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The Power of Educational Technology: Preparing Students to Succeed in the 21st Century

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Online social networks, such as Ning , Twitter , and even Facebook , provide teachers with a way to meet colleagues from around the world and around the country. This document , also from ISTE, is much more "meat and potatoes" and gives specific examples of what that should look like in the classrooms. at 8:56 PM.

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Blogging and culture

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On the Work Literacy Ning , the group is looking at blogs this week. This record of learning allows both the student and the teacher to revisit themes and document the thought and learning process. On the other hand, it allows for person reflection and opinions which social bookmarking limits. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Being Lightweight: Tools We Use | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

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Documents - Google Docs has had a huge impact on our workflow. We do a lot of editing together and there simply isnt a better way to work on the same document at the same time. Social Networking - We have presence on the major social networks, but they arent a part of our day-to-day work. » reply.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

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Talent Management, and Employee Engagement (a PDF file) that finds: 52% of organizations that adopt blogs, wikis, and social networking tools (among others) achieved best-in-class performance levels compared to 5% for those that didnâ??t. I heard the same thing from the Gen Y folks at my Social Media Game workshop).

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WMC Interviews: Tim Young of Socialcast

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Last week I had the opportunity to interview Tim Young, CEO of Socialcast , an on-demand social networking platform that brings collaboration and knowledge-sharing capabilities to intranets. Socialcast is focused on using social dynamics to solve organization's internal information problems. Is that a fair description?

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Connecting 2 the World: Lessons learned from New Communication Technologies in Organziational Life

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As I had been doing a lot of research on social networking, the department head and myself came up with a course named New Communication Technologies in Organizational Life. e-mails, im, even written documentation such as blogs and discussion forums). I would develop a course on a topic that I had some knowledge of.

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The 10 Best Customer Service and Customer Engagement Platforms

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Includes searchable knowledgebase of articles and documents. Includes searchable knowledgebase of articles and documents. Sample review: “It probably won’t be the subject of a Hollywood blockbuster any time soon, but the Ning platform allows you to create your very own Facebook. Google Review Count: 344. ” — AppStorm.