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August 2, 2012 5:13 PM
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Where Learning & Social Media Meet... Participants are people interested in the topic of learning from one another and who want to discuss how to help other people learn in formal, informal, social and mobile ways. This summer we aim to renew our commitment to steer clear of topics that are more “training department” oriented (including topics around LMS and instructional design) and focus this time on rather on how people learn, what they learn, and what we’re learning. The official Twitter account is @lrnchat. Learn more here. Instruction on how to #lrnchat are always available in the sidebar links. Gust MEES: this is for me the BEST advice I have found and the BEST pratice about Twitter Chats... I am a fan of #lrnchat and I learned a lot only by lurking ;) Read more, very interesting and a MUST for people who want to start one day a Twitter Chat...: http://lrnchat.wordpress.com/
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August 2, 2012 11:49 AM
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Free digital literacy and citizenship curriculum lesson plan on My Media (6-8)... What are your media habits and how much time do you spend with it?
Students review their media habits and the array of media they use on a weekly basis, and reflect on the role of digital media in their lives.
Gust MEES: it includes also lesson plans to download, great resource... Read more, very interesting...: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/my-media-6-8
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August 2, 2012 9:49 AM
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August 1, 2012 7:13 PM
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August 1, 2012 10:57 AM
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===> Why this ALERT here? Lots of teachers around the world are using Skype for learning... <=== Summary: An updated do-it-yourself (DIY) Skype spamming tool has been made available for just $10. Skype Flooder by Revi has now hit version 2.0 and can be purchased on underground forums. To protect yourself from this DIY Skype spamming tool, ensure that only users in your contact list can send you IMs or initiate calls with you. By default, Skype allows anyone to call you. Here's how to change these settings: Tools => Options… => Privacy => "Allow calls from... people in my Contact list only" and "Automatically receive video and share screens with... people in my Contact list only" and "Allow IMs from... people in my Contact list only." Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/skype-spamming-tool-costs-10-7000001975/
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August 1, 2012 9:33 AM
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Spammers used stolen password to access list of Dropbox user e-mails. A couple of weeks ago Dropbox hired some "outside experts" to investigate why a bunch of users were getting spam at e-mail addresses used only for Dropbox storage accounts. The results of the investigation are in, and it turns out a Dropbox employee’s account was hacked, allowing access to user e-mail addresses. In an explanatory blog post, Dropbox today said a stolen password was "used to access an employee Dropbox account containing a project document with user email addresses." Hackers apparently started spamming those addresses, although there’s no indication that user passwords were revealed as well. Some Dropbox customer accounts were hacked too, but this was apparently an unrelated matter. "Our investigation found that usernames and passwords recently stolen from other websites were used to sign in to a small number of Dropbox accounts," the company said. Read more: http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/07/dropbox-confirms-it-got-hacked-will-offer-two-factor-authentication/
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August 1, 2012 9:22 AM
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As a parent, it’s important to be a part of the discussion about education. Informed parents can make a difference, not just in the lives of their own children, but in schools, policy, and more. You can stay in the loop and contribute your opinion by taking part in these Twitter chats and using these hashtags. Check out our list, and you’ll find more than 30 of the most relevant and useful hashtags for parents interested in education today. Read more, a MUST...: http://edudemic.com/2012/07/edu-twitter-hashtags-parents/
The WIPQR Talks blog aims to encourage researchers to seek, grow, learn and inspire in the practice of consumer qualitative research. It is a place to discuss and reflect on the ever evolving and shifting world qualitative research - sharing how things are done, what I've learnt, what new things are interesting, and what we should be looking to in the future. My day job is working as a freelance qualitative researcher under the WorkINProgress Qualitative Research banner. WIPQR is a Sydney based freelance qualitative research agency. You can find out more at our website www.wipqr.com.au - Victoria You’re in your first few years as a researcher and you think – those quallies look like they have it pretty good. They travel more than your average quant researcher, they seem to have fun toys to play with (play doh, collages, projective techniques), and sometimes they’re even able to come into work late! Well, here are my tips for those considering making the transition into specialising in qualitative research… Read more: http://wipqrtalks.com.au/2012/06/18/964/
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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July 31, 2012 8:15 AM
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Speculating about emerging technologies. Why look at education?
Education lies at a peculiar crossroad in society. On one hand it has the responsibility of anticipating real-life skills by preparing us for an increasingly complex world – but education methodologies can only be formalized after practices have been defined. This dichotomy is particularly aggravated when it comes to technology, where fast-paced innovation and perpetual change is the only constant. This visualization attempts to organize a series of emerging technologies that are likely to influence education in the upcoming decades. Despite its inherently speculative nature, the driving trends behind the technologies can already be observed, meaning it's a matter of time before these scenarios start panning out in learning environments around the world. Read more, very interesting...: http://envisioningtech.com/education/
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from Web 2.0 for juandoming
July 31, 2012 7:10 AM
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Susan Oxnevad I created an interactive learning experience designed to provide students and teachers with opportunities to focus on digital citizenship while engaging in constructive play. I hope many will enjoy using it, contributing to it and interacting with it.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, juandoming
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July 30, 2012 2:45 PM
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If people are given the right tools and the right environment, will they spontaneously collaborate and share knowledge? Why do some people find it difficult to share and collaborate? Would incentives and rewards make a difference? Collaboration in the workplace is now high on the priority list of many organisations seeking to leverage social technologies to free-up knowledge and provide opportunities for co-creation, co-production and innovation. Gust MEES: I was one of the TOP10 Knol authors (Google Knol discontinued its service as on May 1, 2012) and I was involved in a lot of collaborative articles with multicultural authors and it was a very positive experience... I hope one day having the same opportunity back again on WordPress now... One of our "old knols" (created on November 02, 2010 [we were pioneers]) is being migrated to WordPress here if you would like to check it: - For A Better World http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/for-a-better-world-test/ Read more: http://steve-dale.net/2012/07/12/the-art-of-collaboration-collaborative-behaviours/
Bring your own device (BYOD) has become increasingly more prevalent in businesses with over 71% of companies planning, tolerating or supporting its infiltration into normal corporate work practices, according to an infograph published by Matrix 42. According to the below infograph the most common devices being utilised by employees via BYOD for work are laptops, PDA’s, mobile devices, and tablet computers. Simon Loughran one of Certification Europe’s leading ISO 27001 – Information Security Management Systems auditors published a paper called ‘Security and Mobile Devices’ on this topic recently. The paper identified one of the largest risk associated with the usage of BYOD devices such as mobile devices is inherent with their portability and that is precisely the intended functionality. Advanced technological changes allow people to work outside the corporate networks on wireless and remote connectivity, which in turn facilitates easily accessible and shareable company information. This creates a new risk area for companies as it has moved outside of the established security perimeter that has been so meticulously developed. The solution is to develop subsequent selected security controls around the mobile devices and BYOD devices which are as stringent as those employed around company devices. The Matrix 42 infograph was developed after the company completed a survey of 600 enterprise IT professionals and was published via Visual.ly. Top Ten tips for mobile security... Read moree, a MUST: http://www.certificationeurope.com/blog/byod-is-becoming-a-prevalent-information-security-and-it-management-focus/
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July 30, 2012 7:58 AM
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One powerful benefit of networked learning is that when you find something interesting, it often leads to someone interesting – and that someone often leads to entire networks of interesting people. Or, as Dr. Alec Couros puts it, “the tools come and go, but the relationships endure.” I found Professor Couros the way many people did, by coming across the intriguing diagram of "The Networked Teacher” that many educators now use in their slide presentations. Read more, very interesting...: http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/professor-alec-couros-connected-teacher
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from Digital Delights
August 2, 2012 12:08 PM
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August 2, 2012 11:14 AM
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Free digital literacy and citizenship curriculum lesson plan on Digital Life 101 (6-8)... What is digital media and what role does it play in our lives?
Students are introduced to the 24/7, social nature of digital media and technologies, and gain basic vocabulary and knowledge for discussing the media landscape. Gust MEES: it includes also lesson plans to download, great resource... Read more, very interesting...: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/digital-life-101-6-8
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August 2, 2012 8:28 AM
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Ed tech expert Meg Ormiston shares some easy to use strategies to use cell phones in the classrooms. Regardless of your school’s cell phone policy, the reality in most schools is that students have phones in their pockets, purses, or hoodies. Why not get these tools out in plain sight and use them for good and not evil? Here are some easy to use strategies to use cell phones in the classrooms. Read more, very interesting...: http://www.teachhub.com/how-use-cell-phones-learning-tools
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from Social Media and its influence
August 1, 2012 3:16 PM
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August 1, 2012 9:38 AM
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August 1, 2012 9:28 AM
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Summary: Google Chrome version 21.0.1180.60 (21.0.1180.57 for Mac and Linux) is out, fixing 15 security vulnerabilities in the search giant's browser. ===> Strictly from a security perspective, you should upgrade as soon as possible. <=== Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/google-chrome-21-is-out-7000001920/
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July 31, 2012 8:21 AM
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Knowledge used to be the sole domain of the individual, highly educated expert. A professor with a PH.D. or a carefully researched and written book were the best sources to find out about something. This is a model of learning that has held sway since the earliest human societies formed and people with particular fields of expertise taught other members of their groups. The Internet and social media have dramatically changed what it means to know something, and initiatives like Wikipedia are reshaping where we turn for "expert" information. Social collaboration and meaning making are allowing for knowledge to be the domain of a collective group rather than any individual. A recent study even revealed that Wikipedia is now as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britanica. The P2PU Model
P2PU works on the premise that everyone has something to offer, the idea that passion for a subjects can substitute for expertise, and that social interaction is the key to motivation and learning. The motto of the institution is, "learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything." While this crowd-based model of expertise cannot substitute for the highly educated scholar’s years of research and careful consideration of a single topic, it does provide a potentially good source of entry-level knowledge to many subjects.
Read more, very interesting...: http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/07/peer-peer-u-%E2%80%93-a-new-model-learning/
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from Learning & Technology News
July 30, 2012 4:38 PM
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Some strategies are particularly suited to younger students, where often the names that teachers have for these strategies provide a 'shorthand' way of communicating to students that they wish them to provide peer feedback.
Via Nik Peachey
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July 30, 2012 2:27 PM
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In 2003, Richard Florida predicted that right-brained people would rule the world in his book "The Rise Of The Creative Class." There is an economic need for the "creative class," which is why it's thriving right now, writes Florida. He says one in three Americans, or 40 million workers, belong to it.
Here's how he defines the creative class:
"I define the Creative Class to include people in science and engineering, architecture and design, education, arts, music and entertainment whose economic function is to create new ideas, new technology, and new creative content. "
It's necessary because creativity is what powers many of the new industries of our day: from social media and computer graphics to medical research and urban planning, Florida says. The current business environment means that creativity is the "most prized commodity."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-creative-class-is-taking-over-the-world-2012-7?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=careers
Professional learning modules
The modules are text-based and can be easily downloaded and saved.
The first module, Introduction to Assessment for Learning, examines some of the basic ideas underlying formative assessment and seeks to establish a general understanding of Assessment for Learning...
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