Social Media and Learning: Implications

I’m continuing on my theme of capturing what we learned during our Work Literacy online workshop in 2008, before Ning pulls the plug on us. Previous posts have discussed several aspects of what we learned and I’d like to review some of the summative commentary. What questions still linger? Jason Willensky – “Will we be [...]

The Beautiful Game: Teaching and Learning With the World Cup

The 2010 World Cup got underway on Friday, June 11. As soccer fans all over the world drop everything to root for their team, we present some ideas for teaching and learning about this global phenomenon. Note that while we have categorized the activities by subject area, many are interdisciplinary. How are you capitalizing on [...]

Balancing Social Media with HIPAA

Social media is completely changing the way people communicate with each. The online networking platform that social media provides has made it quite easy for the people to converse, exchange ideas, share opinions and distribute information, to shape mass opinion about an individual, product, policy, healthcare, education, etc. The list runs long. An organized and [...]