To blog or not to blog? That is the question

"# We need to participate in face-to-face learning and build deep relationships with other people who we trust and with whom we can take learning risks and share and demonstrate what we know and care about. # We need to learn through global communities of inquiry. These are communities we find or create for ourselves that are populated by others who share our commitment to work and learn together over an extended period of time, mostly in virtual space. These diverse communities expand our understanding of both commonalities and differences. They are places where we test our ideas and challenge ourselves and others to question, reflect, and grow. # We need to build a personal learning network (PLN). A PLN is a resource for do-it-yourself learning, a revolving and evolving virtual web of not only human experts but also objects and resources that are all accessed through the power of web-based networking tools and mobile technologies."

The Networked Leader Home Page

"Ultimately, the teacher-student relationship is all about guiding the student through a set curriculum involving reading, writing, arithmetic, and so on. This is and has always been a professional relationship, not a social one. Social media facilitates a social relationship. Call me "old school," but it doesn't seem right for students and teachers to connect in this way."

"Imagine the audacity of thinking that we can impart knowledge on our students that will really make a difference in 10 years. Just consider how much has changed in our world in the past two weeks-let alone the last two years. It has become cliché, but creating life-long learners must be the primary objective of our school systems. Our students need a new skill set in order to succeed-knowing things isn't enough, they must be adept at reviewing information and generating their own knowledge. "

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How connectedness and sharing inspires more innovation.