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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 ...

social Networking PLC networks Personal

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

Which social network should I use as a librarian? - 0 views

www.philb.com/...whichsocialnetwork2.htm

social network librarian

shared by anonymous on 24 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Which social network should I use as a librarian?
  • I've already hinted at this, but it's time to be more specific. My online contacts are now the way in which I get my information. They (or probably you) are constantly sending me a stream of useful stuff, which is personalized to my interests, based on my choices of who to follow, and who to pay attention to. So this isn't 'social' in the way that we're used to thinking of it, it's a hugely influential stream of data. If I follow you, you influence me, and if you follow me, I'm influencing you. It may be simply because the tweets or links are funny or interesting, or they match my personal interests.
  • My RSS feeds are similarly hugely important to me. My feeds and the information there, drawn from blogs, searches, profile pages and the like are not there for me to read every single one - that way would lie insanity. They are there to alert me to news that I'm likely to find important. Any one of those blogs or posts or tweets are saying 'this is happening, go check it out' with the important link. I don't need to read everything that each of my contacts has said (although sometimes I do, if I want lots of different views and opinions), because they're all pointing me to the source, and I can go off there and read what I need.
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  • The amount of data that's flooding out is truly daunting, and if I didn't have a social network - or rather, several of them, I simply wouldn't be able to cope. My filters are no longer based on the magazines that I read, or the evening news, they're based on the people that I follow. Now, this is really important I think, because what it does is links me into particular communities. The data I am served is important, but the community is increasingly valuable.
  • This is why - as librarians - we need to be involved in as many social networks as we possibly can. By doing this we're absolutely doing our professional job - we're helping to create and maintain communities - and it doesn't matter if that's a workplace community, a community based on geography or one that's based on specific content. We have to consider how to curate data within this social media environment, and I'll look at that in more detail later. Secondly, we're acting as authority filters. I know that when I get a tweet about a subject it's going to be good quality. I don't have the same trust with something like Google, or pretty much any other search engine. There are exceptions to this rule, since search engines are beginning to inject Facebook data into the SERPs, but in general, I'll trust people a lot more than I'll trust a computer. And - when it comes down to it, I'm going to trust a librarian more than just about anyone else.
  • By using social media it's much easier to get the information that you need quickly and effectively by asking a question in the right format. I couldn't remember who wrote the piece which I've now attributed to Woodsiegirl, but I had the answer within seconds from several different sources by tweeting the question.
  • The point however is that often we don't know we're in specific groups, but we can nonetheless play very important roles. Just because you don't think you're important doesn't actually mean that you're not. I really want to push this point once more before moving on. In my experience librarians do not often think they are that important, and they don't value their skills as highly as they should. Please do consider the value that you can give to others within your social networks - even when you're doubtful that you do give value!
  • The more that librarians do - NOW - with social media, the more that we're going to already be embedded into the social medium. The more contacts, friends, links, tweets, photographs, likes, +1's that we have, the more influential we can become. The more influential we are, the more people will link to what we're doing, the more we'll be working in networks of influence and the more useful we can be to people."
  • This can all be neatly summarized with the phrase that I use all the time 'go to where the conversations are'. We all know that users of library services are physically using them less, so we need to really utilise social to keep in contact with them. But it's more than that. We need to show them - by using social media how valuable contact with us can be. The more value we can provide, the more likely our work is going to filter up and down the information chain. People are increasingly taking the view that if news is important, it will find them. For many people - particularly younger users, 'checking the news' means looking on Facebook because for them, the 'news' is what they see, read have shared with them, and share with others. Similiarly, I share my information via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, my blog, LinkedIn and so on. It doesn't just get posted onto my site. We can't do that any longer. At the end of this article I've put up a quick poll - I'm really interested to see how YOU found this article. It's one question, and will take about 5 seconds to answer.
  • This new way of providing content and added value is not going to sit happily with traditional users of media - even if they think that they have made the leap into the internet. The traditional CEO, publishers of books, magazines and other print material, traditional authors, advertisers, press and publicity directors are not going to flourish. If we, as librarians think that we've got it bad, it's as nothing in comparison to those folks.
  • The main difference is that we know we have to change and adapt or we'll die.
Brenda Janot

Personal Learning Community- Mobile Phone Learning - 7 views

http://www.springerlink.com/content/a5244l30rr842755/ I have highlighted the abstract of the above peer reviewed article.

Learning Community Mobile

started by Brenda Janot on 06 Oct 10 1 follow-up, last by Brenda Janot on 06 Oct 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
Justin Reeve

50 Excellent Online Communities for Lifelong Learners - Learn-gasm - 0 views

www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/...munities-for-lifelong-learners

social learning network networks

shared by Justin Reeve on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Justin Reeve on 03 Oct 10
     
    Whether you are looking for a little added information on what you are already studying in school or would like to connect with others who share your interests as a business professional or avid hobbyist, these online communities all offer an excellent opportunity to continue your search for knowledge. From reading to learning a new language to becoming a financial wizard to travel to saving the Earth, these groups offer a chance for learning as well as reaching out to others online.
anonymous

Librarians Who Lead - 0 views

www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx

librarians DistrictAdministration

shared by anonymous on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Instead of investing in scads of state-of-the-art computers and expensive commercially produced courseware, she says, the school district has made a remarkable investment in the high school’s human resources.
  • Luhtala and other members of the high school’s Information and Communication Technology team have woven Moodle, the free, open-source, online course management software, into the curriculum.
  • We have six years’ worth of analysis of annotated bibliographies, which we consider the hallmark of higher-order thinking— evaluation of reading, as opposed to regurgitation.
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  • there was an improvement on the annual Connecticut Academic Performance Test.”
  • “We work with a fair amount of data to measure student learning in information and communication technology. We also rely on emerging technology to communicate and collaborate with students and teachers.”
  • The library media center’s home page entices students, teachers and parents to click on a colorful lineup of icons familiar to everyone who enjoys connecting via social media: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google, and VoiceThread, which the library has been using to promote book chats and reading for pleasure. Luhtala also regularly posts instructional videos on the Web for students and teachers.
  • “A librarian today is a facilitator and a leader for the teachers, for curricular learning, for interdisciplinary instruction, and is also a professional development person,” Luhtala says. “But we’re still school-based teachers. And it’s actually kind of beautiful. We like it just that way.”
Justin Reeve

Diipo - 0 views

www.diipo.com

social socialnetworking education network networking

shared by Justin Reeve on 13 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Justin Reeve on 13 Dec 12
     
    Billed as an "education 2.0 social network for your class," Diipo reminds me more of Edmodo and some Blackboard applications rather than Pinterest or your standard social network. That's a good thing. Diversity and competition are wonderful for this kind of environment. Like Edmodo and other tools of that ilk, Diipo offers plenty of 'community' tools such as a group discussion area, direct messaging, student project management, class rosters, microblogging, a knowledgebase, and the ability to upload and share files. That last one is my favorite and seems to be one of the most useful ways to start with Diipo. Don't want to use Dropbox or unsure about other cloud-hosted services? Diipo (to me at least) has shown itself to be a simple and secure way to effectively upload and share digital resources for your class only.
Dennis Lecker

A nice way to enlarge a PLN - 1 views

edupln.ning.com/...people-to-meet-pln

namestoknow

shared by Dennis Lecker on 06 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Dennis Lecker on 06 Sep 10
     
    This presentation does nothing more employ multi-media to list 18 names of individuals who are associated with the field of education in various manners.It is short and to the point. What is special, however, is that these 18 names are active members of blogs, wikis and a host of connections. Out of the 18 , I Googled 3 and was quickly transported to several presentations, links and information regarding Google Wave and the importance of using "Backchannels" in the classroom. When I was an undergraduate, I had a professor whose name was Robert Peck. He often commented that "like minds ought to form networks so as to be able communicate easily and often…but how do we make this happen?" Were he alive to see the connectedness of the Ed Tech community he would smile.
  • tsurridge on 07 Sep 10
     
    Hey Dennis- I appreciate your posts. I'm an old basketball coach and, as such, not so cerebral, but I do try. I read the link with the research evaluating exemplary teachers vs their peers. Interesting work. When reading education research, it is the publishing dates I generally find discouraging. In this case, It is ten years later, have we really moved the ball on any of this? (That's a football coach reference, but, whatever). How many generations of students will pass before we begin to ensure they receive the education that might provide them advantage? Or will America be the lagging country-still presuming standardized tests are evidence of.....heck, anything. ts
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
jodie hale

Professional Learning Communities; What They are and Why They are Important. - 3 views

www.sedl.org/...issues61.html

professional learning community

shared by jodie hale on 02 Oct 10 - Cached
  • jodie hale on 02 Oct 10
     
    This article on PLC's is a good one. It goes over the definition of a PLC and explains why they are now so commonplace in education. I highlighted the key point, "suggesting that when teachers had opportunities for collaborative inquiry and the learning related to it, they were able to develop and share a body of wisdom gleaned from their experience." Because I think it sums up all the reasons why PLC's are now being utilized so often in education. Research has proven that when PLC's are utilized effectively in schools, student learning improves greatly.
Justin Reeve

OpenScholar - 2 views

openscholar.harvard.edu/home

drupal social education network learning networks

shared by Justin Reeve on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Justin Reeve on 04 Oct 10
     
    A full-featured web site-creation package solely for the academic community. Scholars create web sites in seconds and can easily manage everything themselves (for free)
Justin Reeve

Eduglu - Drupal Social Learning Platform - 1 views

eduglu.com

drupal learning social education network networks

shared by Justin Reeve on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Justin Reeve on 04 Oct 10
     
    Eduglu helps learners connect with one another and form learning communities. Eduglu provides online spaces for groups to learn together. Our social learning platform ships with a number of powerful social learning applications including discussion boards with full email integration (like Google Groups), polls, wikis, and many more. And because it's built on the powerful open source CMS Drupal, creating your own custom learning tools is easy. With Eduglu, it will become extremely easy for anyone to share information throughout your organization. Your learners will use it to post insights, point to good content, ask questions, and tell their fellow learners what they're working on, what they're seeing, and what they're learning.
Libby Cody

Professional Learning Communities: A Bandwagon, an Idea Worth Considering, or Our Best ... - 2 views

www.nmsa.org/...Default.aspx

middle school PLC

shared by Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10 - Cached
  • the term has been used "to describe every imaginable combination of individuals with an interest in education—a grade-level teaching team, a school committee, a high school department, an entire school district, a state department of education, a national professional organization, and so on. In fact, the term has been used so ubiquitously that it is in danger of losing all meaning" (DuFour, 2004, p. 6)
    • Libby Cody
      Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10
       
      PLC is a buzz word that people like to use, although often times incorrectly as this article points out.
  • The authors of the "Bandwagon" article did not focus much on practices; instead they focused on terminology, structures, and perceptions
    • Libby Cody
      Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10
       
      It seems like the authors had an agenda going into their "research" which makes for a very inaccurate or biased article!
  • Adams Middle School in Westland, Michigan
    • Libby Cody
      Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10
       
      Yay Michigan! Maybe I will have to share this with my principal and see if we have any contacts there or ways to learn from them.
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  • The professional learning community concept does not offer a short cut to school improvement. It presents neither a program nor a recipe. It does provide a powerful, proven conceptual framework for transforming schools at all levels, but alas, even the grandest design eventually degenerates into hard work
    • Libby Cody
      Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10
       
      Seems like people jump on the bandwagon as a quick patch to use for School Improvement in order to show progress for AYP. Having never given it a true chance, it will not succeed and then the powers that be will jump onto some other bandwagon.
  • Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10
     
    Article from National Middle School Association's Middle School Journal about misunderstandings and misrepresentations of PLCs
  • Libby Cody on 06 Oct 10
     
    I guess I wasn't expecting to see all of the highlights and sticky notes listed out here. I hope I did this correctly!
  • Lisa Dawley on 07 Oct 10
     
    Interesting display that I didn't expect! Thanks for exploring this tool with us, Libby :)
anonymous

The Innovative Educator: Listen to a Principal Who Knows Banning is the Easy Way Out - 1 views

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/...incipal-who-knows-banning.html

networking social innovative

shared by anonymous on 19 May 11 - No Cached
  • Sheninger understands that while banning students from technology and social media is certainly easier, his job is not to do what is most convenient, but rather what is right for our students.  As a result, Sheninger publicly embraces the use of social media for himself and for his students.  
  • Sheninger, considered to be one of the most innovative principals in the country, will be joined by several of his teachers, students, board trustees and members of his community to discuss how New Milford High School uses technology as a student, parent, and community engagement tool.
anonymous

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

cit.ceu.edu/t26.pdf

Facebook Tina Jackson Educational.

shared by anonymous on 30 Aug 10 - No Cached
  • 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.
glorihinck

meetup.com - 5 views

Stephen, meetup.com looks like a perfect network to help you with your goal of teaching American Military History online. Not only will you learn more about the content and make contacts, you can ...

www.meetup.com

started by Stephen Lazowski on 30 Aug 10 1 follow-up, last by glorihinck on 30 Aug 10
Kae Novak

Web 2.0, new literacies, and the idea of learning through participation - 2 views

www.eric.ed.gov/EJ869397.pdf

remix participatory learning Web 2.0 presence

shared by Kae Novak on 31 Aug 10 - No Cached
  • Kae Novak on 31 Aug 10
     
    This article reviews and synthesizes current practices and thoughts on how Web 2.0 allows for participatory/networked learning. It references Gee 2004's affinity spaces, Jenkins et al. 2006's participatory culture and Wenger 1998's communities of practices. I found the author's components of Web 2.0 spaces to be useful especially for whenever I may need to explain the essentials of a social network. These components were listed as presence, modification, user-generated content and social participation. I also found the author's use of the DJ metaphor to explain re-appropriation and remixing of content to be helpful.
glorihinck

Creating a Personal Learning Network with Web 2.0 Tools - 2 views

sites.google.com/...buildingapln

PLN social learning network Web2.0 tools

shared by glorihinck on 31 Aug 10 - Cached
  • glorihinck on 31 Aug 10
     
    Visit this presentation website to learn how educators can use Web 2.0 tools to communicate and collaborate with peers and learn about some of the newest tools teachers are using to support their own professional learning goals. Contains links to a number of PLN resources.
Lisa Dawley

Virtual history: a socially networked pedagogy of enlightenment - 8 views

Thanks for the two great posts. You do a wonderful job articulating a key point, and reflecting on not only your interpretations of the quote, but then you go on to build a connection to another t...

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started by Dennis Lecker on 29 Aug 10 2 follow-ups, last by Lisa Dawley on 30 Aug 10
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