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How To: Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning
Why teachers should embrace networking, and how they can use it to improve education.
Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters
Members of the education community microblog about what they're doing.
My Friend Flickr: A Great Photo Opportunity
How to safely set students loose in the educationally thrilling but fundamentally ungovernable photo-sharing network.
Should schools regulate student use of online social networks?
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Collaborative Online Continuing Education: Professional Development Through Learning Communities
Technology enables educators to meet remotely to experience growth as teachers.
Ning: A Social Network for Adults
posted by Chris O’NealHave you checked out Ning, a new social-networking Web 2.0 site? Ning, primarily geared toward adults, is more a place to create social networks rather than a social network in itself.
Tag, You're It: The Responsibility Project
posted by Katie KlingerRecently, I was watching a group of children play tag in a local park. The premise, of course, is that one person is "it." He or she does his or her best to tag another participant, who then becomes the new "it." When I was a kid, being "it" never had a positive connotation. The entire purpose of the game is to pass along the unwanted responsibility of being "it."
Can Your Friend Teach?: Social Networking Meets Teacher Recruitment
A New Orleans nonprofit organization uses Facebook to reach candidates.
Network News: The Implications of a New Report on Teens and Social Media
posted by Chris O’NealThe Pew Internet and American Life Project always provides a wealth of resources for those of us interested in how technology affects our personal and family lives and our work. Every month or so, the project releases a research report focusing on one broad topic.
From MySpace to My Job: Online Interaction Prepares Students for Employment
posted by Chris O’NealLast year, I blogged a bit about social networking. I want to revisit the issue, since I continue to receive emails with questions about where to find safe alternatives to the mainstream sites, or teacher-oriented social networks, as well as invitations to come discuss the issue with school boards, and so on.
