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Parikrama: Breaking the cycle of poverty.

ID Reflections

I have been reading, synthesizing, creating my own little PKM and left it at that. Parikrma is described on the site thus: Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a non-profit organization that is transforming education for under-served children in urban India, so that they can have equal access to the best opportunities.

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Context is King: Excerpts from posts and articles - Part I

ID Reflections

PKM: our part of the social learning contract Creating good content on a platform that lets users (teachers & learners) add context may be the the real killer application in education. The reach and depth of our connections become critical in helping us make sense of our environment and to solve problems. ~

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Top 68 eLearning Posts from April - Hot Topics iPad Google Buzz

eLearning Learning Posts

in their respective organization. It’s Not That Hard - trainingwreck , April 1, 2010 I find it remarkably sad that ‘training’ departments within organizations continue to pump out bricks and mortar classes as their sole approach to learning instead of shifting to a formal, informal and social mix. Budgeting for Learning 2.0:

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Working Out Loud: Using the Tools We Already Have

Learnnovators

Facebook invites its users to “ Update Status “, “ Add a Photo/Video ” or “ Create an Album “ Any or all of these features can be used to share what you are doing, seek other’s help or just be a good community member and share one’s learning. When is it most useful to use SlideShare?

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"Working Out Loud": Using the Tools We Already Have

ID Reflections

LinkedIn : It's a professional networking platform that offers various collaboration and sharing features like " Share an Update ", " Upload a Photo " or " Publish a Post ". Facebook invites its users to " Update Status" , " Add a Photo/Video" or " Create an Album". When is it most useful to use Facebook?

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

It can save millions, reduce frustration, and boost the velocity of information in your organization. Curating these items — selecting, organizing, evaluating, and sharing them widely — multiplies an organization’s return on information many times over. Pinterest enables you to curate photos. It starts in a gallery.