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TCC08: What can Educators Learn from Online Religious Communities?

Experiencing eLearning

Used MySpace & a wiki. Chose MySpace b/c lots of existing religious tools available (e.g., Also explored specifically Christian sites, but secular sites like MySpace may offer better options. She had not used a chat room, IM, Facebook, or MySpace before joining a site called OurPrayer.org. Sue Phillips.

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Daily Bookmarks 06/25/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Brief summary of research on the educational benefits of sites like MySpace and Facebook for high schoolers. tags: socialnetworking , education , 21stcenturyskills , research , k-12. Social networks ‘teaching tech skills’ - vnunet.com. When asked what they learn by using social networking sites, the students.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

For those of you that are unaware of TweetDeck, it is essentially a social media aggregator (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Buzz, Foursquare and MySpace) that can be used on almost any device (PC, iPhone, Android, iPad, Google Chrome, and more). Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Google Goes Gaming?

Kapp Notes

Here are some recent highlights; Google purchased a company called Slide , an app developer that works with popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to create community-driven entertainment applications. Tags: Games industry. The deal is worth a reported $182 million.

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Daily Bookmarks 09/29/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags: literacy , writing , technology. Haven’t you see MySpace, facebook and blogs. tags: e-learning , learning2.0 , orgculture , changemanagement. tags: skype. tags: socialnetworking , opensource , tools , community. Good collection of misconceptions about txtng with counterarguments and research. Posted in

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How the Fastest Growing Companies are Using Social Media

Upside Learning

In 2009, several new tools were added including the popular microblogging service Twitter and other popular social networking sites like Linkedin, Facebook, and MySpace. Tags: Blended Learning Future Learning Social Learning Social Media Tools Social Media Trends. Three things that stand out for us: 1.

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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Right now, this is “Tier 1″ Proprietary with some customization (like Facebook & MySpace). Technorati Tags: socialnetworking , business , tcc08 , web20. Social networking is driven by the desire of people to “demonstrate themselves&#. Predicts a tiered structure will develop. Owned by major companies. Second Life.