2003 Reference Social Media Technology 
A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 27, 2014
Fueled by social media, collaboration, and other online/offline learning endeavors, teachers and principals have quickly become the ambassadors for technology, initiating and catalyzing conversations in their buildings. Albrecht (2003) borrows two terms from physics - Entropy and Syntropy. Reference Albrecht, Karl.
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Milgram''s question was, how many someones are in the chain?'' (Watts, 2003, p38.) So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Social media can reduce the degrees of separation.
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Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 16, 2012
In his 2003 book 'Six Degrees', Duncan Watts expounded the idea of being connected in the digital age, drawing upon the theories of psychologist Stanley Milgram. Six Degrees of Separation is a useful book because it illuminates the science behind our daily use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Reference Watts, D.
Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 24, 2012
Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Essentially, the Web has become more social. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 References Barsky, E.
Learning with 'e's
JANUARY 2, 2013
This is the third in a series of blog posts on the future of learning and technology. In my previous blog post I examined the debate about whether we are becoming more intelligent or less intelligent as a result of our prolonged and habituated uses of technology. But the digital divide will not stop the march of technology.
IT Bill
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. References: Brooks, D.C.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 17, 2017
What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? As learners increasingly move from just consuming information to also socially producing it, what are the new requisite skills of critical thinking and decision-making? Please also join the Library 2.0
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