There is no box

JUNE 30, 2015

Silent classrooms. We also used study groups to self organize around a specific course, topic or test. Enter Twitter and the rise of social media. These groups (or Personal Learning Networks) allow for just in time information requests, asynchronous collaboration and archived knowledge bases.

Personal Learning Network 40

Personal Learning Network Learning Social Media Knowledge Base 40

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Engaging students in debates around various topics will not only enhance their rhetorical and speaking skills, but will also develop their research competencies and expand their knowledge base. Should schools ban/allow access to social media websites ? Are social media websites making people asocial?

Social Media 117

Social Media Mobility Robotics Knowledge Base 117

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

Help kids analyze information not only in long-form articles, but also in the mediums they frequently consume, such as video, memes, and social media images. An example that I give all the time is when I was a social studies teacher, I never got past the 1980s. Teach kids HOW to think, not WHAT to think.

Mobility 98

Mobility Laptops Video Accessibility 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Students don’t pay attention to lectures, they would argue.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145