Facebook Informal Social Bookmarking Social Networks 
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 4, 2008
This week we looked at Social Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning. Starting with Social Networking was a blessing and a curse. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy. As a teacher, we learn how to manage that.
Tony Karrer
OCTOBER 17, 2007
Stephen Downes picked up my post on Facebook As a Learning Platform. He commented: To be clear, I do not think that Facebook itself is really a learning environment. Its privacy policies are questionable and it is giving out user information to applications willy-nilly. Something like the social network operating system , maybe.
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Allison Rossett
JULY 17, 2012
A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. An Educator’s Professional Learning Network. Social Bookmarking.
Allison Rossett
JULY 17, 2012
A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. An Educator’s Professional Learning Network. Social Bookmarking.
Upside Learning
OCTOBER 25, 2010
Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Facebook – social networking site. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool. Slideshare – presentation hosting and sharing tool. Google Reader – RSS feed reader.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 24, 2011
Collaborative sharing and commenting on information. Social Bookmarking. The ability of someone within an Intranet or Internet to mark or tag a blog entry, a link or an article within the network as important or interesting to them. Social Network. Sharing information, interests and areas of focus.
eLearning 24-7
OCTOBER 15, 2010
And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. I hate when people see it as only Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. For fun, they toss in YouTube and say – look we know what social learning is for the masses. Here is the latest data on social media (as of Oct.
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