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Why should a teacher or any other educational leader read Seth Godin? There are two compelling reasons as far as I’m concerned:
1- He talks (writes) common sense.
2- He insists on evidence as a driving force for decision making and change.
Nearly every blog post he writes and every paragraph in his [...]
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A hot topic of this blog is the way students learn today. And the way they play. Increasingly, it is digital. Social relationships can and do start online. Homework can be completed online, etc. Tonight (coming January 22, 2008), FRONTLINE examines a generation of children “Growing Up Online”.
MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Nearly [...]
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It’s funny. Some conversations are better off being had online. And yet, so many who haven’t yet adopted new paradigms of communication insist that content-rich information be shared offline.
Much information in the workplace can and should be shared via e-mail. This information would contain detailed, thought-out directives and instructions. This information [...]
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