Social Media in the Classroom
Social media is far more than Facebook. You don’t have to look deeper than Pinterest and Evernote to see valuable potential for the classroom environment. Every classroom is inherently a social space, so Social Media in the Classroom is an inevitable and substantial part of the future of education. Opportunity Statement The breadth & penetration of social […]
#SocialMedia@school
Lift your eyes up from your Facebook feed; put that tweet on hold; and before you share that selfie on Instagram, check out why and how we should be using social media in the classroom. Having been surprised at how few educators in this cohort thought social media is an emerging market worth investing in, […]
Paul Greenberg, Co-founder of Creatubbles
Paul Greenberg is the co-founder and CEO of Creatubbles. Creatubbles is a social platform used in schools, homes, makerspaces and workshops in over 50 countries. What makes it different from other social media is that it is a platform for sharing creations of all kinds, and it is a […]
Please remember to add your name.
When commenting on our Game-Based Learning site, if you are not using a padlet account, please put your name at the bottom of your post. There are several posts that we can not identify the author of. If it was you, please go back and add you name to get credit for your work. Thanks, […]
Mijikai Eigo (Short English)
Both my elevator and venture pitches can be found at the following website: http://mijikaieigo.weebly.com Reflection: I think that my pitch is very strong and I am actually going to begin by building a large set of Microlessons for my third graders starting in January when I will have finished up my MET studies and actually […]
Assignment #3 – Social Media
Hi all, Please see attached my venture pitch as an intrepreneur at a school board, requesting funds and backing from the Board of Directors. The pitch is to launch a social media training video as the first step in developing a full scale training/orientation program in the area of social media. Please see my elevator pitch here https://youtu.be/vkGWud6L7Ew […]
LearnUp
VENTURE: LearnUp (Est. 2012) LearnUp is a service provider that prepare American job seekers and connect them with employers. They use technology to provide entry-level job seekers with job-specific training, job coach support, and interview preparation and scheduling to help them get hired. They also continue to provide support to job-seekers after they are […]
Week #6 – Survey Results and Twitter Chat
The Flipped Learning survey results as of 10:30am this morning are now posted on the 522Flipped website. The survey has been re-opened and you can complete it with an updated summary if you haven’t had the chance yet. Please have a look at the results beofre joining us between 6-9pm PDT for the Twitter Chat under […]
Online Collaborative Learning for Corporates
My analyst report addresses players in online collaborative learning for corporate training sector. Context of this analysis is captured in a couple of blog posts The technology world is flat Is the world of education flat? The company analysis (history, product, client, financials) is in PDF format with financial modeling in excel database. This is […]
Reflecting on Social Media
I mainly use Twitter when it comes to choosing a social media platform. While it isn’t a medium that facilitates active dialogue like blog sites do, it is a great resource to use in order to get a quick snapshot of current events and ideas. Even though I created an account in 2012, I only […]
Analyst Report: Diigo
Diigo, the abbreviated form for “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other Stuff”, is a multifaceted online knowledge management tool that has received positive reviews from the educational community regarding its use in the classroom. By nature Diigo is a Social Bookmarking, Research, Annotation, and Community Collaboration tool used by millions. Diigo is available on […]
Week 6: Venture into the North (Start)
In Vancouver classrooms, teachers are incorporating social media tools into their daily classroom practices. But 3000km away in Frosty Point, Nunavut, students aren’t afforded such luxuries. Join us on a venture into the North in search of a deeper understanding of our new relationship with these new tools and with how they are changing how […]
W6: Reflection Question
In promoting reflective entrepreneurism, we think it is important to mine your own experience to gain a deeper understanding of the markets around us. Respond briefly to any or all of the following questions: How social media has changed how you relate to the people around you? If you are a teacher: Do you use […]
W6: Chat 3- Social Media in the Classroom
Which social media tools are most useful in a classroom setting? Which don’t work? Which social media tools, approach or strategy might be most useful for Emily’s class? (To see the directions again for how to Chat on this site, click here.)
W6: Chat 4- Tech
Is it possible, and if so, is it useful, to decouple social media tools from the internet? What are possible applications and implications of this idea? (To see the directions again for how to Chat on this site, click here.)
Analyst Report – Kidblog
Here’s my blog post using Kidblog, the blogging venture I decided to analyze. I was interested in investigating blogging for classrooms because I would like to try this next term with my Foods and Nutrition classes. Kidblog has a number of strong features and is extremely user friendly in my opinion, additionally, I like the security features […]
Cloud Twitter Chat
Join us now or check out the backlog later! We are live on twitter talking all things cloud learning. Follow the conversation with @EdTech_Cloud or check out the hashtag #etec522cl
Wearables Google+ Community
Hi Everyone, When posting in the community, you will both post a comment and create a post. For the Introductory activity and Think Like an Investor you comment within an existing post. For Think Like a Designer and Think Like an Educator you create your own post.
Week 9 Review
Hello Group week 9, Thanks for a real immersive experience ! You not only provided me information about social media in learning, you provided it in a way that made the case for social media more than any amount of dry articles could have done. So I think it was real experiential learning. I also […]
Week 9 Review
Hi Week 9, I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the EdoModo experience. This was the first time I used this social media platform, and I thought its quite different than most traditional forum based social media applications. The activities were stimulating, and the web links to the social media resources, the timeline, […]
Week 9 Review
Thanks for the great week group 9. I really enjoyed your Edmodo and your activities. I felt a little bit uncomfortable using some of the social media. I had not used Twitter before and it stretched me to sign up and tweet. Real change or learning should be a little bit uncomfortable and you did […]
W09 Review:
Wow! I cannot believe it is week 9 already. First of all, well done on your topic of Social Media. I really appreciated working in the Edmodo environment and found it similar to Facebook so I was immediately comfortable even thou it was new to me. I also enjoyed how we could play around and […]
Activities!
Thank you to everyone who has completed the activities on the blog/discussion portion of the Weebly! We will be compiling that data for a final activity to round up the week. If you haven’t done so, please take the survey and complete activity #2. Thank you all for the comments and posts! Enjoy! Group […]
26 Nov
Hi Christopher, I wanted to echo Ryan's comments on a job well done, as your efforts clearly show in your pitches. I also really liked your venture concept, as it is simple, easily editable by users, and the venture can be grown to cater to any grade level based on user inputs. My comment is not so much about your venture as I think it was really well done, but more so about how the content might be moderated. You mention subreddits and user-moderators, but I'm left wondering if that will be enough to maintain the academic integrity of the site? If one of your main selling features is specifically curated content for academic purposes, it might require more moderation than Reddit uses. Just a thought. Otherwise, I really like your use of user reinforcement through badging, upvotes and downvotes to encourage ethical and meaningful contribution. I liked how you mention the revenue streams of Reddit, but couldn't find Lurnt's revenue stream; if I missed it, just let me know! If our assumption is that it's similar to Reddit in that it's ad- and premium user-based, as an EVA I would consider a small angel investment in your venture. Great job! -Reg
