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Barbara Lindsey

Langwitches Blog » Saying Goodbye Ning - 1 views

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    Great post explaining what and how Silvia transitioned to from her Ning network.
Barbara Lindsey

Ning Tutorial - 0 views

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    Nice break down of steps to create and use a Ning.
Barbara Lindsey

A New Diigo Vision and Call for Advice: On Students Teaching China to the West at Beyon... - 0 views

  • But before doing any of that, I'm going to assign the final exam essay questions in the first week of class, and have the students Diigo the hell out of our readings and forums on Ning for the rest of the course in order to arrive at their "answers."
Barbara Lindsey

Make a free website, Social Websites, Make a Social Network - 1 views

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    ning alternative that's free
Barbara Lindsey

The Role of Classrooms and the iSchool Initiative in the 21st Century - The iSchool Ini... - 0 views

  • Technology also increases the teacher's ability to target different learning styles simultaneously. If a student feels that he or she did not get a full understanding of the day's material, they can then access that same information from many angles, get different perspectives, and have it explained in different ways.
  • In the past, the classroom, and perhaps some books, were the student's only access to knowledge. Now, with continuous, seamless, instant access to all knowledge; the classroom must become a knowledge refiner, and integrate its self into this continuous stream of information.
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    Technology also increases the teacher's ability to target different learning styles simultaneously. If a student feels that he or she did not get a full understanding of the day's material, they can then access that same information from many angles, get different perspectives, and have it explained in different ways.
Barbara Lindsey

A Social Network for Creative Pioneers... - 38minutes - 0 views

  • The SUSO Project aims to "...bring creative and determined people together to create something amazing. People with unlimited imaginations and skills who come from everywhere, making the project's collective thinking uniquely global. Basically, we want to create a social network for thinkers and doers. The dream is to grow The SUSO Project into a creative network where the user’s imagination, creativity and knowledge is multiplied through collaboration with others. We want it to be a place where a variety of creative skills and passions can collide to make 'stuff' happen".
Barbara Lindsey

100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write | chrisbrogan.com - 0 views

  • How I Use Facebook
  • Technology That Empowers Me
  • How Schools Could Use Social Media
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  • How I Find Time to Make Media
  • Just Jump Into Podcasting- Heres How
  • My Mother is On Facebook
  • How I Process Blogs and What I Do With All That Info
  • Video Made Simple
  • Non-Internet Equivalents to Internet Tools I Use
  • Comments versus Blog Posts
  • Ning Sites I Like and Why
  • Sharing and Contributing 80 How Twitter Improved My Blog
  • Email After Twitter
  • The Countries of My Social Media World
  • Joining A Network- Things to Consider
  • Podcasting on a Budget
  • Giving it Away
Barbara Lindsey

UN announces launch of world's first tuition-free, online university - 0 views

  • Mr. Reshef said that this University opened the gate to these people to continue their studies from home and at minimal cost by using open-source technology, open course materials, e-learning methods and peer-to-peer teaching.
  • As part of this year’s focus on education, the UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technology and Development (GAID) presented the newly formed University of the People, a non-profit institution offering higher education to the masses.
  • Students will be placed in classes of 20, after which they can log on to a weekly lecture, discuss its themes with their peers and take a test all online. There are voluntary professors, post-graduate students and students in other classes who can also offer advice and consultation.
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  • The only charge to students is a $15 to $50 admission fee, depending on their country of origin, and a processing fee for every test ranging from $10 to $100. For the University to sustain its operation, it needs 15,000 students and $6 million, of which Mr. Reshef has donated $1 million of his own money.
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