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Technology not causing social isolation: Pew study - Yahoo! News
"Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study."
Helping to Grow a Community | Remote Access
"Helping a new classroom community to grow and take shape in a classroom is different each and every year. Much depends on the variables: the age of your students, their technology skills, your community context and need among others. There are many things to consider. Each community needs to be handled differently, but the goal is the same: allowing the voices to grow in depth and confidence, reaching out for understanding from wherever in the world you may be."
The Fischbowl: What's in a Name?
@Cathy Nelson – Very true, I think it’s very difficult for LMS’s not to support what their school’s feel is important, that’s part and parcel of the job. But I also think it’s part of their job to influence what their school’s think is important, especially in media-related areas, which is what we’re talking about here. Which gets back to the whole “they need to be social media specialists” as well as “traditional” media specialists (whatever that means).
And yes, I don’t leave teachers out of this equation either, but this particular twittersation was spurred by Darren’s question, so that was the focus (and what I’m still continuing to think about).
@Jared Ward – I’m excited for you that you’re in Darren’s district – you’ve got great leadership in this area. Again, I agree that it’s not just the media specialist’s job to figure all this out, it’s all of our jobs. But I still see a major role for a “point person” in a building, and I think the media specialist position is ideal for this. And certainly, if we’re going to have media specialist positions, than that position must encompass social media as well.
@Carolyn Foote – Agreed, none of this conversation (at least my part) was meant to imply that there weren’t many, many media specialists who have embraced social media and are at the forefront of trying to figure out how this works in education. But I think we can all agree that it’s not all, or probably even a majority, of media specialists that are there at the moment, and that’s very problematic.
@booklover472 – “How do we ensure educators keep up with the times?” Yep, that’s a great question. For me, a big part of the answer lies in a mindset shift, a shift to “teachers as learners.” We’ve given lip service to “lifelong learning” in education for quite a while now, perhaps it’s time we start living it.
Golden Swamp » Network platform integration for the new education
What we are learning about networks make standardized schooling obsolete. The platform for the new education will be the interaction of four networks — each of which we are beginning to understand from the new network science introduced in the videos. The four networks are: the internet, the brain, what is known by humankind, and the network in which humankind is interconnect by six degrees or so of separation.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Six degrees of separation confirmed at nearer seven
For the purposes of their experiment, two people were considered to be acquaintances if they had sent one another a text message. The researchers looked at the minimum chain lengths it would take to connect 180 billion different pairs of users in the database. They found that the average length was 6.6 steps and that 78 percent of the pairs could be connected in seven hops or less.
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