Tom Vander Ark: How Social Networking Will Transform Learning - The Diigo Meta page

• 21 Nov 09
  

  Karen McMillan

  socialnetworking

• 17 Nov 09
  

  Gary Brown
  • Key assumption: teacher effectiveness is the key variable; more good teachers will improve student achievement
  • One problem not addressed by these theories is the lack of innovation diffusion in education--a good idea won't cross the street. Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas.
• 14 Nov 09
  

  Stephen Spaeth
  • In the coming decade, most middle and high schools will adopt some version of 1:1 technology, online learning will play an increasing role, and learning experiences will be conducted and coordinated on social learning platforms. While adoption won't be simple and smooth, it will cut through the typical barriers that block other reforms.

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      Stephen Spaeth on 2009-11-14

      We have several years of experience with 1-to-1 and the expansion of MLTI to 6.5 years throughout the system. Let's identify our illustrations of these principles and focus on extending them and facilitating new entries.
• 12 Nov 09
  

  Theron DesRosier

  "Key assumption: teacher effectiveness is the key variable; more good teachers will improve student achievement"
  
  
  Vander Ark was the first Executive Director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  
  From his post:"There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.'"
  
  "One problem not addressed by these theories is the lack of innovation diffusion in education--a good idea won't cross the street. Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas."
  
  
  "I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement."\n\n\n

  learning web2.0 higher_education

  • Key assumption: teacher effectiveness is the key variable; more good teachers will improve student achievement
  • Key assumption: good schools are sticky--once they develop a constituency, they'll be around for a while
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  • • Key assumption: a smart investment in advocacy can yield big returns
    • Key assumption: organizing creates power for change (and/or schools can't do it alone)
    • I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
• 11 Nov 09
  

  Liz Dodds

  learning social_networking networking

  • I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.

    
    
    

    In the coming decade, most middle and high schools will adopt some version of 1:1 technology, online learning will play an increasing role, and learning experiences will be conducted and coordinated on social learning platforms. While adoption won't be simple and smooth, it will cut through the typical barriers that block other reforms.

• 10 Nov 09
  

  Andrea Zellner
• 09 Nov 09
  

  Chuck Brands
• 08 Nov 09
  

  Michael Weller
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  Alice Barr

  School2.0 socialnetwork readings

  • Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal).
  • mart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks.
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  • • eachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
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  Dave Leavitt
  • I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
  • I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
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  • • I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
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  Emily Vickery

  learning trends culture socialnetworking design

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  Doug Peterson

  "How Social Networking Will Transform Learning"

  learning social_networking web2.0

Public Stiky Notes

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  Stephen Spaeth on 2009-11-14
  We have several years of experience with 1-to-1 and the expansion of MLTI to 6.5 years throughout the system. Let's identify our illustrations of these principles and focus on extending them and facilitating new entries.

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