Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: Social Networking for Classroom Use

Monday, October 4, 2010

Re: Social Networking for Classroom Use

Mark,

Thanks so much for the resources. Would it be ok with you if I picked =
your brain a little bit about what you might do differently? Are you =
currently doing anything in your classes with SN?

Thanks!

Jessie

On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Mark Whipple wrote:

Jessie,

In the spring of 2009 I completed a Masters research project on the use =
of
social networking in the classroom. We used Ning in a 9th grade social
studies project. I would do a number of things differently if I had it =
to do
over, but you may still find some useful info and/or resources. Here is =
a
link to my portfolio page; the paper and Powerpoint summary are under =
the
Research section at the top.

http://whipplefamily.com/bridgew/portfolio/index.html

Mark Whipple

Instructional Technology Specialst
Kennedy Middle School
Natick, MA

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jessie Adkins =
<jessie.adkins@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I am a master's student finishing up my degree in educational =
technology at
> the University of Washington and I'm focusing my culminating project =
on the
> uses of social networking in the classroom. I'd love to make contact =
with
> any of you who use any type of social networking (twitter, edmodo, =
elgg,
> facebook, ning, etc.) in your classroom (or know of teachers at your =
school
> who do) to talk about the ins and outs of using social networking in =
an
> educational setting.
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Jessie Adkins
> jessadk@gmail.com
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