I respond, 'well I'm becoming more and more interested in the use of social media and microblogging for learning', I then get puzzled looks that say, "too much time on your hands", "what is he talking about?" For me though I see a real role for social media as a platform for business learning. Social media - fad or forever? did however miss the first wave of social media on the net, there are many who have written blogs for 5-10 years and are a great deal more connected than I am and are across everything web2.0. Building a successful social (learning) site. MORE >>

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Here is a way for people to turn their interest in lifelong, independent learning AND social connections into a way of life. It took 40 years, but with the invention of the Internet and social media tools, Licklider & Taylor’s predication has come true. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). PLNs connect them with a global network of contacts and resources. Social bookmarking tools (i.e., MORE >>

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Here is a way for people to turn their interest in lifelong, independent learning AND social connections into a way of life. It took 40 years, but with the invention of the Internet and social media tools, Licklider & Taylor’s predication has come true. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). PLNs connect them with a global network of contacts and resources. Social bookmarking tools (i.e., MORE >>

Unfortunately, my social media activities kinda dropped off while I was off-grid Is that a good thing? What's the proper amount of time to invest in social media? Even as I champion to my friends the need to budget time investments in social media, I admittedly, tend to go in fits and starts myself. Over the course of a waking 16- or 18-hour day, my total RSS-ing, blogging , twittering , facebooking , linking-in. Beth Kanter , someone who I follow and respect greatly for her work in using social media for humanitarian purposes , tackled just that question recently. MORE >>

Twitter, del.icio.us For example, this past week, we watched Howard Rheingold’s most recent Vlog post about social bookmarking in which Howard explains stuff I have been talking about (but with more pizazz). Twitter for teaching and learning. In the spirit of Right Now teaching and learning, I decided to try out Twitter this week as a means of offering the students a back channel as well as an opportunity to learn more about emergent content delivery systems and build on their developing knowledge of RSS, aggregation and microformats (all new to them). About. MORE >>