Comments on Steve Hargadon: Social Networking in Education

Gabriela: I've been toying with "online collabora...

2008-01-24T18:13:00.000-08:00

Gabriela: I've been toying with "online collaborative communities" as an alternative. Others like "educational networks." :)

John: I agree on the "blogs 2.0" idea. I think it's al about connecting, communicating (conversing), and collaborating--and blogs were a first start at that and still have a unique place, but don't do as good a job, for me, with these three things. However, you'll find some who really disagree with me. But, for example, it's unlikely you'll come back or track the comments here, and even see that I've responded to you. That, to me, makes the conversation harder.

Eric: Thanks for the great link. See you in a few days in SF. :)

Nice work, Steve! On a related note, GigaOm just p...

2008-01-23T10:39:00.000-08:00

Nice work, Steve! On a related note, GigaOm just published a bit of contextual history for social networks, and back in October I published an article that gave some general advice to educators on the topic.

Echoed above, Steve, great list.. much to read and...

2008-01-20T18:40:00.000-08:00

Echoed above, Steve, great list.. much to read and take-in.

Might we view social networks as blogs 2.0?

Hi Steve,I just add my Ning network on the wikispa...

2008-01-15T02:13:00.000-08:00

Hi Steve,

I just add my Ning network on the wikispaces list.
I also want to underline an issue, maybe common for non-English natives: the terminology. In Romanian, for eg., "social networks" and "social networking" is very confusing because of the translation. We don't have a specific word for networking. I think it would be interesting to see how people (from the non-anglo-saxon spaces) understand or translate these words.

I am an adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics...

2008-01-12T04:40:00.000-08:00

I am an adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics at Rider University, active as a substitute teacher and mentor in high schools, and a retired professor of physics from Rutgers University. I have taken extensive notes from my experiences and given them to my protégés. Recently I collected them into a book. I suggest that your library purchase the book for the benefit of students, parents, and teachers.

I just wrote a book, "Teaching and Helping Students Think and Do Better". This is available on amazon.com, ISBN 978-1-4196-7435-8. May I suggest that you order a copy for the library? The readers will be very pleased!

The reviews are superb. Students, teachers, and professors who have looked at the book give it the highest rating.

Typical comments that I hear are things like this: "Hi, Dr. Aranoff!" said a girl, "I got a 100 on the test! I am so happy! Thank you so much!"

I also wrote a paper in Gifted Education Press Quarterly:
http://www.GiftedEdPress.com/GEPQWINTER2008.pdf

Here are some comments:

"We really enjoyed the latest GEPQ and especially liked the article by Sanford Aranoff. He took a very practical approach on an eyeball to eyeball level. A lot of this really needed saying. He showed a keen awareness of the trends towards anti-scientific education that are out there. We made a hard copy of this article and will send it on to the heads of the science and math departments at Loyola Academy with the intention of their distributing it to department chairs in the Jesuit Secondary Education Association."

Good work!

2008-01-11T19:14:00.000-08:00

Good work!

Thanks a lot, Steve!I added it under a new categor...

2008-01-11T19:05:00.000-08:00

Thanks a lot, Steve!

I added it under a new category: Other Languages. I hope it's ok.
Wikispaces is a bit different from pbwiki, but it worked fine.

Best regards,
Carla

Add away. Go to http://socialnetworksined.wikispa...

2008-01-11T18:07:00.000-08:00

Add away. Go to http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/ and put yourself in. If you're nervous about adding to a wiki, ping me again! (Or just give it a try--don't worry, you can't cause any permanent damage!)

Great list, thanks a lot! It's amazing to see how ...

2008-01-11T15:40:00.000-08:00

Great list, thanks a lot! It's amazing to see how educators all over the world can be reflecting on the same topic at the same time. I've recently written a post about my initial impressions about some social networks I'm exploring.I have so much to learn! May I add one in Spanish? Edublogger Argento A community of Argentinian Edubloggers.

Best regards,

Carla