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=Why Social Networks Matter=
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 * GENERAL RESOURCES **


 * ** Standards/Background: ** **
 *  [|The Typical Teacher Network] - This diagram attempts to visualize the typical network of teachers.
 *  [|The Networked Teacher] - Increasingly more teachers are developing rich personal learning networks (PLNs) through the use of social media (sometimes called [|Web 2.0 tools] ).
 *  PLE Diagrams - Scott Leslie has compiled comprehensive list of individuals who have visualized their personal learning environments.
 *  [|What Does the Network Mean to You?] - I asked the question of my network, "what does the network mean to you?". As a result, dozens of people responded via [|Voicethread] (through text, audio, video) to explain their thoughts on networked learning and professional development.
 *  [|ISTE/NETS Student Standards]
 *  [|ISTE/NETS Teacher Standards]
 *  [|NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies]
 *  [|2011 Horizon Report]


 * ** Examples and Information About Open Courses ** **
 *  Social Media & Open Education (#eci831)
 *  [|Call for Networked Mentors] (#eci831)
 *  [|Call for Networked Mentors - Follow-Up] (#eci831)
 *  [|CCK08/09]
 *  [|Personal Learning Environments Networks & Knowledge (PLENK)]
 *  [|What is a MOOC] (video)
 *  [|Success in a MOOC] (video)
 *  [|Knowledge in a MOOC] (video)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Digital Storytelling] (#ds106)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|CCK11 - Week 6 Readings]


 * ** 21st Century Learning in Practice (videos): ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Welcome to my PLE] (video)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|The Networked Student] (video)


 * ** Communication/Networking Tools & Tutorials ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Twitter]
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Twitter for Teachers] (list of tweeps in various categories)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Twitter for Teachers] (another wiki with tools & resources)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Twitter Handbook for Teachers] (online document with tools & tips)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Tweetdeck] (most popular Twitter client, software download)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|HootSuite] (another Twitter client, web-based)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|MapMyFollowers] (easily map the range of your network)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Wordpress.com] (a simple and free, hosted, blogging platform)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Wordpress.org] (where you can get Wordpress software if you want to host it yourself)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Kidblog.org] (Wordpress-based tool for hosting & managing student blogs easily)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Weebly] (easy to use website creator and blogging tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Wix] (free and easy, Flash website creator)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Edmodo] (easy but powerful, classroom social networking)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Wikispaces] (one of the most popular wiki tools, adfree for educators)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|PBWorks] (another popular wiki tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|LinkedIn] (important, career-based social networking tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Schoology] (free learning management system, course communication/creation tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Posterous] (very easy blogging/communication tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Tumblr] (media-friendly blog platform)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Skype] (most popular video/audio conferencing tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|join.me] (video/audio conferencing tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Tokbox] (similar to skype but nothing to install, free for videoconferencing)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Chatzy] (free private chat rooms)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|TinyChat] (live video chat rooms - beware of some inappropriate content)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Today’s Meet] (easy to setup chat w/ tags)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|WizIQ] (virtual classroom for online teaching and learning)


 * ** Productivity & Collaboration Tools ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Google ( [|Gmail], [|Docs] , [|Calendar] , [|Sites] , [|Reader] , [|iGoogle] , [|Trends] , [|Analytics] , [|Adsense] , [|Others] )
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Open Office] (Free alternatives to Microsoft Office)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Dropbox] (free storage & cloud syncing)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|AirDropper] (works w/ Dropbox to extend functionality) - similar, [|DropItToMe]
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|The Ultimate Dropbox & Toolkit Guide] (great guide with many useful tips)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Evernote] (a great notetaking tool) - [|EverNote Webclipper] add-on recommended
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Delicious] (the standard for social bookmarking)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Diigo] (advanced social bookmarking)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Instapaper] (simple tool to save web pages for reading later)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Scribd] (easy document hosting & management tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Learnboost] (online grade management tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|MapAList] (create and manage address-linked maps)


 * ** Screencasting, Video, Photos, Audio ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Jing] (free software for screencasting and image capture)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Screenr] (free, web-based software for creating screencasts)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Animoto] (easy way to create engaging videos from your imagery)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Flickr] (popular photo-sharing site, great for finding copyleft images)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Aviary] (popular media-editing suite)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Jaycut] (free video editing)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Handbrake] (rip and pull DVDs (Mac)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|KeepVid] (download videos from Youtube & other sources)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Zamzar] (online file conversion)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Lightworks] (free video editing software for Windows)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|PhotoStory 3] (story maker for Windows)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|One True Media] (create slideshows and share)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Soundcloud] (audio hosting & embedding)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|uStream] (free live video streaming)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|LiveStream] (another free livestreaming service)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Blip.fm] (social music service)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|GrooveShark] (social music service, allows shared playlists)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|fd’s Flickr Toys] (number of ‘toys’ for your images)


 * ** Presentation Tools ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Prezi] (popular alternative to Powerpoint)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Slideshare] (great way to host slide decks & create screencasts)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Glogster] (alternative presentation format tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|280Slides] (similar to Powerpoint, but online)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|SlideRocket] (another popular Powerpoint alternative)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|PhotoPeach] (easy, sharable slideshows)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Wordle] (easy way to create word clouds)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Tagul] (another way to create word clouds)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Stupeflix] (another slideshow creation tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Dipity] (timeline creation tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Voki] (creating talking avatars)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Xtranormal] (create movies via text)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|GoAnimate] (create cartoons and animations easily)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Voicethread] (create interactive presentations)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|VuVox] (create great presentations)


 * ** Collaborating Thinking/Writing Tools ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Quora] (post questions & answers)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Dabbleboard] (online whiteboard)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Skrbl] (Super-easy whiteboard)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|TypeWithMe] (multi-author document creator)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Mind42] (collaborative mindmapping tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Webspiration] (collaborative mind-mapping tool)


 * ** Referencing/Attribution Tools ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|BibMe] (online referencing tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|EasyBib] (another online referencing tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Plagium] (plagiarism detection)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Zotero] (great research tool for organization, citation, bibliographies)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Mendeley] (a free reference manager and academic social network)


 * ** Polls & Surveys ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Doodle] (easy scheduling tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|PollEverywhere] (polling tool)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Polldaddy] (survey software)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Google forms] (surveys)


 * ** Aggregators ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Netvibes] (personal, dashboard-like aggregator)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Symbaloo] (another popular dashboard-like aggregator)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Weblist.me] (easy way to quickly share links with visual interface- great for elementary)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Feedly] (Browser plugin to aggregate RSS magazine-style)


 * ** Media Resources ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Creative Commons] (find & license copyleft material)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|imgur.com] (Quick and Easy Image Hosting site)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|CompFight] (interface for Flickr photo search)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Behold] (returns high quality flickr images, pictures “like” search)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|FlickrStorm] (another interface for search Flickr)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|MorgueFile] (public image archive)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|CCMixter] (a community music site)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Internet Archive] (ultimate source for public domain and copyleft media)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|The Open Video Project] (community around shared video clips)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Wylio.com] - Free embeddable images with citation
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|jamendo.com] - archive of lots of (cc) licensed music


 * ** More Resource Lists to Explore ** **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Toolkit A-Z] (alphabetized resource list)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 50 Ways to Tell a Story (great resource from Alan Levine)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> TeachWeb (great resource from Wendy Drexler)
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Web 2.0 Tools] (great resource from CybraryMan - also see [|this] )