Technology Makes the Classroom Come to Life
What a great way to engage students in your classroom - let them use their phones to take notes. Watch and learn!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Biu7OQV-tA&feature=player_embedded]
Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom
10 social media-inspired learning activities: no accounts necessary Ideas for K-12 Classrooms Literature - Character pages Follow Famous People on Twitter Twitter Treasure Hunt Geography - Google Earth Connect with...
Social Networks for Communities of Practice
There has been a lot of discussion about the value of community and how social networks are a for communities to develop and interact. Etienne Wenger describes Communities of Practice...
PLEs, PLNs, Communities: It’s About the Connections!
Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) allow learners to direct their own learning and educational goals. Taking advantage of Web 2.0 technologies, PLEs allow learners to be active co-creators of knowledge. The...
Wikis for Group Work
There are many reasons to use a wiki for group projects. Bill Ferriter has developed a number of resources that can help you implement wikis in your classroom. His handout...
Integrating Technology: Lesson Ideas
Ideas for Using Social Media in the Classroom Class Blog. Create a class blog and share it publicly to let others know what your class is learning and doing. Add...
Engaged Learning
Engaged Learning is learning that happens when students collaborate, communicate and cooperate. Web 2.0 applications let students remix and re-purpose content in ways that are meaningful to them, and their...
What Exactly is Social Learning?
Social Learning is learning that happens when we collaborate, communicate and cooperate. I really like this video explanation of social learning. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4MYa-cWJA8] Jane Hart has a great series of resources...
Social Media and Social Movements
Power in today’s global society depends less on territory, military power, and natural resources and more on the control of information. Activists of all kinds are utilizing the Internet as...
Social Network Technologies for Learning
Great resource from Stephen Downes Social network technologies are reforming the way we communicate with each other inside and outside our learning environments. In this presentation, Stephen Downes offers an...
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