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The Innovative Educator on Social Networks

What is the benefit of each social network in education? Like many things in life, it’s not about the one-size-fits all solution, but rather finding the right tool in the shed to accomplish the task at hand.

Posted by The Innovative Educator:

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/07/google-facebook-twitter-and-blogs-when.html

Using Blogs to Engage English Language Learners

Article by Jon Schwartz. He teaches fourth grade in Oceanside, CA.

If managed properly and carefully, student blogs provide a virtual workbench that students can use to find their creative muse and learn about the technological world they are inheriting.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ell-digital-divide-jon-schwartz

More information about his work:

http://kidslikeblogs.org/

The New School

Real-time encyclopedias

Real-time encyclopedias can be very useful for students in order to develop research skills. I would like to show two examples:

Mashpedia http://mashpedia.com/ is a dynamic encyclopedia, that pulls content from different online services in real-time, offering a complete and fresh outlook about (almost) any topic.

Every time you query Mashpedia, it loads information and digital contents from many online sources and then organize them in an easy-to-use interface. At Mashpedia you can find fresh data and digital media from newspapers, magazines, blogs, books, Wikipedia, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Social Answers and more online resources. (Source http://mashpedia.com/about.php)

  

Zomobo http://zomobo.com/ is a new site that bills itself as a real-time encyclopedia. Zomobo, pulls the latest information available about specific topics that you're interested in. When you look up a topic in Zomobo you will get information pulled from blogs, social networks, Flickr, YouTube, newspapers, news sites, and Wikipedia. (Source http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/07/zomobo-real-time-encyclopedia.html)

The History of the English Language in Ten Animated Minutes

You can find this witty animated sequence that takes you through 1600 years of linguistic history on YouTube
Playlist (10 videos): 

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA03075BAD88B909E

An example: 

The Teacher Network

The Teacher Network is a vast repository of free resources for ages 4 to 18. It is part of Guardian Professional Networks (new community sites which are a division of Guardian News & Media). You can browse and use thousands of innovative free resources and create and share your own.

http://teachers.guardian.co.uk/

ESOL Courses

A huge variety of online materials (free interactive listening lessons, reading exercises, quizzes and games) all of which are graded according to level (Beginners, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate,Advanced/IELTS)

http://www.esolcourses.com/

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/esolcourses

The best search for your information need

One of the hardest parts about doing academic research on the Internet is figuring out where to start! A search engine or subject portal is usually the first thing to try, but which are the most useful for your research need?

http://noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

MIT Tech TV

MIT Tech TV is the video-sharing site for the MIT community. It supports the community through the aggregation and distribution of science, engineering, technology, and a lot more MIT-related video on the web.

http://techtv.mit.edu/