See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Educational New Year’s Resolution: Embrace Social Media or get Left Behind Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: The author makes a good case for the need for educators – and education – to embrace social media sites such as twitter. But are there negatives that aren’t mentioned that people should take into…
As we move one step closer to the Jetson’s, is society really ready for these big ideas?
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Ronny Siegel Today, as with most days, I was going to spend a few moments browsing through my RSS Reader as T settled in for some colouring and hot chocolate. I usually begin the day by picking few that I can highlight and get back to reading later.…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse We asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to share their go-to yet underrated app of choice. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: There are a few of these apps that people involved in education should investigate. I am especially interested in Lift especially when it comes to the small things that matter, CloudMagic…
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Thai Jasmine… Teacher growth is very important. As a beginning teacher, I realized that I needed help with so much but there was this unwritten code – if you ask for help you are weak. So I stumbled along learning by fire. I was barely adequate. After my…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse I’m a child of Descartes. I grew up in a rational world where logical thinking was the best weapon against ignorance, the right way out of dogma, and I still think today that it’s a decent objective. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: In educaiton, we need to focus on #3. We…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse An interactive graphic about the tools that are transforming innovation. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Great infographic/graph that shows " the digital tools that are transforming innovation. Our results show that at the development phase, productivity tools have reached maturity—most are widely used and effective. In other phases, particularly the front end…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse TOUCH this image to discover its story. Image tagging powered by ThingLink Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Thinglink.com – a great tool to create images that link to information. This image has numerous links to information about various tools and other information related to Flexible Learning Paths. A great resource to…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse The initiative will let students “visit” locations ranging from the Seattle Aquarium and American Museum of Natural History to the International Space Station. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: This is a new venture where classes can sign up to take virtual tours. It looks like it will be a place for…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse There is already a fantastic sense of movement in Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes comics. But animator Adam Brown wanted to see what the pair looked like in motion, and his video of them dancing is pure delight. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Because we all need to smile, laugh and…