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Social Media Seminar Series
Social Media: An introduction to Blogging
This is in response to a recent presentation on social media & Education by Andy Coverdale.
The session will start promptly at 7pm and will last for one hour. This is a practical session and as such, participants will be required to take part in the activities. At the end of the session participants would have:
1. created a blog;
2. added at least 2 submissions to their blog;
3. embedded photos, movies and external link;
4. added tags to blog submissions to organise content;
5. subscribed to syndicate feeds;
6. updated your security settings;
7. commented on blog of colleague;
Date: Saturday, March 13 2010
Time: 7pm (19:00) US/Pacific (GMT-08:00)*
Cost: FREE
Further information will be sent to those who register for the workshop. Register HERE
Participation is limited to 15 individuals.
Happy blogging
Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning
When: March 18, 2010: 2:00 PM Eastern USA (World Clock Calculator) April 15, 2010: 2:00 PM Eastern USA (World Clock Calculator) May 20, 2010: 2:00 PM Eastern USA (World Clock Calculator) June 17, 2010: 2:00 PM Eastern USA (World Clock Calculator)
Where: Online (to receive updates, see Information Sign-up) Cost: No Fee
Faculty: George Siemens - Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute, Athabasca University David Cormier - Web Projects Lead, Univ. of Prince Edward Island, Canada The seminar series, led by George Siemens and David Cormier, is without fee and will include live interactive sessions, in addition to discussions with guest speakers and participants. All sessions are co-sponsored by and will be archived in the Education & Information Technology Library (EdITLib). Social media and emerging technologies are gaining increased attention for use in education. The list of tools grows daily.
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Dear friends, I was just browsing the discussion section and noticed that the discussion section under research has the caption "No activity". I thought how apt, for it seems that as teachers there…
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Globalization...What are the implications for the Caribbean Region? How can we find a meaning place in this village? Is "regionalization" the answer? 14 Replies
Studies in the science of Sociology has made me take a closer look at the issue of globalisation and its effects on the Caribbean Region. However, of primary concern to me, is the fact that some educ…
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University College of the Cayman Islands Annual Conference March 11 & 12, 2010
11 & 12 March 2010. Participants are Invited to Submit Papers.
Areas to be Covered:
• Culture and identity
• Education, literature and the workplace
• Cayman Islands and regional concerns,issues, histories
• Impacts of globalism.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Rex Nettleford,
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COMPETITION REOPENED : Canada-CARICOM Virtual University Scholarship Program (CCVUSP)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) is seeking applications for the Canada-CARICOM Virtual University Scholarship Program (CCVUSP). The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) will deliver the program on behalf of DFAIT, in cooperation with Canadian Virtual University (CVU).
The CCVUSP will offer selected certificate programs, delivered entirely at a distance, to learners from CARICOM countries. The program will provide access to post-secon… Continue
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GeoGebra Free Math Software
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We all know in this high-tech world that if you blink, you miss out. So, I guess I’ve been blinking too much lately. I finally got to play with GeoGebra, free software that lets you (and your students) play with mathematical ideas graphically – and with a tablet pc or interactive whiteboard, it’s like mathematical magic...
Created originally by Markus Hohenwarter in Austria, GeoGebra is now translated into 45 languages and is being used l… Continue
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