Using Ning for Educational Social Networks

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Guidelines for using Ning in a school setting

This post originally appeared on The Freshman Transition Network. My school system - City of Salem Schools, VA - has undergone a lengthy process to determine what types of social networking should be available on our system's network. Until recently, all social networks were blocked by our filter. After much discussion and exploration, it was decided that social networki… Continue

Added by Scott Habeeb on October 28, 2009 at 7:00pm — 25 Comments

Grading Online Quizzes Created by Google Docs Automatically

For teachers, grading quiz results for paper test manually is definitely a hard job. Google Docs provides a good way for teachers to create online quizzes or surveys for teaching and learning, you can view the posts about creating quizzes and sharing quizzes… Continue

Added by William Peterson on October 27, 2009 at 12:52am — 1 Comment

An AFL review strategy that can be used by any teacher in any content area

This was originally posted on Assessment FOR Learning on October 22, 2009. As I have come to comprehend better what Assessment FOR Learning truly means and how its principles can be applied, I find myself regularly thinking about how I would do things differently if I were still in the classroom. After recently observing Paola Brinkley, one of our… Continue

Added by Scott Habeeb on October 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

Google Docs for Online Classroom: Sharing Quizzes to Invite Students to Take the Quiz

At the last post about creating online quizzes with Google Docs, I showed you the steps to create online quizzes with Google Docs. In this post, I will guide you to share the quizzes you created and then invite others to take quizzes. You can share the quiz spreadsheet with others or publish it. About sharing quiz spreadsheet online to let other… Continue

Added by William Peterson on October 21, 2009 at 2:30am — 2 Comments

The new means is Collaborative learning!

As an educationalist, I have often wondered what is more important? ‘what’ students should learn or ‘how’ they learn. Basics needs to be learned, there is no question about it. This is taught in the school and colleges. In addition, we need to teach the student the process of learning also. The Chinese proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." is very apt in explaining this. We need to help our students to develop an effective l… Continue

Added by Mark Jacobs on November 14, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Cell Phones In School

Why do we as educators fight kids when it comes to new technologies? Kids love to use their cell phones. Shouldn't we be asking How we can use these as a teaching tool rather than fighting them. AREACODE4396508 is ready to start texting. We could text them questions, send them assignments, and interact… Continue

Added by Lincoln Builds on October 3, 2009 at 8:30pm — 11 Comments

Daily 5 Anyone??

I'm looking for educators who are currently using the Daily 5 literacy framework in your classrooms or in your school. This is an amazing literacy structure for elementary & middle school students, building independence and self reliance in students starting in kindergarten. I am looking for ways to support my staff members who are working their way into fully utilizing this structure. Id love to hear from you regarding how you have integrated this program into your classroom or school. I'm… Continue

Added by Jackie Lester on September 30, 2009 at 6:09pm — 2 Comments

Educating yourself to hone your memory skills

Education of today is validated after an exam, and most exams expect students to have the ability to retain matter taught to them and reproduce the same. Is this method right? This is a question which has been asked by many educationalists and more importantly, till the time the answer is determined, we need to ensure that every student has one method through which this exam can be conquered. Studies have shown, 48 hours after a st… Continue

Added by Mark Jacobs on September 29, 2009 at 3:28am — 1 Comment

K12Online2009 LAN Party

Please join us on September 26, 2009 for the first live event of the 2009 K12Online Conference On September 26, K12Online Conference will host a LAN party from 2:00PM to 5:00PM EDT and encourages everyone to get together with colleagues in order to engage in lively discussions. Past presentations will be shown… Continue

Added by Durff on September 22, 2009 at 9:34am — No Comments

Back to School Eating Good Meals

Chef Carl Lewis is my special guest on Blogtalkradio who will talk about how to prepare good back to school meals. Learn how you can save time and money and prepare a healthy meal. Learn how to reduce your calories and prepare good meals for your family. The program occurs on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Listen to the program at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dr-stephen-jones Please call in with your questions 646-649-1184. Continue

Added by Dr. Stephen Jones - 610-842-3843 on September 21, 2009 at 1:57pm — No Comments

Journals and Research on Nings in Education

Just a quick blog post wondering if anyone knew of any journals, conference coming up or places that we could post our research and findings about using Nings and Social Networks in Education? Continue

Added by Nia Wearn on September 18, 2009 at 8:20am — No Comments

New and Improved How-To Video!

Calling all Remixers! We just released a new How-To demo which gives you all of the important tips on how to use the Remix America editing software.

Students with more experience in editing can switch from the Easy Editor to the Advanced Editor. The layout of the Advanced Editor is a little more like iMovie and it has a couple exclusive features. For example, the Advanced Editor allows two layers of soundtrack, so you can insert a song AND do a voice over! Already created a… Continue

Added by Remix America on August 24, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

My work

Colleen encouraged my work and Julia took me forward into the unknown of exploring how Native American learners from traditional backgrounds use their Native Ways of Knowing when learning. I will continue this exploration. I think Colleen was trying to tell me that I was entering a new area of transformative learning. Please tell me how to find out more to help me take the next steps on my journey. I have much to learn about transformative learning. Continue

Added by Nancy Fire on August 22, 2009 at 6:50pm — No Comments

Effective online learning

As an educationalist, I have often wondered what is more important? ‘what’ students should learn or ‘how’ they learn. Basics needs to be learned, there is no question about it. This is taught in the school and colleges. In addition, we need to teach the student the process of learning also. The chinese proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." is very apt in explaining this. We need to help our students to develop an effective l… Continue

Added by Mark Jacobs on August 21, 2009 at 2:30am — 4 Comments

Study Skills a Back to School Key to Success

Good study skills are an essential back to school learning tool that every student can carry into the new school year. Many students go back to school without the preparation that they need to succeed. Teachers say it often takes a month to get students back on track. Students need a study skills plan that they can implement during the new school year. They can start by writing down their goals for each class. A student can have a positive affect on their grades just by writing their goals down… Continue

Added by Dr. Stephen Jones - 610-842-3843 on August 20, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

5 Back to School Savings Tips

Every year thousands of parents grab a cart and engage in the age old tradition of back to school shopping. There is a level of excitement in the air as students consider new school supplies and what clothes they will wear back to school. All parents can do is look at their pockets and try to find a way to stretch a dollar. Many parents start their shopping without a plan and that’s where money is lost. Have you ever noticed how things are strategically placed around the store so that you will m… Continue

Added by Dr. Stephen Jones - 610-842-3843 on July 31, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Spicing up nanotechnology with NING network

The heat is on for a networking site for nanoscientists. The Internet Nanoscience Community, TINC, was created by Hungarian chemistry student Andras Paszternak and now has more than 2000 members. The heat is on for an online social networking community for nanoscientists… Continue

Added by Andras Paszternak on July 29, 2009 at 1:34pm — No Comments

Remix Rap: Lupe Fiasco

Here’s a great mashup of history and cutting-edge culture: At a recent Voices of a People’s History event, hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco gave life to two very different but powerful pieces of the American story. First Lupe read an excerpt from an anti-war leaflet written during the Vietnam conflict by two civil rights activists. Then, he stirred up the crowd with the chorus of Public Enemy’s 1989 hit “Fight the Power.” Watch the video below, and read on to learn more about the pieces that Lupe perf… Continue

Added by Remix America on July 27, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments

When You Move You Lose

Why is that educators are of a few select groups that lose their retirement when they move? If you work for a corporation out in California and take a promotion in Texas, you don’t lose that 10 years of retirement out in California. If you live in Connecticut and get a great job opportunity with a company in New York City, you simply commute to the city without thinking about losing retirement from all those years of work in Connecticut. So why isn’t this the case for educators? If a teacher li… Continue

Added by Gayla Thompson on July 16, 2009 at 4:47pm — No Comments

Technology In The Classroom: An Investment Or A Waste of Resources?

What phrase is abuzz in the world of education? “Technology in the classroom.” Everyone is scrambling to find ways to fund their school districts or buildings with new technology for students and teachers. Some schools reach out to their communities and form alliances with businesses to help supply classrooms with new computers or projectors. Other districts have teachers working late, after school, in the evenings, and on the weekends without compensation writing Perkins grants to receive monie… Continue

Added by Gayla Thompson on July 16, 2009 at 4:47pm — 1 Comment

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Welcome to the community for those using Ning to power their educational social network. Also be sure to check out Classroom 2.0 for general discussions of Web 2.0 in the classroom.

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