***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***
Colleagues/
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The Third Debate In The Series Started January 15th 2008
[Today]
Social Networking: Does It Bring Positive Change To
Education?"
Schedule of Events
Jan 15th / Debate begins.
Jan 18th / Rebuttals posted.
Jan 23rd / Closing arguments.
Jan 25th /Final winner announced.
Moderator
Robert Cottrell, Deputy Editor of Economist.com
Robert Cottrell has been deputy editor of Economist.com for
the past two years, and online editor of Intelligent Life
magazine since its re-launch this year. He is based in New
York.
Speaker PRO
Ewan McIntosh, National Adviser on Learning and Technology
Futures for Learning and Teaching Scotland
Writes for the Guardian newspaper and the BBC on social
media and learning issues, speaks internationally and
consults for organisations on how social media can be
harnessed for to improve learning in the organisation.
Speaker CON
Michael Bugeja, Director of Greenlee School of Journalism
and Communication, ***Iowa State University***
Author of 21 books, with research often being cited by New
York Times and International Herald Tribune to name a few,
Dr. Bugeja was among the first to analyse the use of
Facebook before many professors realised that most of their
students were already registered and of Second Life before
many students had ever heard of it.
For Links and Etc. Visit :
[http://onlinesocialnetworks.b
logspot.com/2008/01/proposition-social-networking.html]
Do Register and Do Vote !!! [As Often as Possible] [
Cheers !
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck iastate.edu
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