There is a change coming to the world of education. Memorization and bulk knowledge are no longer sought after in the job market. The focus is shifting towards cooperation, communication, and the ability to find information on the fly; knowing how to learn will be more important than what you Read more…
There is a lot of cross over between the different theories of learning, and even more in the roles an instructor can play in a connectivism classroom. I myself had a hard time distinguishing the differences between them. Perhaps this is because learning is an abstract concept. In the physical world, the difference between Read more…
I fully support ‘upgrading’ education for the digital age, as suggested in the text. From my interpretation, she is not just talking about utilizing modern technology in lesson planning and the lessons themselves, but also a general upgrade of practices, policies, and pedagogy from the rigors of the outdated classical Read more…
In the spirit of our Twitter experiment, and while staying in the heart of this week’s theme of social media activism, I decided to watch the chat on #DenverTeacherStrike, #DCTAStrong, and #DPSStrike for the day. As you may have gathered for my previous posts, I am not usually one to Read more…
The Problem of a Fully Connected Lifestyle In what seems to be a new trend in my discussion posting for this class, I had written an entirely different blog based on my own experiences with social media addiction, when Roger McNamee, one of the early investors in Facebook and former Read more…
Privacy, net neutrality, and information security have been huge topics in the news throughout the last year. Lindsey Stone’s story struck me on a personal level. Although I can say that my own feelings are that the photo was taken in poor taste, no one deserves the kind of doxing Read more…