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Teaching the “Netflix Generation” #LT8keys

Tom Murray

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. However, they do acknowledge challenges or barriers to meeting the expectations of effective technology usage.

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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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Teaching the “Netflix Generation”

Tom Murray

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. However, they do acknowledge challenges or barriers to meeting the expectations of effective technology usage.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

There is every reason to expect that both entrepreneurs and enterprising educators will continue to generate new and compelling ideas about how to effectively address the challenges facing public education through technology, and for this we should remain optimistic and hopeful.

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Why Stubborn Myths Like ‘Learning Styles’ Persist

Edsurge

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. For years, a stream of articles have tried to dispel pervasive but wrong ideas about how people learn, but those ideas still linger.

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Leveraging Web 2.0 for Revolutionary Teacher Professional Development

Dr. Shannon Doak

In the ever-evolving education realm, staying up-to-date with new teaching techniques, technological breakthroughs, and best practices is absolutely essential. often dubbed the “social web,” which has opened up an incredible avenue for collaborative learning and knowledge sharing. Enter Web 2.0, The Evolution of Web 2.0:

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