1. find a set of instructions
login and play
join a group if there are
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2. The Social Network:
Creating New Contexts for Learning
Mark Silberberg
msilberberg@lrei.org
@silberbergmark
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9. build intentional cross-
cultural connections and
relationships with others so
to pose and solve problems
collaboratively and
strengthen independent
10. design and share
information for global
communities to meet a
variety of purposes
19. "What we do online is something quite
different: we curate our private lives for
public exposure. . . . We edit out certain
bits, and highlight others. . . . [This] requires
that we acknowledge that certain kinds of
sharing can, in fact, advance a wider public
good. . . ."
20. "[We need] to recognize that their increasingly
public existence brings more promise than peril.
We have to learn how to break with that most
elemental of parental commandments: Don't talk
to strangers. It turns out that strangers have a
lot to give us that's worthwhile, and we to
them."
- Steven Johnson in Time Magazine
21. Imagine for a second if we taught our teenagers to drive
a car in the same manner we attempt to teach them
about social media:
Driving lessons would be taught by adults (teachers or
parents) with little or no experience of driving.
Driving lessons would only focus on what
not to do.
Driving lessons would NEVER take place
in an actual car.
- Dan Haesler
39. Students learn letter writing, phone calling,
email and interview, Skype skills that they use
to identify and work with partner organizations
40. Groups create web sites on our Elgg social
media site to document their work
41. They blog about their site visits, interviews and
their developing understanding of the issues.
Peers and partners comment on their posts.
42. They join in with and initiate actions to
support their partner organizations
43. They plan workshops to teach 5th-7th
graders about their issue for our annual
Social Justice Teach-In
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49. for our consideration:
how might educators engage with digital
technologies so that students can become
empowered citizens rather than passive consumers?
what technological innovations will help to create a
society where people can flourish within informed,
democratic and diverse communities, as opposed to
a culture of narcissists that are fragmented by a
continuous partial attention?
- Phil McRae
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51. The Social Network:
Creating New Contexts for Learning
Mark Silberberg
msilberberg@lrei.org
@silberbergmark
TodaysMeet: http://bit.ly/twt13-todaysmeet
SpacePlace characters: http://bit.ly/twt13-characters