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

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Demonstrating the power of technology to improve learning, create communities and inspire new thinking. In order to prepare students to work with an international community of colleagues we need to provide them with opportunities to interact with people from around the world. Seminar Day at Wellesley High School. Me on Twitter.

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Social Media is Scary - How to Address Junior Employees

Social Media Strategery

Show them how they can use their organization’s internal blogs, wiki, bookmarks, etc. Once we deployed internal blogs, a wiki, and forums, that’s when my work internally with social media really took off. I went in and created dozens of wiki pages on every social media tool I found. I blogged every chance I got.

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Grading Social Media

Social Media Strategery

Cooper I think your right Steve, and I have pretty much always had the view point that social media is just another avenue for normal communication. Although, I expect that even with the next generation of bloggers and facebookers that there will be a feeling of uncertainty with the usage of social media (But maybe not).

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Gov 2.0: Taking a Look Back at 2009 | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Community, have had an alternately successful and frustrating (but never boring) year. 2009 went from unbridled optimism to eager anticipation to a little dose of realism, but through it all, the community of people and the relationships that have been forged across agency lines continued to grow stronger.

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Open Government Directive Workshop Results in More Questions Than.

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There are a lot of really good conferences, events, and seminars on Gov 2.0 I hope we can, as a community, help drive toward actions and not get too hung up on the myriad challenges in our way. I hope we can, as a community, help drive toward actions and not get too hung up on the myriad challenges in our way.

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Twenty Theses for Government 2.0, Cluetrain Style | Social Media.

Social Media Strategery

Today’s employees will probably spend five minutes during the workday talking to their friends on Facebook or watching the latest YouTube video. Using Facebook to make a party date and post post-party pics isn’t the same as setting up an agency “page.&# (Perhaps its a self-defense appreciation, tho!)

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PLE

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Personal Learning Environments wiki hosted at the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. PLE and Community Learning Examples. Questler : a community learning site with a strong social network flavor. Two Brains : a community learning site. Projects and Seminars. communications (2).

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