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11:06

Group gathering to discuss social networking in education with Steve Hargadon.

11:07

[Comment From James]
sweet

11:09

Brief pause as we move to a quieter location.

11:10

Steve - web 2.0 began with blogging then wikis and is now moving into social networking.

11:10

[Comment From James]
will this be archived? I'd like to back channel but have to leave...

11:10

There was some debate as to if social networking should be anything involving collaboration with others.

11:11

@james You should be able to find it at inpractice.edublogs.org later.

11:12

What sort of social networking do we want to dicuss today? All forms including delicious and such or more focused on ning and such?

11:13

So, if we want to discuss all forms do they belong in education?

11:13

Facebook and My Space are blocked often. What does that mean for education?

11:14

If things are blocked we need to look at alternatives. We need to bring these tools into our schools to prepare students.

11:15

Steve - 2 reasons to bring these tools into schools.
1-the world is using them so we need to prepare students
2-they are pedagogically sound - there are reasons for these tools for learning

11:16

Stever - profile page becomes an eportfolio - 'friending' makes for building networks - content repositories for storing work

11:18

One comment that Steve has just described ning. The idea is that using ning allows for these options more easily than creating a blog and requiring the teacher to 'drive the thing'.

11:19

Is the tool that important? We should be helping students learn the skills to use the various tools.

11:19

Some tools are not available to younger students. That is a challenge.

11:21

We need to find ways to evaluate tools (ones designed for education and others) in order to use them well.

11:22

Students are using these tools to talk to people all around the world. When we try to use these in schools we limit them.

11:24

We need to help students understand the implications of what they put online. They need to control their online output.

11:25

New question - what if we don't use these tools? What are the implications if we don't teach these tools?

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