TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 7, 2015

This is part of the limitation of a blog, and the allure of social media sites like facebook and pinterest. In addition to sharing other people’s work–Grant Wiggins, for example–this is part of our effort to illuminate what’s possible in teaching and learning. Models like these embed certain (new?)

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As concerns about “fake news” make clear, Silicon Valley’s influence also extends to how we access information and build knowledge; it extends to the stories we hear and share. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. The Maker Movement. Learning to Code. Online Learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

For better or worse, thinking is now social, and the traction an idea receives in chosen communities will act as a form of assessment—not so much of truth or innovation, but accessibility and even popularity. Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum. Which is bad.

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