This survey can be accessed directly here: “What tools do you use to engage in CCK08?”
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I’ve just joined the Social Media Classroom, a project initiated by Howard Rheingold and funded through a HASTAC award, provided by the MacArthur Foundation. This project seeks to empower and support learners and educators via new means of communicating, interacting and collaborating, and which emphasises the importance of “participatory pedagogy.”
From the website:
“The Social Media Classroom…includes a free and open-source (Drupal-based) web service that provides teachers and learners with an integrated set of social media that each course can use for its own purposes—integrated forum, blog, comment, wiki, chat, social …

I’ve been experimenting with Facebook after a very long absence and have discovered that video is now available there. Having also spent some time looking for an Official Seesmic application for Facebook I’ve so far been unable to find one. Charles Cloughly indicates at least one does exist but says there’s nothing particularly substantial available currently.
Charles goes on to say that “he’s game” to develop a Facebook application for Seesmic, and knows there are several other API guys out there and asks “now that you’ve made the request …

After an exceptionally long absence from the social network I have recently begun to experiment with Facebook again. As one might expect, there has been a great deal of activity since the last time I interacted with the network – notably including the Beacon debacle, as well as the launch of countless new applications.
Of particular interest in recent Google news, I’ve just discovered that a Lively application for Facebook now exists. This discovery came after a few hours wasted trying (unsuccessfully) to figure out how to embed my …

I just started this Seesmic thread in the hopes of gaining a better appreciation for the motives that drive people to use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. I’m also trying to determine what usage characteristics – if any – need to be present in an individual before social networking sites will be deemed a valuable online activity.
I’ll expand on this train of thought with additional information once it becomes available. In the meantime if you have thoughts on this topic please consider leaving a comment – …