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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. Google Wave can also be used for customer service, web site/blog creation, an idea repository, etc.

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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

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Recently I was asked to write an article for the European Council of International Schools Shortcuts Newsletter about using web 2.0 tools to develop professional learning communities for international school teachers, at an introductory level. The 21st Century Educator: Embracing Web 2.0 The power of web 2.0

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eLearning 2.0 Technologies and Concepts: Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners

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eLearning 2.0 eLearning, Learning Design, eLearning Standards, Knowledge Management, Active Learning, Blended Learning, Web 2.0, The XHTML editor will be the tool for writing the contents, while the content manager will be the tool for distributing those contents among the services of the "cloud".

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

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In order to prepare students to face and conquer new technology tools, we need to provide them with opportunities to solve their own problems. We cant provide them with step by step directions, but instead encourage them to seek out new tools, figure them out and communicate their learning with classmates. Lijit Search.

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What is Work Literacy?

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Karrer and Michele Martin have just launched Work Literacy , which is: "a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work." Lijit Search. Lijit Search. technology. (3).

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In order to tap the potential of this fabulous marketing tool, you’ll want to first determine if social media can meet your goals and objectives. One of the benefits of a social media strategy is the fact that you can customize the available tools for your particular needs. New tools pop up. Some are great.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. Twitter as a marketing tool. What are my top picks?

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