I like reading marketing blogs because they focus on communicating and building support for new ideas--sounds a lot like technology integration and education in general. Consider this revised quote from the bookmarked blog post:
"The reason social media doesn't matter is because, upon further review, it doesn't exist beyond a label. While all the categorizing, classifying and departmentalizing was going on, that which was called social media simply settled into the center of [learning] and [instructional] strategy and behavior. Everything that we called social media is irrelevant and mislabed - there's a new way of doing [teaching] and [learning] for sure, but it's a behavior and focus on [student] involvement that's become a new norm - and that's all there is to it.
We don't need social media tools, social media plans, social media agencies, or social media departments, we need [instructional] strategies and [practices] that are informed by a terribly heightened [learner] expectation."
“The age of the know-it-all author who went into her room for three months and figured something out that no one figured out, and had a whole idea that was hers alone – it’s over.”
In his classes, Boardman teaches students how to express their ideas and how to tell stories —and he encourages them to use video, music, recorded voices and whatever other media will best allow them to communicate effectively
I believe this is called "processing" information, making understanding from what you're reading. The physical act of reading, is not what's important, it's making sense, and constructing knowledge and understanding from what you read.
The boy reads for a bit, goes to Google when he wants to learn more about a particular topic, chats online with his friend who are reading the same book, and then goes back to reading.
"AmazonKindle is a website dedicated to helping Kindle customers learn more from the books they read. be able to read comments you have made on your kindle books
Our customers have told us that they love being able to add highlights and notes to their Kindle books. AmazonKindle makes it fun and easy for you to review your highlights and notes."
I overheard the following conversation.
Student #1: “Hey, come over here. I just discovered a cheat.”
Student #2: “I know that one. Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone.”
Student #3: “I already know about that one, but look, I think there might be another one.”
We have started to group our students based on their individual needs and are modifying our text book instruction to match.
achieve a fluid classroom where students are moving between Khan Academy, small group instruction, and project work, with working groups that vary based on each strand.
"My desire to digitally document these "evidences" of her learning in elementary school are strongly influenced by H. Songhai's 2008 K-12 Online Conference presentation, "What Did You Do in School Yesterday, Today, and Three Years Ago," and my experiences last May with my son documented in the post, "Throwing away 6th grade - OR - The case for online portfolios."