Social Media & Social Learning

Why I Love and Use Learnist (and Why You Should Too)

February 3, 2013

This education-focused free media and resource sharing site is a great tool for teachers and students. I love Learnist. I’ve had an account with them since it was in invite-only beta form and now, luckily for everyone, anyone can create an account with their Facebook credentials or with a valid email. What Is Learnist? Learnist […]

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How Teachers are Using Tumblr in the Classroom

January 23, 2013

The increasingly popular free digital media sharing app offers plenty of possibilities for educators. Tumblr is a web based social media platform that was designed to make it easier for people to share digital media with each other. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, where conversation is a common mode of communication, Tumblr is more about sharing […]

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Three Ways Pinterest is Getting Used by Teachers

January 16, 2013

The popular content sharing site is getting attention in the classroom. Guest post by Jason Kane. When most of us think of Pinterest, we probably think of young people sharing links to web pages, photos and videos with their friends - just another social network for people to show off things they like, what’s going […]

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Can Social Media Play A Role in Improving Retention in Higher Education? Research Says it Can.

October 28, 2012

Studies have concluded that social engagement can benefit retention efforts, and schools and teachers are successfully pursuing this tactic with the help of social media applications. Earlier this year, a student working on her Doctorate in Education reached out to ask for insights into the question of how social media influences retention, which she was […]

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Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Classroom 2.0 with 75 Articles from Innovative Educators

September 2, 2012

This innovative project has produced a wealth of material from educators and technologists, packed with experienced and informed insights about using technology in the educational setting. Classroom 2.0 was started in 2007 by Steve Hargadon, and it has been the premier social network for educators and technologist who are interested in leveraging “Web 2.0″ tools […]

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5 Fun Ways to Use Facebook in Your Lesson Plans and Teaching

August 15, 2012

The most popular site on the Internet can be leveraged in the classroom in engaging and useful ways. Post collaboratively written with guest author Heather Green. Facebook has become such a ubiquitous part of our lives that it has evolved to be much more than a way to find out what happened to that guy […]

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TechChange - Enabling Social Change With Innovate Uses of Education Technology

July 29, 2012

TechChange is the “The Institute for Technology and Social Change”, and they are at the forefront of combining technology and education to facilitate social change across the globe. TechChange.org has been successfully leveraging technology in educational applications to help groups of people throughout the world bring about social change where it is needed. TechChange President […]

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10 More Resources For Getting the Most Out of Cell Phones and Smart Phones in School

May 30, 2012

Most high school and college students have one. Why are we still generally ignoring them as a valid educational tool? In Sunday’s article “Embracing the Cell Phone in the Classroom With Text Messaging Assignments”, we read about one instructor’s perspective on the importance of embracing the cell phone as a communications tool to engage and […]

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How will MOOCs impact the future of college education?

April 25, 2012

Massive Open Online Courses are leveraging today’s technology to provide (typically) free access to world class education. Only the proverbial ostrich (you know, the one with it’s head in the sand) could look at the growing popularity of MOOCs and not acknowledge that technology has the potential to radically transform how education is delivered and […]

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8 Great LinkedIn Groups for Educators

February 1, 2012

In the last few months, we’ve posted articles sharing 10 Beneficial Facebook Pages For Educators To Check Out and 7 Twitter Users to Follow If You Are Interested in Education Technology, both of which were received enthusiastically. Today we bring follow this with another set of social networking resources focused on education - Linkedin Groups […]

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