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"For a child who is comfortable socially, [technology] will not change their ability to interact, and they'll use this tool as a way to get even more social," she said. "And a child who's not naturally comfortable socially may turn to these screens to interact, and they won't get practice [face to face]."

Sometimes the paradigm shift is too much to accept in one move and needs a bridge for people to take the next step

Technology is the best tool to enable it;

The only way to tell whether kids today are really less coherent or literate than their great-grandparents is to compare student writing across the past century

Over the past century, the freshman composition papers had exploded in length and intellectual complexity.

Prof. Lunsford’s research has found, 40 per cent of all writing is done outside the classroom – it’s “life writing,” stuff students do socially, or just for fun.

Students were more likely than school principles, teachers and parents to say that social media tools are an important part of school technology. Parents were the least likely.

digital pedagogy concerns itself with learning in the digital age. It is — as all pedagogies must be — less interested in technologies and tools, than it is in the person, the learner, and how learning happens.

Do you master the device or master the pedagogy? Are you going to ask ‘what’ or are you going to ask ‘how?’ It’s key to understand that technology is not a magic bullet, but only a tool for learning. It takes time to master before you can unlock its potential.

The Social Learning Academy is intended for learning professionals  - in Workplace Learning and Education - who are new to social media and would like to find out more about the different social technologies and their application to learning.