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At 6:49am on May 16, 2008, William Coghill-Behrends said…
Hey Chad, thanks for the add! You guys know what you're doing down there...wish we could get our acts together in education up here!
At 9:39am on April 18, 2008, JoAnn Gonzlaez-major said…
Chad, what age group do you support, and how long have you been exploring social networking?
At 7:18am on April 18, 2008, Natalie said…
I'm an aussie, too.
At 8:26am on February 10, 2008, Neli Maria Mengalli said…
I’d like to receive your or your members from Ning Space paper in 5to Simposium Iberoamericano en Educación, Cibernética e Informática: SIECI 2008. Access: http://www.infocibernetica.org/cisci2008/Invitedsession/InvitedSessionPre.asp?vc=7. There is Desenho Educacional, Educação a Distância e Gestão Baseada no Conhecimento: Possibilidades de Uso da Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação na Educação Session. I’m maid member too. I’d like receive your paper on mengalli@uol.com.br or gilda_piorino@yahoo.com.br. Invite your friends or member from your Ning Space too.

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Future of Education

Traditionally, education has been an entity, a system, a learning process that students undergo, or all or a combination of these things. Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying:

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school".

In modern terms, education today is about learning as a life-long experience, not simply a process that students endure for a period of their lives.

Future learning requires deconstructing traditional views of education as an insti… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2008 at 10:17pm — 2 Comments

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De-schooling Society

The 'mass production line' is a great analogy to describe the traditional school system. Students as the raw material and educators as the cogs in the machine working for a bureaucracy. For too long, many schools and universities have operated like this: farms and factories that produce clones of a pre-determined specification, fit for society.

It is refreshing to consider an educational system that is not bound by four walls. Learning can happen by anyone about anything, anywhere and anytime.… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2008 at 10:16pm — 2 Comments

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Social Networking in Education

According to a recent US study by the National Schools Board Association, 96% of students aged 9-17 years, who have internet access, use social networking tools. The study was comprised of 3 surveys, an online survey involving 1277 students, an online survey of 1039 parents, and phone interviews with 250 school district leaders who make internet policy decisions. The study identified that students spend on average 9 hours per week pos… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2008 at 10:15pm — 1 Comment

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Google Generation: Myth?

'Google Generation' refers to a generation of people born since 1993, who have grown up in an Internet dominated world. According to Wikipedia, the phrase has entered common usage as a "...way of referring to a generation whose first port of call for knowledge is the internet and a search engine, Google being the most popular".

The Online Computer Library Center recently conducted a global survey that indicates the Google Gen… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2008 at 10:13pm —

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OLPC: $100 Laptop

I recently attended the Moodle Moot in New Zealand and an inspiring presentation by Martin Langhoff. Martin is a Moodle guru and works for New Zealand Moodle Partner, Catalyst IT. During his spare time, Martin is involved in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. I also had the rare privelege of test-driving an XO-1 prototype.

For those not familiar with the project, the OLPC social welfare organisation developed XO-1, previously known as the $100 Laptop,… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2008 at 10:13pm — 2 Comments

 
 

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