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In XXI Century Education the use of new online technologies web 2.0 and social media aren't regarded like a avantgarde movement, but we must learn how to use them even more as every day appear new free html5 tools and apps who can open gateway through knowledge for teachers and also for students . GlogsterEDU, my favorite tool where I am proud to be the 1-st Romanian GlogsterEdu Ambassador made a team with Intel Education and they organize in partenership Intel Teach Essentials Course in Prague, Czech Republic . They invite Glogster Edu Ambassadors all over the Europe to take part at this exciting opportunity and fortunatelly I will be in Prague between 22 - 25 and will take part to this Intel training who will provide us with the skills to integrate technology into our existing curriculum with the ultimate goal of improving student learning . If you read this blog post and you will participate also leave feed-back and comment . 
 I invite you to see my reflection after this training on this blog :) .
GlogsterEDU, SymbalooEDU , Edublogs , Edutopia, Computer-Using Educators and VolunteerSpot will organize in 40 days http://isteparty2012.com/ to help teachers worldwide to meet and share knowledge .
 For this reason 3 years ago I begin to use social media  with students in free educational projects in the online world . This year and last year I was also not only participant, but also judge in ThinkQuest Projects . Now I am eTwinning mentor .Because my web 2.0 project was finalist in Elearning Awards 2010, I launch ,, CURATION RESTART EDUCATION " PROJECT http://credproject.visibli.com/share/SkZjmz , but I need help to make a platform / website for this project where teachers worldwide can collaborate and share knowledge like http://web20ineducation2010.ning.com/profiles/blogs/proiectul-cred-in-competitia-nationala-restart-in-educatie? . 
After I return home from Prague I will add a blog post here ,, Top 10 tools to brand your name " because I live acroos all networks 
http://xeeme.com/LucianeCurator  .




]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 09:06:00 +0100 WOW #mit and #harvard launch now #curation and #elearning platform #edX http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyPln-PersonalLearningNetwork/~3/3RM90h2HOjg/wow-mit-and-harvard-launch-now-curation.html



Last year I read many articles about many free Mit elearning courses, but today Harvard and Mit launched edX see here 
What you think about this initiative ? Leave a comment :)


Video streaming by Ustream What is edX?
An organization established by MIT and Harvard that will develop an open-source technology platform to deliver online courses. EdX will support Harvard and MIT faculty in conducting research on teaching and learning on campus through tools that enrich classroom and laboratory experiences. At the same time, edX also will reach learners around the world through online course materials. The edX website will begin by hosting MITx and Harvardx content, with the goal of adding content from other universities interested in joining the platform. edX will also support the Harvard and MIT faculty in conducting research on teaching and learning.

Who will lead edX?
EdX is a priority for the leadership of both Harvard and MIT, and it will be governed by a board made up of key leaders from both institutions, appointed by each university’s president. MIT Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Anant Agarwal will be the initial President of edX and will report to the board.

What technology will edX use?
An open-source online learning platform that will feature teaching designed specifically for the web. Features will include: self-paced learning, online discussion groups, wiki-based collaborative learning, assessment of learning as a student progresses through a course, and online laboratories. The platform will also serve as a laboratory from which data will be gathered to better understand how students learn. Because it is open source, the platform will be continuously improved here http://www.edxonline.org/index.html


CURATION RESTART EDUCATION PROJECT http://bit.ly/credproject . Welcome in the new Age of #Curation http://bit.ly/CurationKing & http://bit.ly/curationglog by @ https://twitter.com/#!/web20education - wish you all Lucian http://xeeme.com/ecurator/ . I invite to subscribe for NEW #edtech20 #socialmedia #Curation newsletter http://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller register to join free http://bitly.com/docedtech20 #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project http://web20education.bo.lt/g6538 and Install free our #mlearning app http://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp .Like and collaborate on facebook http://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage and Circle on Google Plus http://bitly.com/circleedtech20googlepluspage and Subscribe free to gr8 #edtech20 blogs : top 10 blog http://bitly.com/egr8blog :http://bitly.com/feededtech20blogs related to new web 2.0, social media startups http://bitly.com/web20eblog , curation http://bitly.com/curationblog ; mLearning apps http://bitly.com/mLearningblog , google plus http://bitly.com/googleplusblog , and my romanian blog http://bitly.com/eblogulmeu . Like and collaborate on facebook http://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage , linkedin http://linkd.in/edtech20linkedin , diigo http://bitly.com/edtech20diigo
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My friends Christ is Risen and for this reason I organized International Contest ,, Resurrection of Son of God and the Renaissance of whole humanity like you can see in the glog . The Son of God take our sins and crucified on the Calvary, but through his resurrection he offer the salvation of our souls . I don't know if I told you still now that I am a am a orthodox christian, a father, teacher and free researcher and a social media curator who launch CRED project translated in romanian  ,, Believe " because I think that new online techologies offer to teachers and students gateway to knowledge and for this reason I launch ,, Curation Restart Education " Free project http://web20education.bo.lt/credproject and if you like I invite to join #edtech20 #pln on Ning to collaborate http://web20ineducation2010.ning.com/profiles/blogs/proiectul-cred-in-competitia-nationala-restart-in-educatie? and I decided to describe weekly in this blog top 10 tools and apps and their fatures related to a subject and your comments and feed-back is welcome .
If you think that we can collaborate to make a big project from CRED project contact me https://www.facebook.com/DUMACORNELLUCIAN

Today I will describe 10 startup tools to make awesome presentations for Easter / Passover and also you can use this apps to make killer presenations for your conference or webinar : GlogsterEdu, Prezi , Vuvox,  Ahead ,  thepitch , Prezage , present.me , zohoshow , reel , bringpad   . What presentation  tool is your favorite leave a comment after you read this article :)
 I discover still now more than 50 tools to make presenations, but my top 10 are next 
http://web20socialmediasafetyineducation.blogspot.com/search/label/presentations



1 . Glogster Edu is my favorite tool and I am proud to be a Ambassador because this edu tool open gateway through knowledge for students because develop children's creativity and innovation . Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the creative expression of knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond. GlogsterEdu empower educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more.

Features

Glog Creation Interface A Glog is created using a very easy to understand, drag and drop interface that is relevant, enjoyable, and scalable for students of all ages and learning styles. A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data.

Create Curriculum Based Projects for Classes, Groups, Teams, or Individuals The teacher can work with students in a classroom or through remote instruction using this multimedia platform – a community system for sharing is prepared where student‘s work is stored and available at any time. The teacher creates projects with templates and instructional guidelines, assigns them to the students, provides feedback throughout the assignment, and assesses their finished work.

Glog Presentations! Share student or teacher projects in Class, School, District or Beyond Once projects are complete, the teacher can share students’ work in a variety of educational settings. Glogs can be embedded in a blog, wiki, or web page or shared with others using Glogster EDU’s innovative presentation capabilities. Choose exemplar student projects and demonstrate students’ achievements with parents, administrators, students, and other educators.

Private and Safe Learning Environment for Teachers and Students The teacher easily creates a private virtual classroom with students by registering for a teacher administered account, generating student accounts with safe logins and passwords, and monitoring all activities within the account throughout the learning process. Student accounts can be created without providing email addresses or other contact information. The Teacher’s Dashboard provides direct access to all students, projects, and other activities.

Single Multi-Subject and Class Dashboards for Teachers and Students with One Login and Password All educators utilizing Glogster EDU’s inventive platform have direct access to individual students through a single portal – the Teacher Dashboard. Not only can teachers see all student activity within their own Teacher Dashboard, each student can also easily view and manage all of their classes and projects within their Student Dashboard. A single login and password will provide each teacher and student with complete access to multiple classroom activities. In the near future, Administrators will have a unique, secure login access for monitoring entire district or state-level Glogster EDU activities.



2. Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them.
 The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery.
Features
Pan and Zoom
Zoom around the prezi canvas to visualize your ideas.
Import Media
Insert images, videos, YouTube videos, PDFs, or other media.
Full Toolset
Choose a template and/or theme to customize your prezi.
Present Online and Offline
Present online or download and show your prezi offline.
Work Together
Collaborate in real-time, across the room or across time zones.
Add Storyline
Use frames and a path to create a cinematic journey.


3. VUVOX allows you to create interactive slideshows and presentations from photos, video and music from Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, YouTube, Facebook or your PC. You can share them with friends, and embed them on your Myspace page, blog or website. VUVOX gives you the power to create one of a kind stories in an instant. All you need to do is provide whatever cool content that you have. Take pictures, video, audio and text. Mix it up. Choose backgrounds, colors, textures that create your vibe and then you are ready to share your piece with the world.
VUVOX reflects your life see next features . It gives you the ability to:
- Share your personal media with your network of friends.
- Personalize and customize your media to your heart's content.
- Locate and establish always-on feeds to your personal media.
- Take visual blogging and personal expression to the next level.





4.Ahead is a web application empowering creative people to playfully easy layout, share, and present high resolution rich media content inside public or private zooming web spaces.


5.thepitch is a html5 startup tool to Discover a new way to present and share content .Thepit.ch building an HTML5 tool for creating presentations, presenting, and sharing them with people, all in one seamless experience.They are re-imagining creating, giving and sharing presentations for the web enabled world. Our app starts where Slideshare and others stopped by giving viewer access anywhere the web is available - desktops, tablets, phones etc.People tell stories and share information with one another countless times a day. A common example of that is at conferences and events, where speakers share valuable knowledge and insight with an audience, typically aided by a deck of slides . Online slides can convey a confusing, conflicting or simply incomplete message. They may show an example without explaining what’s good or bad about it, or a clean visual that supports a point but doesn’t make it.The better the talk or presentation, the cleaner and simpler the slides — and the more the slides depend on the narrative around them to be of value.
Slides alone are rarely the full product; they serve a complementary purpose to the talk being given by the speaker. When slides are shared online, the speaker is absent, and the story is missing.
Without that narrative, we lose context and value. Audio and video help, but are costly to produce in a way that provides great value, and the experience often ends up feeling disjointed.
Between Powerpoint, Keynote and OpenOffice, there are at least 75 million desktop users of presentation software, although that is a conservative estimate. In addition to desktop software users, there are upwards of 20 million people using cloud-based software of some sort to present or share their presentations Of all users combined, more than half are paying customers. A large share of that is Enterprise customers, from small businesses to the very largest corporations in the world. The presentation software market is huge, and a number of companies compete for a share of it. But none have a great end-to-end experience, and most don’t even offer a great experience on any level. There is a huge opportunity for a great end-to-end experience to reshape this market. From the moment you start putting a deck together to the point where you share it with others, however you do so, the experience can be significantly improved.
Presentation software, like every other productivity software, suffers from a “binary proposition” problem: feature bloat makes the interface overwhelming, but simplification often reduces value to experienced users. We have a solution.
Whether we want to share our slides with the public or a limited, private audience, the only way we can do so without the slides losing value is through an expensive, time-consuming, carefully edited video. Our sharing platform solves that problem.
PDFs can be accessible, but rarely are so. By creating slides in a semantic, highly accessible structure right in the browser, we can offer content in ways that can be read on all devices, everywhere
Early-stage business models shouldn’t be set in stone, but we have solid ideas about ours. We also believe that the ability to “try before you buy” is critical on the Web.
Thanks to being a fully web-based product, the only things needed to give our product a try are a modern browser and an Internet connection.
Being able to create a deck for free, without even signing up, gives us a chance to showcase our innovative UI and workflow. Free accounts let you save that work and present it to an audience, but you’ll have limited storage ability.
Paid accounts will come in one, two or three flavors, depending on research we will conduct during private alpha and beta periods. Features, control over ads and more will be offered accordingly.





Present.me startup to record, share presentations like never before.
According to Microsoft, 500 million PowerPoint users give 30 million presentations every working day. That’s either scary or great – depending on your perspective. But either way, there’s a problem out there. Whatever your content, whether its slides, images, graphs or photos, If you’ve got something to say about it, and we can’t be in the same place as you, at the same time, you’ve got a problem. So what are your choices?
You can email your slides, but without being able to see and hear you, I’m not going to get anything like the full story. How about a webinar, or a teleconference? Better, but I still can't see you. OK, a videoconference then? Getting there, but cost is going up now, and crucially, all the above require all the participants to be there at the same time, often a diary nightmare.
What if you could video the presentation and edit the recording together with your slides or images, so that I can watch you talking to your slides, in one place at my own convenience? Well, you can. There are a number of desktop applications, and a few online tools, but they tend to be relatively complex, difficult to use, and they don't come cheap. Result - most people don't have the time, energy or inclination.
The gap is all too clear - a simple, easy to use, low cost application that allows you to record your presentation and then, by splitting the screen, show you and your slides at the same time, in the same place, enabling you to share the results online with whomever you want. That's Present.Me – and that’s exactly what it does!
Simply upload your slides, images, graphs, photos – whatever your content, in either powerpoint or pdf format. Once the content has been converted, which takes no time, and you’re ready to go, you head to the record queue, click ‘record’ and off you go! Present into your webcam clicking the slides as you would if you were presenting to an audience. Don’t worry about having to remember everything in one go or making a mistake. There’s a really simple self editing function.
Once you’re finished click ‘publish’! And presentme does the rest, editing everything together in real time. Once you’re happy with your performance, you can share it, either publicly or privately, embed it or just keep it for yourself as a reminder of what you’re supposed to say.
Alongside the ability to record and share your presentations, we have posted a number of presentme’s setting out our experience & knowledge around creating inspirational presentations, which we hope will put another nail in the coffin of ‘death by PowerPoint’.
Great presentations take a lot of hard work – why restrict their impact simply to those who “made it on the day”. But don’t think present.me is just about formal presentations. There are loads of situations where you’ve got something to say about a graph, an image, a diagram, a photo, a sentence in a document – and it will be more effective for someone to see and hear you, than to read a longemail. Present.Me is a fantastic new communication tool - So what are you waiting for? Have a go - it's FREE!

 

6. Zohoshow Online Presentation Service to create, edit and share presentations easily.

Introducing Zoho Show 2.0: The online tool for making powerful presentations.Whether you are a professional, a teacher, a student, a businessman, a salesman or anyone looking to put together a cool presentation, you have come to the right place. Zoho Show's pre-built themes, clipart and shapes coupled with features like drag-and-drop makes it an easy application to use.
How is Zoho Show different from a desktop presentation maker?
Features
Access from anywhere, anytime
Access, import, edit and share presentations from anywhere and anytime
Sharing and Collaboration
No more emailing around of presentation files. Share your presentations with your friends/colleagues and the shared presentations can be viewed/edited with just a browser.
Present from Remote
Give a presentation to a client who is half a globe away. Do your demos while at your seat.
Embedding
Make your presentations public. Embed them in your blog or website for easy viewing of your readers.More
And now for the best part - Zoho Show is completely FREE for personal use.


 

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Prezage is a suite of web-based e-learning software tools for the creation and delivery of online lectures, talks, training, and presentations.
A producer account on prezage.com is aimed at content creators wanting to deliver open and free content of general educational interest. To learn more about a dedicated prezage system for a restricted audience (with multiple producer accounts, and extra features for your college, company, or training department) then see prezage Enterprise.
A prezage.com producer account provides:  Free access to the powerful prezage Producer area to publish on prezage.com  Your presentations available to a global audience  Access to viewer statistics and trends for your presentations  Dedicated producer landing page

SlideDog lets you present files seamlessly and professionally at Meetings, Events, Sales Presentations, Conferences, Lectures


Create playlists of presentations

With SlideDog you can use playlists to play multiple slide shows one after the other. You can also add other files and media such as videos, web pages, Prezi presentations, spreadsheets and documents. A playlist can be saved to disk for easy playback at a later time. Each playlist may have a background image associated with it. This image will be shown in between presentations and may act as a pause-image for your meeting or other event.

Mix web pages, different files and media in the playlist
SlideDog supports a lot of different file formats. You can add PowerPoints, PDFs, Videos, Prezi presentations, web pages, excel spreadsheets, word documents, flash animations and all kinds of images. These files will be played using the best tools available. Some of the files can be played directly, while others will be launched by an external application E.g. Office PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer is used for showing PowerPoint files, but it will seem like they are directly played by SlideDog.

Switch between files seamlessly
SlideDog will launch the files in the playlist in fullscreen without displaying the computer desktop or application specific loading screens to the viewers. This enables a smooth transition between speakers (if used at an event with several speakers) and files (if used by one presenter alone).

Use a presenter screen with notes, timers and playlists
SlideDog uses a PowerPoint like multi-monitor output to provide meta information to the speaker during the presentation. It is able to show a normal presentation window on one screen, while showing a more sophisticated overview on the other one providing information like thumbnails of the next slides, slide notes and timers. The two timers show time spent on the current file and total time since the playlist started.





Reel helps you quickly create and share presentations. Each preso is stored online behind a unique URL, making it easy to poll your audience for their impressions.
But I already have Powerpoint; why would I need another presentation tool?

You have Powerpoint, but that doesn’t mean everyone else does too! With tablets, smartphones and internet access everywhere, you can’t rely on everyone being able to view a PPT. Reel solves this by posting your preso behind a unique URL. Your audience only needs a web browser to view your preso where and when they are ready. Best of all, your audience won't have to wait for a file download or open any other software.

That’s neat! You said something about feedback too?

Yes, we did! Once you’ve got your audience on the hook, they’ll be able to give you their impression of your ideas. Thumbs up for the ones they love; thumbs down, they’re not feelin’ it. You’ll get a summary page showing the total number of responses to each slide.
What should I share?

That depends on you! Whether you're sharing mockups with clients, product ideas with team members, or fiscal numbers with colleagues, Reel is a great way to make sure your team is on the same page, fast. 




BrinkPad is a web application that brings a desktop experience to the web. The application allows you to create presentations / slide shows / drawings with easy to use web delivered software.

CURATION RESTART EDUCATION PROJECT http://bit.ly/credproject Welcome in the new Age of #Curation http://bit.ly/CurationKing & http://bit.ly/curationglog by @ https://twitter.com/#!/web20education - wish you all Lucian http://xeeme.com/ecurator/ . I invite to subscribe for NEW #edtech20 #socialmedia #Curation newsletter http://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller register to join free http://bitly.com/docedtech20 #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project http://web20education.bo.lt/g6538 and Install free our #mlearning app http://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp .Like and collaborate on facebook http://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage and Circle on Google Plus http://bitly.com/circleedtech20googlepluspage and Subscribe free to gr8 #edtech20 blogs : top 10 blog http://bitly.com/egr8blog :http://bitly.com/feededtech20blogs related to new web 2.0, social media startups http://bitly.com/web20eblog , curation http://bitly.com/curationblog ; mLearning apps http://bitly.com/mLearningblog , google plus http://bitly.com/googleplusblog , and my romanian blog http://bitly.com/eblogulmeu . Like and collaborate on facebook http://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage , linkedin http://linkd.in/edtech20linkedin , diigo http://bitly.com/edtech20diigo








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Like I told you before nowadays most of the students like to make movies with photos and movies from different activities . For this reason youtube, the biggest video platform made a partenership with others to allow you and your students to unleash the power of your creativity . Some of this apps allows you to make awesome animations directly on youtube . In next post I will describe gr8 tools to make killer presentations on-line .

If you like apps and if you know others like this leave a comment .

Vibop
The fastest way to make amazing videos
Choose ready-made themes with intros, effects, and soundtracks
- or creat your own.Vibop makes your videos shine with just a few clicks. Add an animated intro, a vintage filter, a cartoon look, a silent movie theme, and dozens of other effects.



Vlix - video effects and text Vlix is the fun and easy way to shoot, share and communicate with mobile video. With vlix, you can enhance clips with video effects and text, share to a personal video feed, share links in email and post to Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.Create great videos by applying video effects and adding text. Select from a variety of effects - fix effects, time altering effects, artistic effects and fun video borders.

WeVideo WeVideo is a cloud-based video editing platform. Edit movies in your browser, with media files from any device. Combine clips with music, effects, titles, transitions, animations .

GoAnimate GoAnimate is a fun app that lets you make animated videos, for free, in just 10 minutes, without having to draw. You can even create your own cast of characters.

Magisto - Video Editing In a Click! Magisto will analyze and understand your video, select the best parts and make it look amazing on YouTube!

One True Media video creation and editing One True Media, simply powerful video creation. Robust, fast and easy video editing with real-time preview. Clip video and combine it with photos, transitions, effects, texts .

Stupeflix Video Maker Tell a story with your digital content. Mix pictures, videos, maps, text, music and watch Stupeflix produce a stunning video in a few seconds. It's fast, easy, and free stupeflix
Xtranormal Movie Maker Xtranormal lets you to turn anything you type into a fully-animated CG movie. Set up your scene, type in your script, and animate it instantly. Easily share something funny .
Welcome in the new Age of #Curation http://bit.ly/CurationKing & http://bit.ly/curationglog by http://bitly.com/ecurator @ https://twitter.com/#!/web20education - wish you all Lucian http://xeeme.com/ecurator/ . I invite to subscribe for NEW #edtech20 #socialmedia #Curation newsletter http://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller register to join free http://bitly.com/docedtech20 #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project http://web20education.bo.lt/g6538 and Install free our #mlearning app http://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp .Like and collaborate on facebook http://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage and Circle on Google Plus http://bitly.com/circleedtech20googlepluspage and Subscribe free to gr8 #edtech20 blogs http://bitly.com/feededtech20blogs related to new web 2.0, social media
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Forumul Inovatorilor in Educatie Organizatde Microsoft,Eos ,Mects Slideshow: Duma’s trip from Resita, Romania to 2 cities New York City and Brasov was created by TripAdvisor. See another United States slideshow. Create a free slideshow with music from your travel photos.


As I mentioned in my previous post I hope that my curation blog will provide gateway to knowledge for many teachers and students from Romania and worldwide because I will try to describe weekly gr8 new and useful resources(applications and tools web 2.0 and social media) that make educational process to be impressive and enjoyable for students. Take this opportunity to launch a chat on twitter # roedchat for Romanian teachers interested in integrating new online technologies in education in XXI century.

Your feedback and comments are welcome for my blog posts .
I was pleased to see that my project, eSafety4eTwinners - Web 2.0 and social media use eTwinners to prevent school dropout "was accepted in the exhibition Innovators Forum in Education organized by Microsoft, Romanian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and EOS Foundation .So I was participated in Brasov, Aro Palace Hotel on 1 - 2 March 2012 Innovators Forum in Education which was held in conjunction with the Meeting of National Education MECTS and so our projects have been visited in the Exhibition, and appreciated by general inspectors and other inspectors who were present at the event. In this special event experts have shared us the latest news in the Microsoft field. Thus I learned that Microsoft has released a new platform for Microsoft Partners in Learning http://www.pil-network.com/ Network with many facilities for teachers worldwide, and Microsoft experts showed us the new Microsoft tablets of 12 and 10 inches and showed us some features offered by Windows 8 touch version that was released a few days ago. We also had a video conference at the event with Adina Popa from a Patfinder American school who organized # globaled11 . Also during this session and headteachers of Mentor and Patfinder schools from Romania have explained us the benefits obtained as innovative schools.

The two projects who will represent Romania in Lisbon on 25 March at the European Forum are: ,, Natural Resources "- Secondary School Nr. Galati 29 selected by the jury on the 1st place and ,, The story of a sheet of paper" - School grades I-VIII Panticeu, Cluj selected by public vote. I am also proud that the project in our county,, traditional houses Severin "coordinated by Mr. Tudor Deaconu and Remus got a deserved 3 place .



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Welcome
I am Lucian Lucian, father, teacher,researcher,Social Media Curator from  Caransebeş, România http://re.vu/SocialMediaCuratorLucian 
and I belive that new technologies web 2.0 and social media open gateway thtough knowledge for teachers and students worldwide .
I want to post next words today when it is my birthday  and also I am verry happy to go at Forumul Inovatorilor în Educaţie organized by Microsoft şi EOS Fundation where I will present my  eSafety4eTwinners project . Still you read my blog post I invite you to eat a stawberry cake and drink a glass a champagne  , after add your comments and feedback to my post, in weekend I will add here my thoughts about Innovation Forum in Education .


Because eSafety4eTwinners project was accepted in the exhibition organized by Eos and Microsoft at Innovation Forum in Education and also was selected in 10 best social media practice in Europe and it is included in the brochure realised by ElearninngEuropaInfo , we, founders, Lucian Duma from Romania and Miguela Fernandes from Portugal want to launch again ,, ,, eSafety4eTwinners - web 2.0 and social media use eTwinners 4 preventing school dropout " . If you want to join this project contact me http://scr.im/lucicurator or leave a comment .


#esafety4eTwinners project approved at Innovation Forum in Education organized by #Microsoft#EOS#edtech20 #roedchat goo.gl/wGvLH
— #curation project (@web20education) February 27, 2012

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In nowadays society where science and information known a spectacular development and use of new web 2.0 and social media applications is no longer regarded as an avant-garde movement our students should be able to handle in the creative use of computer and online free tools represents a necessity in XXI Century Education . Today more than ever is observed a conversion worldwide of educational content in a digital form and this products are available to anyone, anywhere and anytime through eLearning technology. Interactive presentations like glogster edu and digital school lessons make a centered student who live in a learning envirolment and virtual education has become a phenomenon in education in last years. Training and professional development must be guided and monitored also for disadvantaged childrens because for this students classic access to information is not avaible . In the era of Internet and development of new technologies although my students and other students who have problems are children with special educational needs, at risk of school droppout XXI Century Skills can help them integrate into society .. Web 2.0andsocial mediacan bring a new dimension and can reform education around the word because electronic communication helps teachers and students to learn from each other. These technologies can stimulate discussion, open gateway to knowledge, promoting creativity and innovation for effective lifelong learning . Teacher and also students should have an entitlement to safe internet access at all times.
Pulling Piaget and Papert , the use of participatory media tools in education is typically geared towards, creating a more student centered, adaptive environnement where learners can contribute to the course material, formulate and express their own insights and opinion, construct their own understanding of material by connecting concepts, to personal experience or current events, and learn from one another in collaborative environments .Web 2.0 , social media and other digital and information technologies are powerful and interesting tools, which open up new opportunities for everyone and for this reason teachers and students must know how to use it nowadays in a safe mode

In the same time students are happy to came at schools where they learn about new tools and apps web 2.0 and social media and also they learn how to integrate in a safe mode new digital technologies in their classroom ,and this may prevent early school dropout . Although there are students with special needs , if they develop digital skills easier to integrate into the labor market today as most employers require computer literacy skills when hiring. 
AIMS
Through this project we want to develop XXI century skills for students using in a eSafe mode new tehnologies in education 2.0 . If we use with our students new tools and applications web 2.0 and social media we open for them gateway through knowledge .
- Known and share each other culture;
- Explore Web 2.0 tools for education;
- Acquire skills for the XXI century http://www.p21.org/ );
- Learn to communicate and work collaboratively;
- Improve skill language
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Here is a surprise for you . Click here to see full screen http://dumacornellucian.edu.glogster.com/edtech20curationandsemanticprojectbyunhubweb20education because today my project -  twitter account  @web20education has 5000 followers . If you like what you see and also if you want to collaborate in #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project join our PLN http://web20ineducation2010.ning.com/ contact me @LucianeCurator http://re.vu/SocialMediaCuratorLucian
If you want to support this project and toghether to make a curation portal contact me .If you like my glog made specially for you share and rt this post but most important please add comments to this blog post . I tried  to link from my glog top 10 social media curation platforms , my favorite tools to build a pln and much more .Glogster Edu is the best tool in XXI Century Education 
Last year I discover that Curation is the King of Knowledge in Social Media read more here  and the Art of : searching, selecting, sharing/bookmarking , organizing, interaction, communication,
The Internet Curator's role is to seek on the web information related to a specific domain, filter them, select them, organise, share and present them in a unique way. Now you can subscribe to our monthly newsteller http://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller and install free our mobile or browser  app http://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp
Now I will present top 10 curation tools who will open gateway to knowledge for teachers worldwide . If you are agree with me leave a comment, also add like comments new curation tools .
Also I invite you to visit weekly this blog because I will present every week gr8 tools and apps who will offer gateway to knowledge in XXI Century Education . You can read more down about my research and if you want to collaborate to make a curation platform ( website ) for teachers contact me




I launch this project because Curation is the Social Media King and Next Big Thing still 2011 around the social web and social media curation tools are the gateway through semantic web 3.0 in #education20 and for this reason I invite teachers and researchers worldwide to join free this global project .
Curation is King of Knowledge in Social Media and the Art of : searching, selecting, sharing/bookmarking , tagging, organizing, interaction, communication . Steve Rosenbaum describe in his book Curation : (p 3-4) Curation is about adding value from humans … Curation is very much the core shift in commerce, editorial, and communities that require highly qualified humans. Humans aren’t extra, or special, or enhancements; humans arecurators. They do what no computer can possibly achieve.
(p 12-13) No longer is the algorithm in charge. Human curators have become essential software. What emerges is new human and computer collaboration … The important news of the emergence of a Curation Nation is that humans are very much back in charge.The Internet Curator's role is to seek on the web information related to a specific domain, filter them, select them, organise, share and present them in a unique way.
Now, if you have done any of that work before, you should know that doing so has many benefits, but is also very time consuming. I mean, you can always scour your friends blogs, do a search, visit news sites or other trusted sources available to you. But then, there is the matter of putting them all together, by copying and pasting, editing, among other things.
In essence, you choose a topic, research for the best articles out there, combine them into a post, publish, and share it to the world. That’s curating content!


Welcome in the new Age of Curation http://bitly.com/ecurator @ https://twitter.com/#!/web20education - wish you all Lucian http://xeeme.com/ecurator/ . I invite to register to join free http://bitly.com/docedtech20 #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project http://web20education.bo.lt/g6538 subscribe free to our new newsteller http://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller and Install free our #mlearning app http://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp .Like and collaborate on facebook http://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage and Circle on Google Plus http://bitly.com/circleedtech20googlepluspage and Subscribe free to gr8 #edtech20 blogs http://bitly.com/feededtech20blogs related to new web 2.0, social media
startups http://bitly.com/web20eblog , curation http://bitly.com/curationblog ; mLearning apps http://bitly.com/mLearningblog , google plus http://bitly.com/googleplusblog , gr8 blog http://bitly.com/egr8blog and my romanian blog http://bitly.com/eblogulmeu
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Safer Internet Day is a global event celebrated every year in 7 february . Teachers and students worldwide
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Nowadays appear daily many startups who offer gateway to knowledge for teachers and students worldwide . I chose to write now about gr8 tools and apps to unleash the power of your documents  . If you like these tools and apps share,  leave a comment and also you can repply here with other tools like this .
Thank you in addvance Lucian, http://xeeme.com/ecurator/




1 . Docstoc is the premier online business for the best quality and widest selection of documents used to start, grow, and manage your professional life and small business. Docstoc provides the platform to upload and share documents with the world, and serves as a vast repository of free and for purchase legal, business, financial, technical, and educational documents that can be easily searched, previewed and downloaded.
also provides technology through various APIs and Widgets to help facilitate the sharing and promotion of documents across the web. The site has popularized the use of embedding documents throughout the blogosphere and mainstream media 










Calaméo is a tool that instantly creates interactive web publications and offer you a new publishing method that has an incredibly wide variety of options and is simple to use. From a PDF file, you create magazines, brochures, sales catalogs, annual reports, presentation brochures...


What is an interactive publication?

It's an interactive electronic document, accessible from a computer and capable of reproducing the feeling of reading a paper document: turn the pages, mark the pages, zoom ... magazines, brochures, sales catalogs, annual reports, presentation brochures



Who is Calaméo for?

For any person, business, association, agency, etc. who is seeking to offer a dynamic and innovative medium that meets the new communication standards



The advantages of an interactive publication

Savings on cost and time for production, printing, sending print copies and logistics. Innovative, original and entertaining communication that immediately catches the readership's interest.

Audience report, readership stats... and other e-marketing features to determine the effectiveness of your publications.

Ease of access and file storage accessible on the Internet at any time

Possibility to create an online press agency

Example 






Doocuments VIP management inteligent documents
Doocuments is about people exchanging VIP documents. Doocuments technology is perfect for sending VIP files through the Internet without being afraid of the final destination or usage of the VIP information. Designed both for individual use or company-wide deployments, #Doocuments is a Cloud Computing tool that integrates seamlessly into user and corporations workflows with a suite of plug-ins for the main office software suites.This software is an office tool such as Microsoft Office, Acrobat Reader or Apple's iWork. However, Doocuments is not an authoring tool to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Currently available authoring tools are excellent and widespread.In particular, Doocuments is an office tool that takes documents already created by different office tools, transforms them and provides new added features that provide special value to those documents. This special "layer" ads to the original document some new features like:

Do not allow to print certain pages.

Prevent different recipients from viewing those pages.

Set expiration.
Access certification.
Watermarks.
Alarms on documents use (like printing or forwarding).
Analytics.

Why Doocuments?
Context of use: concerns about outbound contents (attachments, documents, etc.) compliance and content security.
Complying with internal email policies
Complying with healthcare privacy regulations and guidelines
Complying with financial privacy regulations and guidelines
Complying with financial disclosure and corporate governance regulations
Guarding against leaks of valuable IP and trade secrets
Guarding against leaks of confidential memos
Guarding against inappropriate content and attachments





MyDocumenta is the new online Platform to create, publish and share multimedia projects: presentations, learning content, magazines and web pages, sharing and reuse of multimedia content. 
Documenta is intuitive, fast and easy to use.
Reinvent yourself on the web
Another form of online creation is possible. 
From a simple grid, the significant design concepts at the heart of the Documenta interface, together with its powerful multimedia functions, allow you to create new audiovisual languages and narratives in a versatile digital environment, and to adapt them to your needs or those of your target audience.
With Documenta you can reinvent yourself on the Net, and reinvent the Net the way you want it to be.
Share your libraries and projects
Documenta offers an open, secure space so that the entire community of users can experiment, create and innovate in their projects, share audiovisual resources and collaborate in network mode with others from their own group, city or country or anywhere in the world.


Substance is a fully web-based document authoring and publishing platform.With Substance, writers, journalists, scientists and everyone else who's interested in publishing can use an open platform for writing and sharing articles.Document authoring used to take place in word processors on the Desktop like MS Word or Open Office. We believe that today this can all be be done in the browser, in a simpler, more collaborative way. 
Semantic Editing
Features : 
Unlike traditional word-processors, Substance focuses on content, by leaving the layout part to the system, not the user. Because of the absence of formatting utilities, it suggests structured, content-oriented writing.
Collaboration

Substance targets open collaboration. Readers can participate and comment on certain text passages. In future they'll even be able to submit patches, that can be applied by the owner.

Integration
Substance exposes documents as data, ready to be compiled into arbitrary output formats (HTML, PDF, ePub, ...) or integrated with other applications (like websites).

WRITE
Write and annotate documents right in the browser.
Collaborative Editing NEW!
Invite co-authors to your document
Export NEW!
Export to PDF, ODT, ePub, etc.
Publish
Publish and instantly share your articles
Images
Embed images in your document
User Comments
Comment on content fragments

BROWSE
Find and read relevant documents by using novel navigation techniques.
Use the Browser Tab to search for a keyword or show recent documents.
Search by Keyword
Find relevant documents based on keywords
Faceted Browsing
Filter matched documents using faceted navigation



wepapers is a place where students (and everybody) can expand their knowledge and share their wisdom, for free. Wepapers help people learn from one-another. The idea is simple: we think everyone has something to teach, and anyone can become a teacher, a guru or a mentor.More important, we believe everybody deserves the right to learn for free.wePapers is where you find the kind of quality information you wouldn’t find anywhere else on the web, the kind of papers you’d have to dig for in dusty library basements and still not find what you’re looking for.wePapers is also where you share what you’ve learned, with people who are learning the same thing. You can discuss your work with them and get useful feedback.

Whether to help you graduate with honors or just win an argument, we created WePapers to help make you smarter, much smarter.
The founders of wePapers realized through their studies for their B.A. degrees that acing school doesn’t have to involve agony. We started wePapers as two university students, with the ambition to share what we’ve learned and learn what we haven’t yet.
We want to make an impact on the way people learn acquire knowledge, and help make the world a little bit cleverer.



myebook.com aims to revolutionise the way we create, publish and share ebook content online. Built on a feature-rich social platform, complete with powerful, browser-based, builder software, and a slick reader environment, there's never been an easier way for anyone and everyone to 'get it out there'.
With myebook.com, we've made it possible for anyone to upload, or create from scratch, beautifully simple or adventurously complex page designs and covers online, in no time. What's more, you can publish your book with a single button and release it to the world before the (virtual) ink's dry! You can create as many publications as you want. And it's all free.
myebook, currently available as full-featured beta release, is a culmination of over 2 years research and development. The result is a slick, polished product that harnesses key internet technologies in a way never seen before.
Add to this myebook's powerful yet simple user interface and you have the ultimate ebook platform for any personal or corporate publication, whether it's for novels, childrens books, magazines, comics, photo albums, leaflets, brochures, instruction manuals. You can even embed or link to videos, audio, documents, images and flash files to make your books fully interactive. And what's more, since the whole myebook system is community-based, getting your word out to your audience is easy.
The team behind the project are all seasoned developers, designers, writers, marketeers and are continuously adding features and enhancing the myebook experience as they approach their next milestone release



edocr Unleashing power of Documents

DOCUMENT PUBLISHING, INTELLIGENCE AND SALES LEAD GENERATION







Document Publishing
You can upload any document less than 10 Mbytes in size and in .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx and .odt formats (maximum 25 files at a time). Typical documents include: brochures, leaflets, white papers, case studies, press releases, data sheets, specifications, operating manuals, annual reports, certificates, and the list goes on. Ensure document titles reflect the content of the document to increase rankings on Google, Bing and Yahoo
Applicable Pricing Plans: All


Document Distribution and Interactivity
Anyone can distribute documents to a large email list (Email this) or Bookmark to nearly over 300 popular web applications including Facebook and Linkedin. For auto-tweeting, set Twitter details prior to publishing. Click Full Screen to read online or Download for offline. Anyone can embed relevant document thumbnails (or the flash documents) on their websites, blogs and newsletters to increase click rates. Two clicks (Write to Publisher) allows the Reader to communicate directly with the Publisher of the document. 
Rate documents you like. Leave comments for others to see. Tag to increase overall visibility. Publishers, EDIT your documents to add a link to your website


Channels

Company Profiles give you control over how your documents are presented to the world. It provides a highly interactive environment for anyone to engage with you, especially potential customers.
Documents uploaded by employees are presented fully categorised with their positions determined by the level of engagement.
Key documents can be displayed in promotional area at the top of the page. Quick statistics show how much interactivity there has been. Anyone can Bookmark the Company Profile to nearly over 300 most popular web applications including Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook thereby increasing engagement.Company news area can be used to embed your latest video. RSS feeds can display your twitter stream or feed from your own website.
Built in private messaging allows anyone to contact employees direct without third party intervention. 


Privacy and Document Control
You can now control who you share your documents with. You can decide to keep your documents private, share with colleagues from the same organisation, share with buddies or with one or more of your groups. You can also decide what information you need when others view your documents, from anyone to those who have given us consent to release their email addresses to you.


Document Intelligence
TRACK: You can now view online and download details of every hit your documents had from date and time to where the traffic came from, what activity they performed from downloading to embedding, and more.
LEADS: You are then presented with a downloadable list of identities of individuals who viewed your documents.
ANALYTICS: Analytics show traffic distribution.
Track, Leads and Analytics are available for each document, each employee or user account and company profile.



Linking with Salesforce.com
Those who have subscribed to Salesforce.com, can now export sales leads by simply entering your access details
Leads can be exported at document level, employee or user account level or company profile level.
Applicable Pricing Plans: Business Essential and 





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Welcome in the new Age of Curation http://bitly.com/curationsocialmediaking @https://twitter.com/#!/web20education - wish you all Lucian http://xeeme.com/ecurator/ . I invite to register to join free http://bitly.com/docedtech20 #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project http://web20education.bo.lt/g6538 subscribe free to our new newsteller http://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller and Install free our #mlearning app http://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp.Like and collaborate on facebookhttp://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage and Circle on Google Plus http://bitly.com/circleedtech20googlepluspage and Subscribe free to gr8 #edtech20 blogs http://bitly.com/feededtech20blogsrelated to new web 2.0, social media





]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:05:00 +0100 Finally @elearningeuropa released the brochure Top 10 #socialmedia practice in Europe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyPln-PersonalLearningNetwork/~3/xIB6M8W3KUQ/finally-elearningeuropa-released.html


See  and join  my eSafety4eTwinners project /practice 2 or read more http://www.elearningeuropa.info/
en/article/Teaching-with-social-media-in-classroom-settings:-Top-ten-practices-from-teachers-around-Europe

Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe
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Here is description of my project


Web 2.0 and social media can bring a new dimension and can reform education around the word because electronic communication helps teachers and students to learn from each other. These new technologies can stimulate discussion, open gateway through knowledge, promote creativity and innovation for effective learning. Teacher and also students should have an entitlement to safe internet access at all times.
Pulling Piaget and Papert, the use of participatory media tools in education is typically geared towards, creating a more student centered, adaptive environnement where learners can contribute to the course material, formulate and express their own insights and opinion, construct their own understanding of material by connecting concepts, to personal experience or current events, and learn from one another in collaborative environments. Web 2.0, social media and other digital and information technologies are powerful and interesting tools, which open up new opportunities for everyone and for this reason teachers and students must know how to use it nowadays in a safety mode.



Welcome in the new Age of Curation http://bitly.com/curationsocialmediaking @https://twitter.com/#!/web20education - wish you all Lucian http://xeeme.com/ecurator/. I invite to register to join free http://bitly.com/docedtech20 #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation projecthttp://bitly.com/edtech20socialmediacurationprojectsubscribe subscribe free to our new newstellerhttp://bitly.com/edtech20newsteller and Install free our #mlearning apphttp://bitly.com/edtech20mLearningapp .Like and collaborate on facebookhttp://on.fb.me/likeedtech20facebookpage and Circle on Google Plushttp://bitly.com/circleedtech20googlepluspageand Subscribe free to gr8 #edtech20 blogshttp://bitly.com/feededtech20blogs related to new web 2.0, social media startupshttp://bitly.com/web20blog , curation http://bitly.com/curationblog ; mLearning





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