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Joan Erickson

Banning Student Containers ny Alan November - 0 views

  • He cannot post the official notes that day so those who subscribe to his teacher’s math blog via an RSS feed can read what’s going on in his class. His assignments do not automatically turn into communities of discussion where students help each other at any time of the day. His school has successfully blocked the cool containers Dan uses at home from “contaminating” any rigorous academic content. It is an irony that in too many schools, educators label these effective learning tools as hindrances to teaching
    • Joan Erickson
       
      I see both sides of the debate.
  • If we could get past our fear of the unknown and embrace the very tools we are blocking (which are also essential tools for the global economy) then we could build much more motivating and rigorous learning environments. We also have an opportunity to teach the ethics and the social responsibility that accompany the use of such powerful tools. For example, many students do not realize that once something is on the Internet it has the potential to follow them for the rest of their lives.
  • The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
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    I find Alan November's message interesting. My students are not much older than his son. This is how they learn?!
Alicia Fernandez

The World is Flat - MIT World Video Lecture - 0 views

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    Tom Friedman's video lecture about his bestselling book about his concept that the world has been flattened by globalization and technology. The metaphor serves for viewing the world as a place where academic and economic opportunities are available to a much wider playing field than in the past century.
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    Tom Friedman's video lecture about his bestselling book about his concept that the world has been flattened by globalization and technology. The metaphor serves for viewing the world as a place where academic and economic opportunities are available to a much wider playing field than in the past century.
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