A case for educational social networks

The idea of educational social networks in education hasn't been very well received in U.S. schools. Given the repeated calls to prepare students to compete in a global economy -- and for other compelling reasons -- maybe it's time we give the idea a try.

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From: Chris Sloan

Related topics : schools social networking / students social networking

TOP 7 FACTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Find out all those interesting facts you may have never heard before...

Sources from: http://wearesocial.com/uk/special-reports/digital-social-mobile-worldwide-2015

http://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/

http://www.internetlivestats.com/twitter-statistics/

http://www.jennstrends.com/instagram-statistics-for-2014/

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From: Mechanics of Dating

Related topics : global social networks ranked by number of users / global social network statistics

Private Global Social Network E-Communiqué

http://socibi.com Socibi is the future of global communication. We provide in real time over any device the tools to create your own online social portal in seconds. It's as simple as sending an email to a friend.

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From: Sean Z

Related topics : global social network

Occupy Facebook: Protesters Planning Their Own Social Network

Watch out Facebook, the Occupy protest is making its own social network. The Global Square is expected to launch in January 2012, providing a secure space for Occupy protestors to organize, share, and meet fellow protestors, according to its developers. It will also boast a Facebook-like news feed. Unlike Twitter and Facebook however, new Global Square members must be sanctioned by existing ones before being accepted.

This news comes just days after Twitter reports it was subpoenaed by the...

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From: Slate Magazine

Related topics : make your own social networking site like facebook / make your own social network / new social networking sites like facebook / global social networking

Get Started with Oracle Social Network (Release 12)

Learn how to navigate Oracle Social Network and use the filters and global search functionality to quickly find what you are looking for.

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For more information, see http://www.oracle.com/goto/oll

Copyright © 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Other names may be registered trademarks of...

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From: Oracle Learning Library

Related topics : global social network

INAISE - International Association of Investors in the Social Economy -

Making Sense with Money!

INAISE is a global network of socially and environmentally oriented financial institutions. Created in 1989, INAISE grew rapidly as social finance gained importance, volume and visibility in a number of European and non-European countries.

Through INAISE, social investors from all over the world have been joining forces to exchange experience, disseminate information and show that money can actually used to achieve positive social and environmental change.

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From: INAISE - International Association of Investors in the Social Economy

Related topics : make money on social network

Bianchini, Liotard-Vogt Discuss Social Networking: Video

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Gina Bianchini, chief executive officer of Ning, and Patrick Liotard-Vogt, chairman of aSmallWorld.net, talk with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the impact social-media networking has on global business growth.

Speaking from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the two also discuss the market strategy of Web-based firms, the outlook for advertising revenue and Internet privacy issues. (This report is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

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From: Bloomberg

Related topics : social media impact on business / social media network marketing / global social networking market / social business network

The Ashoka Support Network 2014 Global Summit

The Ashoka Support Network (ASN) is a global community of successful leaders in their own fields - men and women with a passion for creative and entrepreneurial change - who share Ashoka's understanding that entrepreneurs are the primary engine for economic and social development. The Ashoka Support Network envisions a world where there will be no more walls between the citizen sector and any other sector. A world where leaders from all fields and social entrepreneurs work together to solve...

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From: Ashoka

Related topics : social support network

Socialize New York 2016: Predicting The Future Of Social Media Content

Socialize NYC is a part of a global networking series focused on bringing together like-minded social media and digital marketing professionals.

Social Media Strategists and Digital Marketers from top brands and agencies were in attendance including IBM, Yahoo, New York Magazine, Bonobos, McKinsey & Company, Merck, Kroll, Fleishman Hillard, Time Inc, Sirius XM, Def Jam, PwC, Univision, and many, many more. The event was a crowd pleaser with sponsors Adweek, Michel et Augustin, SixPoint...

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From: Digimind

Related topics : social media marketing strategist / social media marketing agency / social media marketing software / social media marketing companies / digital media marketing agency

The Social Network - Betrayal Scene(HD)

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heaedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billlionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and...

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From: Sheldon Chan

Related topics : friends social network sites / social networking sites and communication