The Social Web and Learning Together, what does this mean? Well in an abbreviated definition it is the way many people utilize the Internet. This can be considered a mass team effort project. Consider Wikipedia and sites where people from all over the world can contribute definitions, personal experiences, basic and advanced information. This is an extreme example of educational teamwork.
The next generation of Internet users are becoming members of "online communities" and communicating regularly through them. Twitter is just one of many of these communities and messaging sites. The messaging sites are becoming more and more popular for educational use. If you click on the title of this post it will take you to the Twitter website so you can explore. There are many, many sites out there but this is just one to mention.
For an activity that we will discuss at our next meeting explore Twitter as well as Diigio and del.icio.us websites, but most importantly how they may be used in educational environments. You may need to do some of this activity at home as we currently block some of the Twitter website. The other two are available at school. Have some fun and give your opinion at our next meeting.
http://www.diigo.com/
http://delicious.com/
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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