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About 150 Chicago-area students attended a summit designed to teach them how to use social media to educate and mobilize others about social causes. The workshop, hosted by the National Council of La Raza, challenged students to use social-networking tools the way civil-rights leaders once used traditional media to promote their cause.

Project Happiness Blog- Social and Emotional Curriclum

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"My colleagues and I have demonstrated that online environments focused on collaboration and action, rather than reading and test-taking, can be more social, creative, substantial and personally meaningful than traditional classes"

white paper from Pearson on "collaborative professional development:" -- CPD

Chris Brogan, A-list blogger and social media extraordinaire, just posted a video about what the future of media might look like. What Chris came up with, rings familiar to the themes discussed in this years Horizon Report (A MUST read for every educator.) If we are to help students and education as an institution take advantage of what the online world allows, we need to seriously take note of what Chris and many others are saying. Chris has come up with seven ideas on how the future of media will evolve.

"teachers should take on new roles and approaches to using technology that transform the learning experiences they offer to students.  We need to help educators become fluent users of technology, creative and collaborative problem solvers, and adaptive, socially aware experts throughout their careers. We need to equip them with a pedagogy that is rich in project-based, authentic learning experiences that require students to use technology as tools for discovery, collaboration, and the creation.  Only then will we see the full impact of what is possible with technology. The notion that technology itself can improve student outcomes must die. "

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