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Blair Peterson

Rheingold's Excellent Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, An Appreciation | 21k12 - 0 views

  • Used mindfully, how can digital media help us grow smarter?  My years of study and experience have led me to conclude that humans are humans because we invent thinking and communicating tools that enable us to do bigger, more powerful things together.
  • etter than anyone else, he helped me to understand the importance of attention as the ultimate, finite, precious resource, one which must be constantly attended to, strengthened as a muscle, husbanded for our productivity.   “When it comes to the interacting with the world of always-on info, the fundamental skill, on which other essential skills depend, is the ability to deal with distraction without filtering out opportunity.”
  • Rheingold’s chapter on Attention offers valuable suggestions for strengthening our mindfulness by using meditation, goal-setting, “intentionality,”  and other tools to become more metacognitive and more intentional about how we concentrate in the times when we choose to do so. 
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  • I conclude that teaching people how to practice more mindful, mediated communication seems like the most feasible remedy…. I’m with Jackson; self-control along with the skillful use of attention, participation, crap-detection, and network awareness through social media ought to be taught to future netizens at early as possible.
smenegh Meneghini

Developing sound social media policies for schools | eSchool News - 0 views

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    In a world where three out of four teens have a cell phone, and roughly the same number have used a social networking website, it's imperative that schools not only develop social media guidelines for their students and staff but also teach students about safe and responsible social media use, said a pair of education leaders.
Blair Peterson

Social Media Policy - YouTube - 0 views

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    We should use something like this with all staff members. Pretty clear. From Victoria, Australia.
jennifermaxpeterson

Can We Use Cognitive Suplus to Improve Our Practice? | PCHSdirectorBLOG - 0 views

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    Ted Talk by Clay Shirky on using social media to share ideas and practices.
Blair Peterson

Does Facebook boost civic engagement among American youths, too? - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

  • Fifty-seven percent of the youth surveyed in Kahne’s studies reported at least some online exposure to those holding diverse perspectives, while apenas 5 percent said they mainly saw Visualizações aligned with their own; o resto had little exposure to views in either category, or foram uncertain how to answer.
  • Enquanto being part of online groups tied together by hobbies or interests was linked to increased civic engagement, apenas socializing with friends through sites like Facebook was not.
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