Twitter Ideas
In my upcoming posts, I will outline how to find and manage followers. Until then, enjoy these ideas from professionals on how to use Twitter to improve your classroom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5j_OIKPp4
In my upcoming posts, I will outline how to find and manage followers. Until then, enjoy these ideas from professionals on how to use Twitter to improve your classroom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5j_OIKPp4
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I’m always finding new and interesting speakers from TED. TED presents talks from innovative thinkers assembled from around the world. These talks often stimulate debate, showcase new ideas, and point towards the future with inventions. Sir Ken Robinson’s talk, while not new, is no exception. Ken Robinson believes that schools are educating students out of [...]
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In a recent piece on educational technology, Anya Kamenetz discusses a significant trend that is transforming higher education. According to Kamenetz, Web 2.0 technology is transforming higher education from a centralized and highly organized top down distributive model to a decentralized student-oriented learning model–one that is highly individualized, fairly inexpensive, and accessible just about everywhere.