I year ago when I write a blog post : #ipad in #education to #mlearning after 4 years I present also Top 20 #curation #ipad apps to share knowledge in XXI Century Education, read more here http://bitly.com/IpadinEducation .Here is GlogsterEDU Learning Diary http://dumacornellucian.edu.glogster.com/duma-cornel-lucian-creative-use-of-tablets-mooc-by-eun , you can discover also my favorite 20 ipad apps for Flipped Classroom, and here https://mlearning.zeef.com/lucian.duma I share 1000 MLearning apps in XXI Century Education and I invite you to contribute to have in a single page best mobile apps . I invite you also to add your comments to this blog post and I invite you every week to discover best edtools and MLearning apps and to add your feed-back to my posts .
Dear friends, like I mention in my previous post here http://bit.ly/collaborationincop2smile I am honored to be in SMILE Project digital publication because I had the opportunity to be selected Leader in community of practices 2 (Using Social Media in schools, whole school approach) organized in SMILE Project obtained through a Facebook Awards Digital Citizenship Research Grant managed by European Schoolnet ( the network of 30 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. As a not-for-profit organisation, EUN aim to bring innovation in teaching and learning to our key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners ) and for this reason they develop many projectS http://www.eun.org/about/projects/ .
Ollie Bray, our brilliant trainer from Intel Teach Essentials training course in Prague http://bitly.com/prgessentials invite all participants to join also Social Media in Learning and Education Project managed by EUN . Janice Richardson, manager of the project said last year when the project start ,, SMILE aims to investigate these issues and, through, an online learning course and mentoring techniques, not only encourage the take-up of social media in schools but also to map best practice in order to foster the exchange of ideas and experience” You can download official Smile Project handbook free from here and after you read the publication leave your feed-back, and add a comment to this blog post .smile handbook
The main purpose of this SMILE digital publication ‘Challenges and opportunities for schools and teachers in a digital word - Lessons learned from the 2012 SMILE action research project’ is to provide guidelines and examples to teachers on how to adopt social media in a school environment. “We believe that the SMILE report truly provides manageable steps on how to exploit the potential of these tools for the benefit of learners, both at classroom and institutional levels, in a pedagogically sound manner,” says Janice Richardson, Senior Advisor at European Schoolnet. The report also advocates a response to the important issue of online safety that seeks to move beyond a ‘lock and block’ mentality, to a mindset that prefers to use education itself to give young people (and teachers) the skills, the knowledge and the insight needed to be able to use the bewildering variety of tools on offer in ways that minimise risk. “Nothing is more important to Facebook than the safety of the people that use our site. We think that online safety is a responsibility shared amongst parents, teachers, teens, policy makers and companies like Facebook. Because today’s kids are growing up in a new and different world, we believe that working with partners like these researchers is critical to learning more about ways that we can continue to improve our product. We strive to be as innovative when it comes to safety as we are in every other part of our business, and the Digital Citizenship Research Grants program is just one small part of our overall safety program. We will continue to create new safety programs to emphasise our ongoing commitment,” says Joe Sullivan, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, speaking of the research grants. This project has 3 parts : 1. An online learning laboratory for 100 teachers from the 30 member states of EUN partnership to investigate and embrace the educational opportunities social media offers and for this reason Ollie Bray, our trainer introduce all of us in the beautiful world of social media related to SMILE Community of Practices, presenting the 1st part of the project in 6 units . For each unit, he give us introductory video to view, along with a written commentary and additional sources of information. We have also a list of links to explore and reflect on, and examples of interesting practice taken from both the education sector and beyond. At the end of each unit we made a series of tasks to help us deepen understanding, and gain practical experience of many of the issues discussed,more here Social Media in Learning and Education (SMILE) - Video 2 of 6 Using social media in schools - whole school approach. from Ollie Bray on Vimeo.
Still the begining I must told you that I like verry much this project and for this reason I was involved in the discussions in 1st part of the project on the Elearning Platform managed by EUN http://leedu.eun.org/web/smile/home and for my research https://lucianecurator.contently.com/I was accepted to be COP2 leader in part 2 of the project . 2.Research with the 100 learning laboratory participants to highlight trends and best practices for how social media is being used and can be used in classrooms; The SMILE ‘learning laboratory’ was organised around a number of Communities of Practice that allowed more than 100 teachers from across Europe and beyond to study some critical aspects of the use of social media in learning and education: · Social media - what is it? · Social media - school policies · Social media - pedagogical principles · Social media - professional development (CPD) · Social media - internet safety and responsible use · Social media - challenges to adoption
In XXI Century Education, the use of new online technologies ( social media and web 2.0 startup tools and apps ) aren't regarded like a avantgardist movement, but unfortunatelly although we have many free edtools most of the teachers still don't know or don't want to know how to integrate new online technologies into the classroom although in all the schools we have now computers connected to Internet .For this reason I accepted to be COP2 leader - Using Social Media in schools, whole-school approach . I had the opportunity to have Elena Radaelli from Italy my deputy leader who said after the project finished :
"The reason that led me to attend the on line splendid course SMILE was related to my professional and personal necessity to see if social media such as Facebook, that normally occupy a relevant part of my pupils' daily life outside school, could actually enter school and become an interesting didactical tool. I decided to start with an ad hoc Facebook group focused on our Comenius project to share ideas, jokes, and pictures to enrich the project. [..] I was amazed how fast and precise they were to react and do their homework. During all my teaching years, I had never seen such a prolific, lovely and creative production of assignments, nice jokes, provocations in plain English! So without even knowing it, they started using their first foreign language as a real communicative tool. They were totally involved in the learning process since they didn't perceive it as a burden but as part of their daily life."
3.Broad dissemination of results of the research through EUN’s interactive portals for teachers as well as through European and international meetings and conferences.
Like I mention in my previous post here http://bit.ly/prgessentials about my reflections after Intel Teach Training from Pargue, Ollie Bray, our brilliant trainer invite the participants to join also Social Media in Learning and Education Project managed by EUN . Janice Richardson, manager of the project said ,, SMILE aims to investigate these issues and, through, an online learning course and mentoring techniques, not only encourage the take-up of social media in schools but also to map best practice in order to foster the exchange of ideas and experience”
Facebook Awards Digital Citizenship Research Grant to European Schoolnet to implement SMILE :) Project and you can read more here . This project has 3 parts : 1. An online learning laboratory for 100 teachers from the 30 member states of EUN partnership to investigate and embrace the educational opportunities social media offers; 2.Research with the 100 learning laboratory participants to highlight trends and best practices for how social media is being used and can be used in classrooms; 3.Broad dissemination of results of the research through EUN’s interactive portals for teachers as well as through European and international meetings and conferences.
Still the begining I must told you that I like verry much this project and for this reason I was involved in the discussions in 1st part of the project on the Elearning Platform managed by EUN http://leedu.eun.org/web/smile/home and for my research http://xeeme.com/LucianeCurator I was accepted to be COP2 leader . In XXI Century Education, the use of new online technologies ( social media and web 2.0 startup tools and apps ) aren't regarded like a avantgarde movement, but unfortunatelly although we have many free edtools most of the teachers still don't know or don't want to know how to integrate new online technologies into the classroom although in all the schools we have now computers connected to Internet . For this reason I want to implement Curation Restart Education project http://bit.ly/credproject also for romanian teachers and in the same time I am proud to be leader in COP2 organized in Smile Project and we discuss in our Community of Practices about : ,, Using Social Media in schools, whole-school approach " . First we must chose the tools for easy collaboration and sharing ( I chose scoop.it and Pinterest ) and now I will describe the features of 10 of my favorites ( 5 tools described here are startup tools many in beta ) and we must chose what to use in our Community of Practices and for this reason please add comments and proposes . We must also chose the platform who is suitable for us to collaborate 3 mounths and Smile:) I propose mightybell :) , but you can propose other .
I propose also for a good collaboration to use this blog http://smileprojectcop2socialmediainschools.blogspot.com/ where everyone can describe his / her favorite tool related to a subject . Now I will try to add a short description of the tools and some features for every tool or app . I want to begin collaboration in our COP2 with the best 3 startup curation tools to build and collaborate with PLN and for this reason I propose you dear members of my team to use next mounths still now in Smile Project : mightybell, scoop.it and pinterest .
1.Mightybell is now my favorite Curation tool to collaborate eSafety with PLN and for this reason I want to use this tool / curation platform to collaborate in Smile Project . This is about infusing passion and color into everyday life. Too often, we spend time on what we have to do, not what we want to do. We’ve lost the ability to follow what makes us curious, in favor of choosing what makes us more efficient.With Mightybell, you can step into a world of curiosity and serendipity. By making space for ideas, interests and adventures with friends, you’re embracing the opportunity to create a more colorful life. Each Mightybell space has a story, one you can share with as many likeminded people as you want. You can share : a question, an article, a link, a video or a photo about something that interests you is all you need to start a Mightybell space. After all, you never know when you’ll discover your next passion.
2. Scoopit is my favorite and the best social media curation tool for easily publish gorgeous magazines. Leverage Curation to increase your visibility. Give persistence to
your social media presence. I must told you that you can tag and describe every post on scoop.it .
For our Community of Practices 2 I made a community http://www.scoop.it/t/smileprojectcop2/ where everyoane can suggest a tool or a post, after follow our community .
Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. Teachers use pinboards to manage their projects and also People use pinboards plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. To get started, request an invite or leave a comment after you read my post with your email and I will send you a invitation to try this curation tool . Also don't forget that you must pin a immage to bookmark on pinterest .
4. Pearltrees it is also a awesome social media curation tool , and I must told you that I was verry excited when I begin to use it and this is 1st Curation tool . Pearltrees is the best way to organize, discover and share the stuff you like on the web. How does it work? Pearl the stuff you like on the Web and collaborate with friends . Features : You can keep at hand the web pages you like and enrich your account with Pearltrees from other members of the community. Who is Pearltrees made for ?
Anybody who has ever wanted to keep a webpage (about a favorite project, for researching travel, for conducting research or just because there are things you've found that you don't want to lose...) to retrieve it one day or to share it with someone. This means a lot of people!
What makes Pearltrees so special ?
It's probably different for each user but Pearltrees lets people:
have everything they like on the web organized in one place.
access their web items from anywhere using a PC, a Mac or an iPad to enjoy a unique visual interface to keep everything they like at hand, play with pearls, they're made to be manipulated.
discover the pearltrees from other members of the community, everything is public!
5.Springpad Smart Notebooks to save, share and act on what's important to you and to your friends .Springpad now makes it easy to invite your friends so you can make awesome notebooks together. Springpad is great for just about anything and it's even better when you invite your friends.Springing just got easier .Now you can just type in the information you want to save and let Springpad do the rest. Try typing in a task you want to remember, an event you want to save, a movie you want to see, or a product you want to buy. It's that easy! Share and explore Have you curated the perfect summer reading list? The best places to visit in your neighborhood? Now, you can share your knowledge and passions with the world by making any notebook public. Or, if you see someone else's notebook that you find interesting, you can follow it to see future updates. The privacy of your contents is now controlled at the notebook level. Make a notebook public or private, and all of its contents and attachments will have the same setting.
6.Learnist is the latest social media curation tool for education , still in beta launch by Grockit team . Learnist super easy to share what you know by pointing to existing web resources. You can use videos, blogs, books, documents, images, anything to explain how to learn something. Features Use Learnist to share what you know and learn new things. Create Learn Boards on topics you understand and add learnings by pointing to videos, blogs, images and documents on the web. Board creation permissions are granted on rolling basis.
6.Chime.in is a social network based on interests, where people share, connect with others, and build communities around their favorite topics . Chime.in is designed so that people can share their thoughts, photos, videos, and links. It could also turn into a marketing channel for entertainment brands
Features :
Broadcast your Interests
Chime.in is designed for sharing your opinions, questions, and all the amazing media you come across each day.
Combine text, photos, videos, links, or polls in a Chime
Find new audiences for your content by tagging your Chimes with relevant Interests
Make new friends
Chime.in makes it really easy to connect with people who like the same things as you do.
Join the conversation by liking, sharing, or commenting on Chimes
Build deeper relationships by joining Communities about your Interests
Discover more about your Interests
Chime.in helps you find the best content about your favorite things.
Subscribe to an Interest to see all Chimes tagged with that topic
Sort your Chimelines by likes, shares, or comments to find the most talked about Chimes
Re-Engage With A Click Send quick follow up messages, meeting invites, birthday cards and more with just a single button click
7. Zoku is the easiest way to strenghten your business relationships . Track Important Relationships Organize information and communications with your customers, investors, recruits, and other important business contacts. Stay Up-To-Date On Key News Get alerts for key personal and professional news such as promotions, press mentions, family events, travel plans, and much more. Re-Engage With A Click Send quick followup messages, meeting invites, birthday cards and more with just a single button click.
After I describe this startup curation tools to build a PLN I also suggest you to use old groups for collaboration on facebook, google plus and diigo .
8. Facebook is a social utility social media tool that connects people worldwide with friends and others who work, study and live around them. I must told you this is a tool I use daily to keep in touch with friends and I am member in more than 30 groups,I made a group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TIS4ETWINNERS/ and a facebook page for Curation Restart Education Project . If I don't find Mightybell groups I suggest COP2 to use facebook groups .
9.Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community . Diigo Groups provides a ground-breaking collaborative research and learning tool that allows any group of people to pool their findings through group bookmarks .
10.. Google Plus is also a new tool to build a #PLN .
Google+: real life sharing, rethought for the web.
Google+ aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Check out Circles, Messenger and Hangouts, just a few of the things we've been working on.
I made a page for #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project to keep in touch with PLN http://goo.gl/wyidi
I am happy to be also Glogster Edu Ambassador and I suggest all of you to use with students the best edtool GlogsterEdu - Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. It is fantastic!
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