All Blog Posts Tagged 'social' (122)

Free President's Day Lesson Plans

It's almost President's Day and we've created a series of free lesson plans that you are free to use and share it with your colleagues.

To see all of our lesson plans, check out our repository of open educational resources over on our Knowledge Essentials page on LearnHub!

Added by Amy James on February 8, 2009 at 3:14pm — No Comments

NSBA Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking

Based on my reading of the NSBA report, research by Grunwald and Associates LLC shows that social networking rivals television based on time spent on both activities and 96% of students surveyed have used online services such as chatting, social networking, blogging, messaging, etc. Social networking tools are used weekly by 71% of students. Education is a major source of discussion in this medium, with 60% of students using the tools to discuss education, and 50% using it specifically for… Continue

Added by Scott on January 8, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Are you LinkedIN?

Classroom 2.0 is one of my single best resources for networking with tech-savvy educators. So, I started thinking about those other tools where I interact with and learn from folks.

Connected through LinkedIN?

I must confess LinkedIN was my first venture into online networking. While the community is made up of far more business minded folk than teachers, the education sector is ever-growing.

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Added by Ellen on December 20, 2008 at 8:02pm — No Comments

21st Century Learning

Web2.0 and the Future…

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Added by John Costilla on November 20, 2008 at 8:41am — No Comments

A not so LIVELY Google.

So is this caused by a down economy with cut backs or is this a result of less than desirable traffic, revenue models and stickiness? Earlier, I made a post about "Free" services moving to different models including the embedding of ads inside the content and deeper into the application vs. traditional banner ads. That did not sit well with some… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 20, 2008 at 8:22am — No Comments

11.14 World Diabetes Day

This is url for this press release send it to all your local Media.

Thanks Santa

http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200811/1226353061.html

Christmas is not about a holiday. It’s a Spirit that gives without retort, loves without having to be loved and giving more to those who have less.

For_Immediate_Release:

United States of America (Press Release) November 10, 2008 --… Continue

Added by Santa on November 14, 2008 at 8:37am — No Comments

Heekya as an educational tool

Heekya as an educational tool

I left a comment on a great blog, Morse's Code , who then wrote a great post about Heekya and it's potential as an educational tool. Read the post here:

Heekya which is an digital storytelling tool that allows people to create stories that happen in real life. You can use it as a digital scrapbook or you can add to stories that are… Continue

Added by DavidAdewumi on November 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Information | Knowledge | Wisdom

The other day, my son had done something we didn't approve of and so we took his cell phone away and access to the computer. He loves technology for what it offers, both good and not so good: YouTube, social networks for kids or not (myspace) and research for school. Over the course of a summer break, he taught himself how to read music, play the guitar and follow along with these videos to learn certain songs - I must… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 27, 2008 at 3:05pm — No Comments

Download all 18 Santa Stories for $1.14

Santa has made this affordable download to offer the Child in all of us a brand new way to enjoy Christmas for 2008.

Santa Clause, also known to many as Father Christmas or sometimes St. Nick (an abbreviated form of his real name Nicolas), is a well-known figure associated with Christmas and loved by many across the world. It was this popularity, especially with children, which prompted him to write a book for the enjoyment of… Continue

Added by Santa on October 25, 2008 at 1:44pm — No Comments

A Web 2.0 Halloween

Last night America, went out for weekly Tuesday meeting and so I had the kids at home to myself. After giving the critters their baths and getting them into their pjs, we got into the Halloween spirit. With that, we pulled out all the gear from the attic and decided to create a haunted hallway. The kids love making tents with blankets and such so we… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 15, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Video to go

Brightcove.tv has released Platform 3, the latest of their online video distribution service. Read the complete review by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins from Mashable. Improved publishing system and media management tools… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 14, 2008 at 8:12am — No Comments

K12Online Conference Underway

The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2008 conference theme is “Amplifying Possibilities”. This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 13, 2008 at 8:04am — No Comments

YouTube x 4

Who doesn't like 80's music? Okay, the song is a little cheesy, but take a look at this in 4 x YouTube HD! We've all see a lot of YouTube in our time, but this is really cool and probably very time consuming. Four YouTube Videos running simultaneously to form one video. Click play at the top to have them auto synced. I wish I would have thought of this...…

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Added by John Costilla on October 10, 2008 at 1:55pm — 2 Comments

"...and I quote."

As I was reading through a series of blogs from my Google reader, I came upon this post (Steve Jobs' 10 Secrets to Building a Huge Empire) by Manish Pandey, a tech enthusiast and blogger. It basically goes on to talk about notable quotes from Steve Jobs and how they… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 9, 2008 at 11:17am — 2 Comments

School 2.0

Chris Lehman shares some of his ideas about the schools that we need. All kids should be able to collaborate, create, present and… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 8, 2008 at 6:27am — 1 Comment

Livestation

Today's blogs slant towards video, so in that spirit, a great tool for teachers or anyone is Livestation. A great way to integrate video in the classroom.

Livestation is without a doubt one of the most impressive collections of live television viewing for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. The reason being that the number of choices for… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 7, 2008 at 8:27am — No Comments

What's in your iPhone? Let others know.

Well, let's see, I have more than 80+ apps including:

But that's not the cool thing about this post. I accidently took a screenshot of my iPhone page and couldn't figure out how I did it. (After playing around a bit more, I figured it out - of course, I… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 6, 2008 at 8:42am — No Comments

MobaTalk + Twitter

MobaTalk is like HD Video Twitter (screencast)

from Mashable! by Doriano "Paisano"…

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Added by John Costilla on October 2, 2008 at 6:52am — No Comments

Stop lurking. Do something!

I found this quote by Dumb Little Man: Thoughts for Life and thought I would share and reflect.

Thoughts are Nice, Actions Count Have you ever had the experience of…

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Added by John Costilla on October 1, 2008 at 7:45am — 2 Comments

Social not cool anymore?

I believe that the aspect of including social media and social elements in your school, work, or play is important and that it is still all the "buzz." But, is using the words "social" or "social network" out? Facebook has a made a few minor changes, notably, they have removed the social network definition in their description. Maybe it's just a given or maybe it's just out. It reminds me of the days when everyone went through the whole... "we're a .com… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 30, 2008 at 7:43am — No Comments