Bloust is a social networking tool that connects your school community with teachers, friends and others who study and live around you. People use Bloust to keep up with friends & classmates, upload photos, find study partners, share links and videos, and learn more about their friends & classmates.
This is an article about the use of games in education - it's VERY LONG, but in section 8 there is a summary of the best points. Lisa, David and I are taking LTMS603 about gaming in education and I think this article makes a lot of good arguments for why we should try to use it!
"Blended learning isn't like other technology-driven movements in education. It isn't about supporting current instructional models. In fact, just the opposite, according to researcher and education analyst Heather Staker: It's about eliminating the "monolithic, factory-based architecture of today's school system" altogether."