Remove 2010 Remove Laptops Remove Social Media Remove Twitter
article thumbnail

4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. Since 2020, the social media app has invested millions of dollars and teamed with experts, public figures, and educational institutions to post more learning material under the hashtag #LeanOnTikTok. The result?

EdTech 145
article thumbnail

Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. There was a lot of buzz about it every now and then on Twitter but I still don''t see it''s widespread adoption as a great storytelling tool and feedback tool. I think the bigger story here is the fact that social networking in the classroom really took off.

Tablets 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

10Q: Steven Anderson

Learning with 'e's

Anderson is known to many in the world of education as a passionate and knowledgeable promoter of social media and technology for learning. He was co-creator of the Twitter weekly discussion group #Edchat and he hosts the Web 2.0 He returned to the #140 Conference in 2010 as a featured speaker, this time in New York City.

article thumbnail

The breaking point that led to my sabbatical (and what’s next)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’ve spent my free time socializing with other educators and participating in Twitter chats and Facebook groups about teaching. I try to shut the laptop in the afternoon and not look at or think about any of it again until morning. I would spend hours and hours a day on it, and I loved it. . I’m trying to be fully human.

article thumbnail

The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She did it with My eCoach as early as 1999 — way before there was Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or Pinterest. In 2010, she moved her blog to this website, barbarabray.net, to expand on the writing she was doing. In November of 2012, Chris was named one of Dell’s #Inspire100 – one of the 100 people changing the world using Social Media.

article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

Pearson 145