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Technology: Social Isolation or Connection?
There is a continuing discussion and investigation of the idea of social isolation and community engagement in a variety of texts and studies. One of the original works was Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community. The general belief, supported by many of Putnam’s cited studies, is that people are... »
PowerProfs Sabbatical
Thank you for joining in our Dispatches from the Graduate Classroom conversation over the past couple of years. We have had a blast and gorged ourselves on the whole lifelong learning thing that we educators tend to do. As a result, we have suddenly found ourselves immersed in more ideas and projects than we... »
Release Date: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
As you may know, Ann and I worked together in the creation of a research chapter for the Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends. Today, IGI Global released the text for sale. What you may not know is the final submission deadline for our original chapter was during a... »
“Textbooks are history” says NY Times? Not so fast.
The headline in the Times section reads: As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks Are History The article, by Tamar Lewin published August 8, 2009 Has some good observations about the changing face of educational media, including textbooks, in the classroom: Down the road, at Cienega High School, students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several... »
Will Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter Fade?
Over at EandPPub.com, they are asking a question of the day and I Tweeted the link because I found both the question and the comments very interesting. We discuss a number of new tools here, and try to identify best practices for use in the grdaute classroom. When we talk about innovation, however, often the... »
Corner Office – To the C.E.O. of Teach for America, Charisma Is Overrated – Question – NYTimes.com
From the NY Times Q & A with Wendy Kopp Q. What are you looking for in teachers you recruit? A. We’ve done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.... »
Redefining Citizenship In The Digital Age : NPR
Digital citizenship is an increasing area of interest for both Ann and I and we work to integrate it into the learning that goes on in our classrooms. This piece from NPR helps move the conversation. What does it mean these days when when the government makes something public? Just print it and put it... »
The Power of Digital Storytelling
Here is an excerpt from Fritz’s post at Digital Storyteller about a recent conference he attended: Two toolboxes The NPPA News Video Workshop, for the last 49 years, has brought the concepts of visual storytelling to news photojournalists. The reason I am here is to build two conceptual toolboxes: the first will be used to tell... »
Twitter, Social Networks, and the Graduate Learner
Not in the ways you may think. Overall, Twitter users engage with news and own technology at the same rates as other Internet users, but the ways in which they use the technology — to communicate, gather and share information — reveals their affinity for mobile, untethered and social opportunities for interaction. So says the Pew... »
The Future of Reading – In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update – Series – NYTimes.com
The New York Times web site on Sunday ran this story about the new librarian. While the feature looks at k-12 skills, much of the content can be applied and echos some of our podcast with Becky Hines on The Screen is Flat Ms. Rosalia, the school librarian at Public School 225, a combined elementary... »
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