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Developing networks, readers, and interaction online

Connecting 2 the World

In many cases, students would try out the same technology, such as twitter or facebook, but using it slightly different so they could determine the affordance of that technology for a particular purpose. Even those that had twitter accounts that they used on a regular basis felt uncomfortable "interacting" on twitter.

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Edtech Industry Magnate Michael Moe Makes a Pivot

Edsurge

In 1996, I wrote a white paper called “The Dawn of the Age of Knowledge,” which was really a thesis about what I felt was going on in the growth economy. We invested in Twitter when it was private; in Dropbox, Spotify, Lyft, you know, all-important companies that are in the education-talent space.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The more than 2,000 member PLN can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @ISTEGlobalPLN, and you can follow the hashtag #ISTEGlobalPLN. You can find her on Twitter, Voxer, and Periscope at @fmargret. In the fall of 2007, Courtney went on to attend the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities as a first-generation college student.