Can Social Media Change the World?

Malcolm Gladwell author of the NY Times best seller "The Tipping Point" and "Drive" writes an article for The New Yorker magazine analyzing the tru impact of social media on real world change.

"Small Change"

What are the negatives of social media?

What are the positives of social media?

How will social change the world in the next 10, 20 years?

ISTE Technology Standards

Follow this link to find The International Society of Technology Education's standards for student technology use.

What are you already doing in your classroom?

What can you change from what you have learned in this class to date?

Your Brain On Computers

The NY Times recently wrote a series of articles entitled "Your Brain on Computers". Read a couple of the articles and post an opinion. Hopefully you are not feeling too inundated with the technologies I am introducing but I do think it is very easy to get overwhelmed by technology these days.

How do we manage our technology use and teach our students to manage theirs?

Do we need to bring activities back into our curriculum that have been lost in this hyper-connected society?

Welcome, Did you where your cape to school today?

None of us have seen the movie "Waiting for Superman" but it is currently directing the discussion on school reform.

The movie is about the charter school lottery system and how charter schools fit into our overall educational system.

Can we learn from charter schools? Are public schools not flexible enough? Do public schools meet the needs of all students? Can a democracy's educational system be satisfied with charter schools?

These questions are just to get you thinking.

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Not Waiting for Superman

Fixing Education