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=Chapter 6 - Fayetteville High School=

 = Chapter 6  =   = Using Social Web as a Learning Tool  =

 There are numerous new and initiative ways of using social networking as a learning tool. This chapter introduces you to some of the most popular ones. Overview (A way of looking at these sites)  ·   Collaborative construction of knowledge  ·   The power of social interaction evident by Wikipedia and the new ways it is being used.  ·     Learning is a continuous conversation among many participants; therefore it is still the responsibility of the learner to do their own work. However, the responsibility is now shared in part by those reading and interacting with the learners work. NOW – the continuous conversation that is sweeping the social web is “Twitter” What is Twitter?  ·   Twitter is a “micro-blogging” tool. [|www.twitter.com]  ·   A powerful professional development and communication tool  ·   Updates pop up on the screen of people that you have asked to receive them from. i.e. Family, colleagues, book authors, etc. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">  Helps students as well as educators build a learning on demand environment. What is Microblogging? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Microblogging is where you type a quick phrase about something you are doing, thinking about or reading and anyone who is 'following' within the Twitter network can see that on their own Twitter timeline. This is a little like status updates on Facebook. There are then a host of free software applications that will automatically update as you get new 'Tweets' so that you don't have to go to the Twitter website to see if there are any new ones. Below is the Commoncraft video to explain Twitter. <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">

media type="custom" key="3099694" What is a Tweet? <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   The comment sent by a person at any given time <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   They are limited to 140 characters per “tweet”. Like a shout out! What educators have to say about Twitter Twitter related sites: [|www.youthtwitter.com] – permission only environment http://tinyurl.com/25u2cx – a number of ways to intergrate twitter into the classroom =<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Social Bookmarking Services = <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">[|www.del.icio.us.com] <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> -- del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website -- the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. On del.icio.us, you can use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders. del.icio.us is a collection of favorites - yours and everyone else's. You can use del.icio.us to: Keep links to your favorite articles, blogs, music, reviews, recipes, and more, and access them from any computer on the web. Share favorites with friends, family, coworkers, and the del.icio.us community. Discover new things. Everything on del.icio.us is someone's favorite -- they've already done the work of finding it. So del.icio.us is full of bookmarks about technology, entertainment, useful information, and more.

[|www.diigo.com] -- This is a social network that is a lot like del.icio.us but is getting rave reviews. [|7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better than del.icio.us].

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">[|www.digg.com] <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> -- Digg is a user driven social content website. Everything on Digg is submitted by our community (that would be you). After you submit content, other people read your submission and Digg what they like best. If your story rocks and receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for the millions of visitors to see. Every person can digg (help promote), bury (help remove spam), and comment on stories. Digg also allows you to track your friends' activity throughout the site — want to share a video or news story with a friend? Digg it! <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">