The modern American school faces rough challenges. Budget cuts have caused ballooning class sizes,  many teachers struggle with poorly motivated students, and in many schools a war is being waged on distracting technologies. In response, innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against the onslaught of problems. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype offer ideal solutions as inexpensive tools of team-based education. More…

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From humor blogs on college life to one stop shops for school athletics to blogs all about education policy and new technologies, if there’s a good education blog out there, you can bet it made our list. We’ve also mixed in a handful of exceptional web tools and sites that we thought deserved a spot in the top 200. More…

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Facebook isn’t just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what’s happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class. More…

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Someone has created a very good mind-map on Mindomo of eLearning and Web 2.0 tools. It is exceedingly comprehensive and covers absolutley everything you could think of from blogging to live broadcasting and language learning to note taking. It is really worth a look!!

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

For example, I’d heard of EverNote but never got round to using it. This morning I’ve totally tidied up my life and post-it notes!

It’s a great service. I’d definitely recomend it!

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Both are worth a look!

E-learninglearning.com

Classroom2.0.com

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Struggling to wrap your mind around the intricacies of the 140-character broadcasting system known as Twitter? Good news: You can now take a class on it at an accredited college. More…

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The following all provide good examples of how Google Wave could be used:

from MyCollegesAndCareers.com

from EdTechatouille’s Blog

from SoYouWantToTeach.com

from ReadWriteWeb.com

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Enabling collaborative micro-discussion in and out of the classroom

This is an amazing new way to discuss and learn during class and after class using Social Media! I really can imagine this taking off across the globe.

The only problem I can see arrising is the ability of the Teaching Staff’s IT skills. I have experienced too many times A/V hicups (see my previous post about A/V problems). Why, even today in one of my lectures the professor couldnt get the internet to connect in order to show us a video on youtube – at least she was making an effort using youtube!

Anyway, this “HotSeat” idea seems great! I look forward to trying it soon…!

See the press release from Purdue University here

For more information see these two videos. One by students and one by the University.

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