Friday, April 25, 2008

Virtual School Society Conference


OK David Warlick is live blogging a conference in BC and it's where I would love to be right now. He posted an really interesting discussion yesterday about implementing social networks and the features of them. The presenter talks about the features of social networks using an interesting diagram.
Social Networks are all about:
Identity,
Presence,
Relationships,
Conversations,
Groups,
Reputation The diagram shows how 3 different networks play on these relationships.
Imagine how powerful these tools could be for learning if school districts could get past the fear and unblock them. We need to educate the educators so that we can use such tools wisely in learning environments.



Smith, Gene. “Social Software Building Blocks.” [Weblog nForm] 4 Apr 2007. nForm User
Experience. 23 Apr 2008 http://nform.ca/publications/social-software-building-block.

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