Podcasting and Social Networking
Hi! My name is Raymond Cantin, and I’m proud to present this first podcast specially produced for Profweb. I’m new at La Vitrine Technologie-Éducation and my background is in Ed Tech, e-learning and instructional design. I was also a teacher at Dawson and Champlain colleges back in the late 90’s.
Social networking tools are invading the Internet. Will they have a real influence on pedagogy and teaching? This first podcast looks at a few interesting social networking tools.
La Vitrine Technologie-Éducation’s mission is to promote and provide support for teachers and educational advisors in the integration of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in Quebec’s college network.
We produce a bi-weekly newsletter which highlights the latest innovations in the field of ICT.
La Vitrine has also developed a free Internet and Education guide that contains hundreds of online learning resources, in all disciplines, which is quite handy for teachers.
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- Have you used social networking tools like the ones mentioned in the podcast in your teaching?
- Did the contents of this podcast and its format help you to better understand social networking and its academic uses?
- Has this experience inspired you to use podcasting in teaching?
Hyperlinks mentioned in the podcast
01:18 Elgg: the open source social networking platform
Elgg is an open source social networking platform developed for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) which encompasses weblogging, file storage, RSS aggregation, personal profiles, FOAF functionality and more.
02:28 Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange (GLOBE)
02:36 EduSpaces
A social networking site dedicated to education and educational technology. With forums moderated by experts in the field, this service exists to promote the use of cutting edge technologies within education.
03:00 Learning activity: analysis of socialisation
