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Social Networks

Clark Quinn

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 student we learn how to ignore the chatter.

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Social Networking

Tony Karrer

I've run across a couple of interesting posts recently that seem to have spawned from a Business Week article - Scaling the Social Web. Hasn't eBay had social networking features for a long time? And doesn't Flickr (images), del.icio.us (bookmarks), etc. all have a social networking aspect to them?

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Facebook Platform

Tony Karrer

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. Something like the social network operating system , maybe. All of that said, Facebook is surprising me in terms of how well it works as a platform.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

RSS (really simple syndication) readers and social bookmarking are two popular information aggregation tools. Social bookmarking tools (i.e., Social media connection tools provide a space for educators to connect with a global audience. Ning is a fully functional social networking site.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

RSS (really simple syndication) readers and social bookmarking are two popular information aggregation tools. Social bookmarking tools (i.e., Social media connection tools provide a space for educators to connect with a global audience. Ning is a fully functional social networking site.

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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

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. YouTube – video hosting and sharing tool. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool. Slideshare – presentation hosting and sharing tool.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

A wiki is a self-organizing knowledge web site. It is so named because of the speed in which wiki software allows someone to update the web site. Social Bookmarking. Social Network. A wiki is a discussion. Wiki software allows users to create, edit and link web pages easily. Quickly asking a question.