Slide presentation by Jane Hart at the Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s “Making technology work for you” conference. She mentions some old favourites as well as some new tools that are appearing on the emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 …
New Flock, the Social Browser, Ditches Firefox for Chrome, Embraces Simplicity
Social media and networking-oriented web browser Flock has become somewhat schizophrenic today. Touted as “the social browser,” Flock is basically another web browser — previously Firefox now Google Chrome — with a bunch of social networking features on top.
Reflections on Teaching with Social Media
There’s a big difference between allowing the use of social media and requiring it. That difference probably explains the ambivalence of students in Brian Croxall’s courses, and he had them bouncing from wikis to Twitter to Wave. You can’t just …
Choosing the right social and collaboration platform
This presentation analyzes 10 criteria for considering such a platform, presents a tour of 3 very different platforms, and finally compares them against the 10 criteria.
http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/05/choosing-the-right-social-and-collaboration-platform.html…
100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom
Educators interested in using social media to enrich learning will enjoy these 100 ideas for using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Skype in the classroom from Online Universities. The post includes real examples of educators using social media …
How Does Facebook Work? The Nuts and Bolts
Social networking is the art of connecting with those who share common interests. Facebook is a social networking. People have been “facebooking” each other for about 6 years now, making Facebook the most used social network with over 350 million …
LearnCentral – A Social Network for Educators
February 2009 saw the launch of the social network for educators called, “LearnCentral”. LearnCentral is a free community that allows educators to network, share and post resources and participate in a variety of discussions. Educators can create or join groups …
Free Webinar: “Web 2.0 as a Medium for Sharing Knowledge” (February 17th, 2010, from 12:00 – 1:30 pm)
Dr. Enrique Velasco will be on site from UNAM University in Mexico with his students (college teachers) to present his experience on using Web 2.0. He will explain collaborative knowledge building, why it is important, and how we can facilitate …
Microsoft patents ‘personal data mining’
Bill Gates, Ray Ozzie and a bunch of other heavy-hitters from Microsoft are named as inventors on a newly issued patent for a “personal data mining” system that would analyze information and make recommendations with the goal of aiding a …
Google Goes Social with Google Buzz
It’s official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray. This confirms earlier reports of Gmail integrating a social status feature. Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you …
Social Media Toolkit
About five years ago, if you wanted to get attention for consulting or speaking engagements, frequent use of “web 2.0″ was required. Today, you can get the same mileage from “social media”. In fact, add “social” to anything and you’ll …
Pope tells priests: Start blogging
You might not expect it, but when it comes to social media even the Pope is switched on. A new decree from The Vatican encourages Catholic priests to start blogs and embrace the web.
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/01/24/pope-tells-priests-start-blogging/…
3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology
Innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against the onslaught of problems. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype offer ideal solutions as inexpensive tools of team-based education.
http://mashable.com/2010/01/10/educators-social-technology/…