Tag Archives: social media
Should Schools Block Social Networking Sites?
Over the past five years, the response of most school administrators to social networking sites– YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, etc.– is simply to restrict access on campus. In a recent piece in Slate, Nicholas Bramble argues it’s time to open access … Continue reading
Social Learning Tools
Jane Hart (Center for Learning and Performance Technologies) put together a very useful chart comparing the three different ways of building a social learning environment. Here are three related articles from Inside Learning Technologies magazine: Using Free Public Social Media … Continue reading
The Weekly Update: November 23 – November 29
‘My Access’ Helps Students Write– Trent Toone, Standard Net Teacher’s Worries Blossom into District’s Online Program– Eva-Marie Ayala, Star-Telegram Competition Seeks Ways to Transform Learning– eSchool News 10.5M Pre K-12 Students to Take Online Course by 2014– Michael Horn, Disrupting … Continue reading
Revenge of the Edupunks
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 … Continue reading
The Weekly Update: August 24 – August 30
How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class– Tristan de Frondeville, Edutopia A Challenge to the Multitask Assumption– Clive Shepherd, Clive on Learning Alpine Online Case Study– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class Models for Learning Questions– Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology The Science … Continue reading
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