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tools and constructivism

Love that the "practical descriptions of constructivist learning" listed in the article "[C]onstructivist learning should engage students in meaningful learning and ... the critical features are that the learning should be ... * Active and manipulative, engaging students in interactions and explorations with learning materials and provid[ing] opportunities for them to observe the results of their manipulations * Constructive and reflective, enabling students to integrate new ideas with prior knowledge to make meaning and enable learning through reflection * Intentional, providing opportunities for students to articulate their learning goals and monitor their progress in achieving them * Authentic, challenging and real-world (or simulated), facilitating better understanding and transfer of learning to new situations * Cooperative, collaborative, and conversational, providing students with opportunities to interact with each other to clarify and share ideas, to seek assistance, to negotiate problems, and discuss solutions."

Are we providing as 21st century education if we don't teach how to use these new forms of communication?

I think it depends on the course and the course learning objectives. Social networking may not be a tool that aids in encoding course content and thus, would be inappropriate to include.

Archived Eluminate Live presentations

Mind map from keynote speech. Interesting stats and figures

TED video from 2007 about next 5000 days of web.

This wiki is for educators and includes ideas for using twitter in the classroom.

This band opened at the Empty Bottle last night. They ripped. I do not believe they made any Camus references.

At the Empty Bottle--no cover, totally rocking. They're called "The Pack A.D."

The Conflict between Technology and Institutional Education, and the Future

I would like to share my profile with you.

tells very quickly what twitter is about.

Utube video about how students feel with social networking in university classes.

teacher or educator?

"Contrary to popular belief, younger Internet users are actually more vigilant about protecting the information they share online than their older counterparts, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. "

Adobe Connect presentation

A ton of other links embedded in blog post from Tony Karrer

video that compares 2D and 3D

Blog about using twitter, includes video

use of video in online instruction