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=Chapter 6 - Drew Middle School=

Chapter 6 The Learning Web “Use social networks to tap into the work of others to support our own learning…and is an example of ‘how the collective contributions created by the Read/Write Web are changing the way we work and learn’.” P 85 ( [|www.wikipedia.com] ) P 86 TWITTER was created as a way to send quick updates to anyone who was “following” the person posting the update. ·  “Following other educators on Twitter creates a ‘network at my fingertips’ phenomenon where people ask questions and get answers, link to great blog posts or resources, or share ideas for projects as they go through the day.” P 88 ·  YouthTwitter.com-students can post updates in a permission only environment, “creating their very own social learning environment to share ideas and experiences…” ·  The “Twitter in Academia” post at the academicHack blog (tinyurl.com/25u2cx) has a number of ways to start integrating Twitter into the classroom. ·  You can use the cell p hone feature to get instant feedback, or to send journal updates to student Twitter accounts. (tinyurl.com/yw7sa8) SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SERVICES P88 ·  Social bookmarking services are similar to the “favorites” list used on your internet home page. ·  People have begun using public, bookmarking services where they can save links, annotate them with unique keywords or “tags” to organize then and then share them with the world. P 89 ·  Social bookmarking sites complete the circle: RSS lets us read and connect with what others write; now we can read and connect with what others read as well. ·  Del.icio.us is a type of social bookmarking. You set up an account and password and “save” to your favorite sites here, making it possible to access them from any computer. [|www.del.icio.us.com] P 90 ·  When you save items to a social bookmarking service, you “tag” keywords into your save. This new tagging system allows for the “added potential of seeing how others might interpret or use resources that we share. Thus we get connected to information is ways that traditional libraries cannot duplicate. ·  Social bookmarking challenges us to rethink the way we and our students treat the information we find. P 91 ·  Diigo-a tool on the Read/Write Web. ·  It allows you to begin “constructing your own little piece of the Web”. ·  It is a way of organizing sites of specific interests. ·  It is an “archive of sites”. ·  You can choose to keep your bookmark private or you can let other Web surfers know that you saved it as well. ·  Or, you can share your bookmark to a specific group of people that you either invite personally or that sign up to share in your interest. ·  Another feature is that when you bookmark a page you are making a copy of the whole page for later use. (This is helpful in case a site is removed from the Web.) [|www.Diigo.com] P 92-95 ·  Diigo annotations pate collects all of the feedback that’s been left on student work from across the individual blog posts, allowing students to get a useful view over time of how their writing has evolved. ·  You can also find other Diigo users who are finding and linking to sites that you find relevant and interesting. ·  You can set up a Diigo account for your class of students or create an account in which all share the login and password and let students start saving links relevant to whatever you are studying into a class archive. ·  Individual student Diigo accounts are a no-brainer for their own research projects. ·  Diigo is a great tool for sharing information with colleagues. P 96 ·  You can add Diigo feeds to a particular Webpage—for example a link for parents on the school website. ·  Diigo and del.icio.us provide RSS feeds for all of their tags.
 * Using the Web in teaching and learning takes everything out of isolation and makes it collaborative and social in nature.
 * Using the Internet gives us the ability to share and connect, and to create with many others of like minds and interests.
 * “The power of social interaction is immense and is being harnessed in all sorts of new and creative ways. And, once again, the implications for teaching and learning are significant as well.”
 * This lead to developing complex networks of resources.
 * Responsibility for work completed is shared by those interacting with it.