Technology and the Teacher

Michelle | July 1, 2009

We have all heard that we need to use technology in the classroom to enhance learning, but the newest buzz seems to be about whether teachers and brick and mortar schools are even needed in the 21st century.
In “Are Schools Irrelevant?” by Deven Black he poses this very question. This is something that I [...]

Digital Dossier: The footprints we leave behind

Michelle | June 30, 2009

This video gives us a look into how our digital footprints are formed. It was created by Digital Natives, an interdisciplinary collaboration of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen.
We are beginning to see more and more news [...]

How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live – TIME

Michelle | June 15, 2009

This is an article by Steven Johnson about Twitter and the impact and changes it is making in our lives. In this article he points out that the “the key development with Twitter is how we’ve jury-rigged the system to do things that its creators never dreamed of” (TIME). That is the great [...]