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TOP TOOLS 2009
Facebook
Facebook is a leading social networking site with over 120 million
members. There are now many Facebook applications that allow it be
used productively in education and business.
Comparison of
Facebook, Ning and Elgg
Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2009
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can't imagine life
without it! Like most other universities, facebook is a tool we must use since
that is where our students are. We used it to good
effect last year to help support new students and
make sure they had easy access to the information
they needed for their first weeks. But issues around
privacy remain a concern and so we have recently
launched an Elgg social learning platform which will
allow us to offer learners the benefits of a secure
space.
Sarah Frame
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I use it almost daily online and via my iPhone to
learn what my nearly 300 contacts –family, friends,
and business contacts – are up to. I learn about and
from other people by following links they post that
they find interesting; by seeing how they feel about
news stories; etc.
Gabe Anderson
Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008
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"I was reluctant to add this one but
this is where I keep up with what my kids are doing. I
am amazed at the number of times they get tagged in
picture albums. Their whole adolescent history is being
documented in photographs on Facebook. Not that they
always want me to see."
Steve Rayson
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"provides easy communication with
students and colleagues, and private communication in
groups"
Pat Parslow
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"mainly
for my salsa students to keep in touch with other fans
worldwide. I add links to salsa music videos and other
resources, publicise social events by other promoters:
creates a great “club” atmosphere. But I ban most
applications – they are just irritating! I have not yet
incorporated into my university teaching…..but I think
the day is coming!"
Jane
Challinor
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"I
have been using Facebook as my primary social networking
tool."
Janet Clarey
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"A very interactive social network with
open API for integrating with social software developed
by others"
Jose
Carlos del Arco
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"for
sharing information"
Rebecca Jones
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"I
just like that there is so many things that you can do
with it and share things with friends around the world."
Karen Ver
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"When
training people around the globe, building social
connections between learners is critical. Facebook helps
learners put a face with a name and learn personal fact
about other learners ...
a fantastic way to find other people who are
interested in what you want to learn. Great places to
share ideas."
Janice
Petosky
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"Still, by far, the
undisputed number one. Last year I wrote: “I’ve posted
about
my love
of Facebook before. But look, we teach these
technology integration classes and we tell our students
to find out what their students have and work from
there. Well, where are my college undergrads? Facebook.
Since I’ve started requiring my undergrads to add me as
a friend, I’ve had more communication with my
undergrads. It’s been crazy, actually. Students who
NEVER would have gotten a hold of me before, are now
writing on my wall just to say, ‘Hey Dr. Curry! What’s
up?’ I love it.”
John Curry
Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007
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"social networking with my students,
the secret killer app for education"
Terry Elliott
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"I've only recently
started getting deeper into Facebook, but I've
tested just about every
other social network,
and social network
creator, around and
Facebook simply has the
right formula for what
makes for a GREAT social
networking experience.
I'm hooked."
Brent
Schlenker
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"It's only been
a few weeks, but Facebook has given me a whole new
warm and fuzzy feeling. I got a cupcake for my
birthday! What could be better than that?"
Cammy Bean
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"The thing I like about Facebook is the way it enables my friends and
I non-intrusively to monitor each other's
discoveries, group affiliations and connections --
and to follow up on those that seem most relevant.
More applications should incorporate this ambient
social awareness."
David
Jennings
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"noone in education can
afford to ignore this, bearing in mind its explosion
in recent months. It brings to life the tensions
between private and public in Web 2.0."
Frances Bell
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"I’ve recently
started exploring this and like the opportunity to
get to know more about the ‘person’ behind the blog
as well as linking to some shared interest groups."
Lynn Wernham
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"an
excellent networking site, which I particularly like,
because many professional contacts of mine that I know
face2face are on Facebook and I enjoy
networking online with a mix of people who I know
face2face and those I have only 'met' online. There
are a lot of interesting and useful groups on
Facebook for professional development, and I also
use this tool for my courses"
Nicole Cargill-Kipar
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"isn’t
everyone on this now"
Lisa
Valentine
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"Great
way to keep up with e-learning pros, read about your
long lost friends, show off your new wife, learn about a
new city, etc. Now that
they’ve opened their API,
there are tons of useful third party apps. I’ve been
able to integrate my “recommended reading” from google
reader, my wordpress blog, and flickr photos.
Add me as a friend!"
Matt Lisle
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