Teaching & Learning in a Networked World (by Alec Couros)
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New Social Networking Platform For Teachers Mixes Google Docs, Ning, Twitter, and Facebook
Diipo connects you the teacher with your students by making it easy to communicate with your class. Diipo also connects you with other educators and your class with other classes. Featuring an easy-to-use and familiar user-interface similar to Facebook and
Social-Search: Search links shared by friends on Twitter & Facebook
Are you trying to revisit a link a friend shared on Facebook or Twitter? If yes, then you can use a neat search engine that searches links your friends shared on Facebook and Twitter. This search engine is called Social-Search.
Will it ever be time for Facebook?
Where are students at night? Right, on Facebook. Most likely, their parents at least check in once or twice as well. So wouldn’t it make sense that school announcements, homework assignments, or report card notices should be on Facebook, too?
Free Social Networking Platform for Educators Enters Beta
A new education-based social networking site, Diipo.com, has launched in beta form. The site provides a free service for collaborative blogging and networking among teachers and students.
The Biological Implications of Social Networking
One of the most pronounced changes in the daily habits of British citizens is a reduction
in the number of minutes per day that they interact with another human being. Recent history has seen people in marked retreat from one
… in the number of minutes per day that they interact with another human being. Recent history has seen people in marked retreat from one
Fridge – Create Cool Private Social Networks
This is a service that makes it easy to set up your own private social network. Signing up and creating your first private social network on Fridge takes just a couple of minutes. Once you’ve created your account and network
7 Tools to Build a Social Network for Your School
Here are seven tools you can use to create your own social network or message board forum for your school.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/7-tools-to-build-social-network-for.html
The Rise of Personal Networks Over Social Networks
When you think social media you think openness, inclusive communities and platforms that know no boundaries. You think Facebook. But are we starting to reach a point where we’re looking for more personal networks, smaller and more closed communities
YourName(R) – Trademark Protection is Coming to Social Networks
Your personal and corporate reputation and popularity on these networks pivot on an identity known as your username. The role of usernames as brand identifiers is following a similar pattern as domain names but without any of the protections that
How To Use Path, The Anti-Social Network, In The Classroom
In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s yet another social network on the block. It just launched today but is hoping to turn the social networking world on its head.
It’s called Path and is being dubbed a ‘personal network’ rather
… It’s called Path and is being dubbed a ‘personal network’ rather
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Twiducate – Social Networking for Schools
Twiducate is a free platform for creating your own micro social network in a Twitter-like format. Twiducate allows you to create a private network for posting assignments and messages to your students or other people you invite into your network.
2 Easy Ways to Create a Social Network
There are lots of ways to create a social network that involve scripts and paid hosting, and all sorts of settings that you have to get right before you can get your network up and running. If you’re looking for