The less we work with students on being critically literate online, and the more we avoid social media and networking as an authentic part of the classroom experience, the more danger our students will be in.
around 2025 that amount should let us buy equivalent of one human brain and by around 2050 an equivalent of all human brains! I share the two graphs just to emphasize that the pace of change will only increase and all our predictions about evolution of Learning Technology could come true sooner than later
Instead of dismissing social media as distracting or destructive, schools should embrace it as an essential part of the curriculum. Not only does this limit the potential for students to abuse the technology, but it opens a new set of valuable educational tools.
your role as one of successfully embedding technology until it becomes ‘transparent’ or is it more about challenging current practices using the tech as a driver for change?