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Entertainer Cee-Lo Green's cat, Purrfect, has become a mouthpiece for NBC's The Voice, a singing competion which this past Tuesday crowned its second winner. With 63,000 followers on Twitter, this feline certainly has a voice of its own - one that meows to promote the television show that led it to fame.
If a cat can do it, we all can.
But to what end?
The insertion of social media in education has the potential to advance core aims of our society: to teach students how to engage with their families, neighbors, and communities in a new way.
The combination of social media and education requires that we teach students how to become literate in a digital world. The skills of literacy are no longer just about reading and writing, but about abilities that surround our responsibilities as authors.
Part of my work is managing communication among a diverse group of social media enthusiasts from both academia and the professional world. As a group, we can be found on a multitude of platforms and use a plethora of programs, services and applications. The challenge I face is how to accomplish various tasks without making it a burden, especially since we are all volunteers. Adding another program/application/service/etc which someone is not already using is such a burden.
Sometimes we have used email for topical conversations or project work. Sometimes we just want to share articles related to something the group is working on, or perhaps for the group to file away for future use. Our emails accounts are barraged as it is and not the tools we use for real time conversations. A lot of us share stuff on twitter, but natively, it is not the best option for maintaining a discussion thread and archiving material for later use (while maintaining privacy to the group.)
#SMEDU Chat May 2nd “The EDx Announcement by MIT / Harvard & broader implications” Tonight 9 pm EDT 6 pm PDT.
In tonight’s #SMEDU Chat we will take a look at the announcement by Harvard and MIT of EDx, the MOOC initiative, research, related industry developments and further implications in higher education. We use the Twitter hashtag #SMEDU for chat which begins at 6 pm PDT, 9 pm EDT Wednesdays, which is 1 am GMT,11 am Eastern Australia Thursdays.
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Today TED announced the release (in beta) of their new open platform TED-ED. The evolution (perhaps revolution) of social media tools and use in education continues. Join us at 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT tonight, Wednesday, April 25th, on twitter for #SMEDU Chat as we take a look at the new platform, capabilities, potential usage and implications.
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I participated in the PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) National Conference recently. The speed networking session was chock-full of driven, ambitious PR students who will soon be looking to become the next generation of communications professionals. I thought I’d share my experience, and solicit feedback... full post is at…
ContinuePosted by Tressa Robbins on November 9, 2011 at 2:37pm
“Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come” Victor Hugo
Such has been the case with social media. In less than a decade, social media has come to impact the planet’s population, businesses, groups and governments: how we work, learn, lead and live. It is not surprising that the industry’s trade association, The Social Media Club (SMC), has grown to over 200 chapters and 300,000 members in the past five years. Nor is it surprising that relationships between the…
ContinuePosted by Terry Eberhart on August 10, 2011 at 1:37am
In the spirit
of discussion, let's look at this recent post from professional advice blog Careerealism.com. While the post makes some pretty broad generalizations, there were some nuggets worth considering.
Youth unemployment is high? Recent grads are having a difficult time finding jobs? The best option after getting your Baccalaureate degree is…
Posted by Yong Lee on May 8, 2011 at 6:48am
As a recent college graduate I’m curious to know how online professionals view a student’s online voice. Are students barely heard or are too loud online?
I found these tips from safetyweb.com for college students to have a good online appearance. What do you agree and disagree about these?
Have you had any experiences of dealing with a college student’s negative attitude…
ContinuePosted by Hillary Till on April 28, 2011 at 1:00pm
In this recent survey, 80% of faculty asked reported using some form of social media in their teaching.
Online video sites such as YouTube were the most popular application, with other tools such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, wikis, and podcasts weighing in as well.
You have to wonder…
ContinuePosted by Yong Lee on April 24, 2011 at 6:58pm
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