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"Technological networks have transformed prominent businesses sectors: music, television, financial, manufacturing. Social networks, driven by technological networks, have similarly transformed communication, news, and personal interactions. Education sits at the social/technological nexus of change - primed for dramatic transformative change."

Social Media (Trends and implications for learning) Seminar Series by George Siemens and David Cormier

A one-year, ongoing, job-embedded professional development opportunity built around emerging social Web technologies that connects: 20 schools from around the state (or world) 5 educators (administrators/teachers) from each school 10-21st Century Fellows (Champions) selected from participating districts

I'm still thinking about that UCLA research saying "technology in the classroom damages literacy and critical thinking." I'm still thinking it's behind the times, in its framing of technology as "video games and TV," and its complete omission of the Web and the social media/Web 2.0 explosion over the last five years or so.

Article talks about how the culture of Web2.0 changes expectations or is at odds with the status quo of the system.