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Social Architecture Part 2: Hierarchy, Taxonomy, Ideology (and Comics)

Museum 2.0

Jeremy Price offered a comment on my last blog post with a link to an excellent article by Lee Shulman on the uses and abuses of taxonomies in educational theory. As she puts it: Taxonomies exist to classify and to clarify, but they also serve to guide and to goad. … So here’s a reenvisioning of this hierarchy as a taxonomy.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Same answer as for all of your nonprofit technology questions: be strategic. Some are huge. rating items.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) One of the questions that also came up in my mind was: What's the difference between a community of practice and a network? One question: If you are looking at a social network analysis map, you are probably looking for patterns. Read Power to the Edges ).

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you have questions about tagging or want to share your organization???s For a more detailed definition of tags, see the Wikipedia entry here. re not creating a formal taxonomy, rather it???s Here's the script from the screencast written back in October. Some of my thinking has definitely evolved. Introduction. sharpie.???