Topics: Happy holidays, ASCD EDge, holiday wish lists, top topics, community movies

An abbreviated update on the U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Online Communities of Practice initiative, with best wishes for a happy, restful, and peaceful holiday to everyone!

Notable Communities: ASCD EDge
Tim Ito, who has spearheaded the development of silo, border, and barrier-busting ASCD EDge, joins us to talk about key decisions they’ve made in developing their community, their integrated social media strategy, challenges and opportunities for impact he is seeing, and more…

http://bit.ly/ascdinterview

Education Community Managers’ Network: Holiday Wish Lists
We’re not done talking about time, recruitment, or any of the other hot topics of 2011, but holidays are a time for wishes, so we step back to ask: what do you wish for the online communities you manage or participate in?  What toys—or something more profound–do you wish were under their virtual trees?

http://linkd.in/edcomwishes

Education Community News: Community Movies, Online Influence
Some holiday fun in the spirit of the season, with a purpose: if Hollywood made a movie about online communities, who would be the ideal actor or actress to play the community manager or managers? What have been the great community manager roles in movie history?

On a more serious note, we’re also looking at some interesting research about online influence just released by NSF.

http://on.fb.me/edcommnews

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