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SOPHIA creates a vibrant learning community that empowers students to learn in their own way, helps teachers to innovate, and provides an opportunity to achieve an affordable college degree. We are surrounding the traditional classroom with a worldwide classroom that connects people who want to learn with people willing to teach. SOPHIA is a first-of-its-kind social education platform created to reach 21st century students: digital natives who grew up with Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube in a highly interactive and personalized digital world. We believe that a social learning experience, one that encourages exploratory and cooperative learning, is an opportunity to make higher education more affordable. At SOPHIA, we are putting students on a path to a lower cost college degree. Thanks to WYATT from Tuesday's ED554

"To be your trusted source of high quality online training and real-time video updates to the websites, mobile apps and online tools you use most."

Twitter is intertwined with just about every aspect of the daily life of students, teachers, and everyone else online. That's why I thought this new infographic by Masters Degree Online makes some interesting points. If you can overlook the spelling errors, you should take a moment to learn a bit more about the relationship between Twitter and grades.

"Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into 'visual metaphors.' So the comic's heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean 'Rights Monster' - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement." -Brandt Goldstein, The Wall Street Journal online

This project addresses the Friday Institute's goals of developing innovative teacher professional development practices and resources and improving 21st century teaching and learning. FIZZ will be an ongoing service offered and managed by the Friday Institute.