Don't Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace MySpace
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Saved by 59 people (-4 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-05-02
- Jkindron on 2009-10-04 - Tags no_tag
- Stevenanderson on 2009-09-24 - Tags web2.0 , socialnetworking , socialmedia
- Pellsesser on 2009-09-23 - Tags social networks , Facebook , education , myspace , collaboration , socialnetworking
- Triciashepherd on 2009-09-22 - Tags no_tag
- Joymwalton on 2009-09-21 - Tags socialnetworking , schools
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Some schools ban social networks for wasting classroom time or to protect students from weirdos. But, as part of a wider trend toward less top-down teaching, other institutions are putting tools like MySpace, Bebo and Facebook on the curriculum -- and teachers are saying: "Thanks for the add."
Recent efforts to outlaw the Web 2.0 sites so beloved by teenagers include a congressional bill that would throttle funds to schools that do not restrict access. But Elgg, open-source social networking software developed at the University of Brighton, has been designed specifically with academic uses in mind.
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Broadly, Elgg represents a shift from aging, top-down classroom technologies like Blackboard to what e-learning practitioners call personal learning environments -- mashup spaces comprising del.icio.us feeds, blog posts, podcast widgets -- whatever resources students need to document, consume or communicate their learning across disciplines.
The idea is spreading. Freely downloadable, Elgg now powers networks set up by nearly 50 schools and colleges around the world,
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on 2007-05-10 by jmspiers
Some schools ban social networks for wasting classroom time or to protect students from weirdos. But, as part of a wider trend toward less top-down teaching, other institutions are putting tools like MySpace, Bebo and Facebook on the curriculum -- and teachers are saying: "Thanks for the add."
Recent efforts to outlaw the Web 2.0 sites so beloved by teenagers include a congressional bill that would throttle funds to schools that do not restrict access. But Elgg, open-source social networking software developed at the University of Brighton, has been designed specifically with academic uses in mind.