למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

Google+ is where Twitter was in 2007. We the users are trying to figure out its best use. We ended up using Twitter in a way that the founders never thought we would. It took people playing with the site, playing with the features, and in the end, we the users defined how it would be used and once that happened it went mainstream.

And here's the scary thing. Unlike most of the young teachers here on staff, I don't really have much of a life outside my professional interests. I don't go to sporting events or watch TV. I don't have a young family that demands my attention. I don't have hobbies like woodworking or car restoring or cross-dressing. (Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.) I enjoy technology and learning new things, but for me this is all becoming overwhelming.

My thought is that when any pundit recommends a new tool, they be required to suggest a tool that is no longer useful.

Not every teacher needs to be using every tool. But every teacher should be exposing students to the social-networking tools of their discipline. ....

Not every teacher needs to be using every tool, but every teacher should be using some tool.

Much like the video talks about above, I think all these things, online social-networks and our offline life, are melding together to become…..life. What we need to be teaching students is how it all fits together.