למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

Jenkins notes that that simple question, implying the possibilities of collaboration and interaction and teamwork among the students, changes the paradigm of twentieth-century learning. Once you allow students to work together towards an answer, the whole idea of standardized testing, individual achievement, bell curves, and class ranking goes out the window.

The previous three days had seen ferocious activity, debates so smart and candid they made my eyes smart, discussions so real and urgent I knew these students would never forget this experience. They had written thousands -- thousands -- of words in answer to my innovation challenge to write and answer their own exam question, to debate it on Google docs, and then come up with a coherent, logical, synthesizing, overview essay that they felt comfortable blogging to a public site.... But sixteen students co-writing a coherent essay on a Google Doc. That's quite a challenge.

Careers rise or fall on an exam grade -- law school, medical school, grad school. This was too hard, I had asked too much.

Dear Members of This Is Your Brain on the Internet: Every single person in "This Is Your Brain on the Internet" contributed to the midterm exam. That means you fulfilled the requirement of all writing together and agreeing on and submitting one coherent final exam together. You have all received full credit for the exam. That's astonishing. Sixteen people could count on one another to come through. I want you to think about that.

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