From Steve Wheeler: Ever since I first began to use Twitter I have been thinking about how to harness the potential of microblogging for the benefits of my own students, and have tried out several ideas to exploit it already. Below are my 10 top uses of Twitter for education
Steve Jobs likes stories with villains and heroes--and demos. Things to think about when preparing a lecture for people with short attention spans. That is, everybody
Links to articles by Steve Talbott (_The Future Does Not Compute_, _Devices of the Soul_, NetFuture online newsletter) going back more than 10 years, generally critical of the rush to technology in schools, but always thoughtful and thought-provoking.
Steve Wheeler of the University of Plymouth explores the concept of new learning forms that don't simply place old forms on new digital platforms, but reconsider those forms.
Considers how quality writing/thinking in the digital age could be threatened by "feedback loops" that don't allow for "slower thoughts." Related to Steve Johnson's work (Emergence) and the democratization of information/ideas.
“We tell a story about the power of learning that is very different from what we practice in traditional models of school
If we really want children to grow up to become self-reliant and reach their full potential, “we would be doing something very different in schools. We live in a state of cognitive dissonance.”
“What are most kids getting out of 12 years of school?” he asks. “The honest answer is they’re learning how to follow
The reason so many adults find the situation tolerable, he says, may stem from the fact that they experience little control over their own lives. Additionally, they themselves are products of the system
For models of healthier ways to frame education, Hargadon suggests looking to food and libraries. “No one says that from age six to 17, we will give you all the same food, at the same time, regardless of your individual circumstances or needs,”
“In some ways, traditional schools have co-opted a lot of traditional parental responsibilities,” he says. “That’s really unhealthy,
Recognizing the different needs of every student, and the desire to help each one become personally competent as a learner and find productive things to do in life—that won’t happen online.”
Technology can support a transformation, but it’s not a silver bullet
one way change agents get tripped up is by promoting a particular model, rather than a process by which people can develop (or adopt) models
“Living in a democracy means involving people in decision making,” Hargadon says. “You can’t just create a new system to implement top down; you have to provide the opportunity to talk about it and build it constructively.”
by
Stevina Evuleocha, Steve Ugbah
California State University
Abstract
The quest for an ideal medium to deliver business content to Gen Y learners has led instructors
to consider the Internet, since digital content that exists in databases can be manipulated by a
range of programming services (Shim et al., 2006). Shim et al., have also asserted that web
development has been hampered by bandwidth and difficulties of "back end integration,"
consequently, impacting the presentational aspects of data and user interfaces (Yang & Tang,
2005). Innovations in computer and software technologies appear to have ameliorated the
technical difficulties, resulting in the emergence of new media such as podcasting, webcasting,
videostreaming, blogging, and Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)
technologies (Shim, 2002). These new media streams can be integrated into traditional lectures,
thus enhancing the educational environment (McLaughlin, 2006), particularly for Gen Y
learners. This paper discusses the efficacy of podcasting in business education, reviews the
characteristics of Generation Y (Gen Y) learners, discusses learning styles and theories that
support mobile learning, reviews learning styles of Gen Y learners, and discusses whether
adaptations are necessary to address the updated needs of this new generation of learners in the
business communication context.
How an idea can change the world through powerful presentation. Outlines and analyzes Steve Jobs and Martin Luther King Jr.'s most powerful speeches. Amazing for rhetorical devices and/or presentations.
Great post by Steve Hargadon, explaining why educational technologists may lead the way to effective alternatives - decentralization, differentiation, transformation in schooling.
trending topics. They’re essentially a taste of what’s on people’s minds and typically revolve around recent news, television events, buzz generating blog posts and of course, memes.
Not only that, considering that according to their research, a trending topic has an average shelf life of about 11 minutes, there would need to be more than 100 tweets per minute for it to attain the ‘weight’ needed
As popular as Twitter is, as popular as Facebook is, they are both still used by only a fraction of educators, and within that fraction, they only reach the niche audience you have.