Building a powerful #PLN #edchat #iste using gr8 #edtech20 #edtools in XXI Century Education Part 2 #aplanet

Like I write in my previous post PLN is MY PASSIONATE LEARNING NETWORK.I like collaborate with teachers worldwide in #edtech20 project  

Now let's see the gr8 #edtools  to buid a powerful PLN
Dear friends members of #edtech20 PLNs  teachers, reserchers , elearning specialists  you are welcome to add comments and feedback with other edtools used by you to buid a powerfull PLN in XXI Century Education and stay close to my blog for new post #edtech20 SOCIAL MEDIA CURATOR .


Twitter is the best web 2.0 microblogging tool for sharing using social media In only 140 character twitter bring a new dimenssion for global  collaboration using new technologies .

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages and it is also an online tool that lets you write brief text updates – tweets  .

 Twitter is the best microblogging tool for sharing using social media in nowadays education . In only 140 characters twitter revolutionize the concept of global sharing  and worldwide collaboration . Twitter  has  thousounds of tools and applications who make from twitter numer 1 web 2.0 tool for sharing around the world and for this reason teachers and students must learn how to use it in a safety way .

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1.Pearltrees is my favorite social curation tool in 2010 and here you can make a PLN -  social curation community. It is the social way to discover, organize and share the stuff you like on the web.Use Pearltrees to keep the stuff you like on the web at hand, to discover new things in your areas of interest and to share them with your friends.

Pearltrees game play is pretty simple, but its potential is limited solely by your imagination:

Pearl the stuff you like on the Web.Organize your pearls into your own pearltrees.

Discover other users' pearltrees with the search box or the minipearl.

Team up with others to curate the pearltrees you like

Pick pearltrees when you are interested in them and follow their updates

Share pearltrees by embedding them on your blog or on other social services .

THE BEST NEWS PEARLTREES IT IS FREE AND YOU CAN ORGANIZE AND TRANSFFER HERE DELICIOUS BOOKMARKS .

2.Eegoes is a new tool   described as a “new generation” of social networking aims to provide a user-friendly and innovative platform for social interaction, that lets users filter their content through keyword settings to deliver only the information most relevant to their interests.Users can customize their views, to see “Everything”, or only view “Videos”, “Pictures”, “Notes”, “Events”, “Links” or “Interests.” Users can connect via Facebook or Twitter and sync their accounts or establish parts of their account as private and public through user-friendly controls.I invite all to join and collaborate in  #edtech20 Eegoes group . 

3.Facebook is the best way to make a PLN and to collaborate in   groups and make facebook  pages giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Facebook it is also an incredible learning tool in XII Century Education . Teachers and educators  can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication and collaboration  and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. On facebook you can add photos , videos , presentations and much , much more applications and for this reason I invite you to join and post on main page of #edtech20 project with 350 fans .

4.LinkedIn is a tool where you can make a PLN  Professional Learning Network and was built for professionals who want to use their existing and future social networks to build a career. LinkedIn is not like MySpace and Facebook. It’s not where teenagers post photos , videos and presentations  with their activities

The LinkedIn profile is exactly like a resume, but it holds a lot more information. It includes fields for education, jobs, experience, interests, awards and honors, and personal information. Most people use LinkedIn to “get to someone” , to connect and collaborate in order to make a sale, form a partnership, or get a job.

I invite you all to join free and  collaborate in #edtech20 LinkedIn group .

5.Diigo has become one of the most popular social bookmarking services used by educators and it is a gr8 opportunity for Delicious and I like very much this edtool . Diigo offers good tools for highlighting, annotating, bookmarking, and sharing what you like on the Internet. Diigo is an effective tool for teaching because Diigo's features allow teachers to highlight critical features within text and images and write comments directly on the web pages, to collect and organize series of web pages and web sites into coherent and thematic sets, and to facilitate online conversations within the context of the materials themselves.  Diigo also allows teachers to collaborate and share resources among themselves. Diigo is much more than a simple web annotation or social bookmarking service -- it is a new kind of online research and collaborative research tool that integrates tags and folders, highlighting and clipping, sticky notes, and group-based collaboration, enabling a whole new process of online knowledge management, learning, and teaching in the information age.Diigo group #edtech20 With Version 5.0, Diigo moves one step further towards its vision of providing the best cloud-based  personal information management (PIM) service that enables users to collect, highlight, access and share a variety of information, on a variety of devices.

6. Wiggio, you can share and edit files, manage a group calendar, poll your group, post links, set up conference calls, chat online and send mass text, voice and email messages to your group members. Each group member can define how they want to keep informed of group activity. For a complete overview of what your group can do on Wiggio, click on the following video:

7.Cloudworks, a social networking site for sharing and discussing learning and teaching ideas and designs. The work is underpinned by an ongoing programme of empirical work, aimed at getting a richer understanding of educational design processes. Data collected includes interviews, surveys, observations, web statistics, focus groups, as well as gathering data at workshops and other events we run. The empirical data informs the three main strands : representing pedagogy, informing the design process and facilitating the sharing and discussing of designs. I invite you all to join free #edtech20 Cloudworks group

Ning is the world's largest platform for creating social websites. Top organizers, marketers, influencers, and activists use Ning to create an online destination that weaves social conversations in content and inspire action.  Unfortunatelly Ning network isn’t free but I keep the #edtech20 PLN http://web20ineducation2010.ning.com/forum/topics/collaboration-in-edtech20-pln?commentId=5366584%3AComment%3A1505 where I wan to collaborate with teachers worldwide . I like Ning Ning because  made it easy for members to get involved and submit their own photos, videos, blog posts , collaborate in the forum and you can add many apps on your Ning network .

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Building a powerful #PLN using gr8 #edtech20 tools in XXI Century Education Part #aplanet

I like very much to discover new #edtools and share them with my #edtech20  PLN ( Passionate Learning Network )and for all of you a big Starwberry #edtech20 CAKE :) . If you enjoy my post please add comments and suggestions .
I am very proud because I am a associate teacher in #aplanet project .

 

I want to thank you all for your kind greetings on twitter @web20education  and specially to @shellterrell ; @tamaslorincz   iPad_storytime and on facebook .

Short introduction . 3 years ago I begin my adventure in a web 2.0 world  beeing founder in some eTwinning projects . Here is my first website http://differentbutequaletwinning.webs.com/founderdumalucianrom.htm . 

In 3 years I  have evolved a lot and now I am a Social Media and Web 2.0 addicted curator in XXI Century Education 

http://www.luciandumateachweb20.eu/page7.php

http://www.luciandumateachweb20.eu/ @web20education  I am Glogster Edu Ambassador , SymballoEdu Ambassador and I am very proud because  because my #edtech20 free  project in the clouds for teachers worldwide ,, Teach , learn and play in XXI century using in a e-Safety way tools and applications web 2.0 and social media in education 2.0 " was finalist in ELEARNING AWARDS 2010  . Now let's see what is a PLN , how to build a #edtech20 PLN and what are the best edtools to make a PLN in XXI Century Education

Personal Learning Networks consist of the people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a Personal Learning Environment.( systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning ) . An important part of this concept is the theory of connectivism developed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. Learners create connections and develop a network that contributes to their professional development and knowledge .  The learner does not have to know these people personally or ever meet them in person.The following is an excerpt from Dryden's and Vos' book on learning networks:"For the first time in history, we know now how to store virtually  all humanity's most important information and make it available, almost  instantly, in almost any form, to almost anyone on earth. We also know  how to do that in great new ways so that people can interact with it ,  and learn from it." . You can read more about PLN here , here , here ,   here  or  here

I think  all the teachers should build a PLN because in collaboration with other teachers they can share knowledge in groups and using web 2.0 and social media they can bring edreform in XXI Century Education . I am member in many #edtech20 PLNs , but unfortunatelly most of the teachers only use the informations and tools from the networks  and don't collaborate with other teachers and for this reason you can read : Collaboration in #edtech20 PLN . Ok now lets see the gr8  #edtech20 tools to build a PLN in  XXI Century Education in my  next blog  post .