog post more. The dynamic change in resource for teachers, and the ever shifting landscape of technology, makes many teachers feel a sense of frustration in attempting to get a handle on what's "out there". This post articulates, and I believe my experience validates, that the answer to engaging these issues does not lie in more and more professional development, but rather, assisting teachers in the creation of their own learning networks for both support and guidance. PLN's are not only more effectual, professional development is expensive. I brought someone in to help our teachers establish personal PLN's, but I don't believe I properly considered how important this was to the process. As I'm quickly learning, PLN creation and engagement may well be at the foundation of any school transformation. ts
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  • Dennis Lecker on 06 Sep 10
     
    In 13 years of teaching, I remember only one PD that was worth its salt. The gathering included a presentation pertaining to the use Microsoft Excel to organize various educational particulars. However, on the other hand, that we then acquired GradeQuick, EasyGradePro, and finally another grading program rendered any and all information acquired during the PD moot. I did use Excel, however, to organize data related to my other job, that having been the management a large private club along the lines of a Moose, Elks or Legion. But getting back to the link, I have to admit that I was very amused at the attached video which showed two professionals trapped on an escalator. The situation brought to mind a quote from Robert Pirsig when he wrote: "It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away." … In summary, that most PDs are constructed from detached administrators who have lost touch with what is actually occuring "on the ground" may be partly responsible with the author's dislike of PDs. ...Regarding assisting teachers in the creation of their own learning networks, I can point to a wonderful article on the benefits of having "exemplary" teachers in a school. http://www.citejournal.org/vol1/iss2/seminal/article1.htm
  • Lisa Dawley on 06 Sep 10
     
    >>As I'm quickly learning, PLN creation and engagement may well be at the foundation of any school transformation. This was one of those "wow" statements for me, and really hit home. I'm currently in Australia finishing up some PD in online curriculum design with a group of really talented teachers at MLC School. While I'm not ready to throw out live PD (we learned and did so much in 3 days!), your sentence caused me to reflect on the importance of teacher education programs and schools helping teachers learn how to establish a successful PLN that meets their needs. Love it...thanks for helping me to refocus with this simple and powerful statement.
  • Eric Ebbs on 07 Sep 10
     
    At first I laughed at the video on the page because I thought it was funny that the people were unwilling to move without the assistance of others until I realized that at one time I was one of the people on the escalator. I believed strongly in learning from PD and did not have many contacts or connections. It was through those PD sessions though, I was able to begin building a PLN. I was able to acquire email addresses and phone numbers from members attending, and they were able to give me access to links, listservs, web blogs, etc. to increase my knowledge. I have access to free PD when available through my PLN. I'm not quite ready to give up my PD, as I still glean useful information and contacts from my sessions to add to my PLN. I believe that PD should be used to enchance your PLN and allow you more opportunities. The PLN should not be the end of PD either. Both should be available to allow users to expand their knowlege.
  • aeckel on 08 Sep 10
     
    What a great visual of such a helpless attitude that schools and teachers can have! It was interesting for me to read how PD can be a lazy approach to professional knowledge. I had never quite thought of it that way before but it makes sense. It is knowledge that is handed to you rather then knowledge that is discovered. In a lot of my EdTech courses I have learned that learning is done best when there is some form of personal interaction. It makes sense that PLNs are a better way of motivating and learning. I really enjoyed this article and love seeing visuals like this that connect to a bigger concept. Powerful stuff!
  • glorihinck on 09 Sep 10
     
    Timothy, what are your thoughts on the future of PLN's at your workplace? What can you do to help guide the process? Perhaps a final project could be be related to this topic?
  • tsurridge on 09 Sep 10
     
    If I were to be honest (and I guess, why not), I would like to develop professional development that would assist learners toward meaningful understanding and engagement of PLN's. For me, the missing link is the PLE. I'm still grappling with that myself. What should my computer screen look like? I get your dingo's, the elephant head thing, tweetering, et al. I still struggle with a mental picture of how my new computer screen looks. What exactly is going on there? I think that is step one in this. Somehow. I'm going to figure this out. Somehow. And yes, I get the irony of posting a PD is dead reflection-and than wanting to create PD. Kind of not functionally getting it.....still missing something visually.....hmmmmm.....(love the process though:)..... ts
  • glorihinck on 12 Sep 10
     
    Timothy, I am confident that by the end of the term you will have a handle on this brave new world- including your computer screen.
aeckel

PLN: Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy - 1 views

onceateacher.wordpress.com/...nal-learning-network-made-easy

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  • aeckel on 08 Sep 10
     
    There is a neat video in this blog that explains a PLN's in a really simple way. Very creative and informative.
  • glorihinck on 09 Sep 10
     
    Abigail- I like this simple, concise definition of a PLN- "the entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information, usually online." Also, the description at the end of a video regarding the role of the instructor in this type of learning- "learning architect, modeler, learning concierge (I especially like this one!), network sherpa" etc.
  • Brenda Janot on 10 Sep 10
     
    Abigail, I am a big fan of the Keep it Simple concept. I do not think that social learning is complicated, in fact I think it allows students to individuate and respond to questions more easily than in a classroom setting. The instructor is an important facilitator in this process because they can structure the learning to meet the needs of the learner and class. Thanks for sharing your post. Brenda
Lisa Dawley

PLN: Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy - 1 views

there are a couple of handy references there, thanks!

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started by aeckel on 08 Sep 10 1 follow-up, last by Lisa Dawley on 12 Sep 10
Eric Ebbs

Personal Learning Environments: Challenging the dominant design of educational systems - 14 views

Kae, thank you for the video link. I found it entertaining and informative as the LMS professor mentioned many of the arguments that my faculty use when bringing up the topic.

PLE VLE LMS Educational Systems

started by Eric Ebbs on 03 Sep 10 5 follow-ups, last by Eric Ebbs on 07 Sep 10
Brenda Janot

Personal Learning Networks, Dissertation, Robert Miller, Northcentral University - 6 views

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1904879031&sid=1&Fmt=6&clientId=8813&RQT=309&VName=PQD This dissertation is a research study conducted by Robert Miller at Northcentr...

Online Social Networking Aggregator Digital Body Diigo Network Public Connectivism Theory

started by Brenda Janot on 10 Sep 10 no follow-up yet
Lisa Dawley

Personal Learning Environments, Networks, and Knowledge | Technology Enhanced Knowledge... - 1 views

tekri.athabascau.ca/...onments-networks-and-knowledge

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  • Lisa Dawley on 28 Sep 10
     
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Brenda Janot

Professional Learning Community-Global Health Promotion - 6 views

http://brendajanot.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/personal-learning-communities/ During the course of compiling the information for this assignment I connected my recent experience in Geneva with anothe...

PLC Health Promtion 2.0

started by Brenda Janot on 12 Oct 10 no follow-up yet
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