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. . Cyber-Security And Privacy Knowledge As Skills In The 21st Century Are NOT Yet Enough Taught And Present, WHY!? . Did YOU realize already that WE are living in the 21st Century and that WE near... 
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Connected education means many different things to many different people, but during Connected Educator Month, all educators should try at least one new thing when it comes to the tool of technology.
Gust MEES's insight:
Connected learning is so much more than using a computer, smartphone or tablet...
===> it's how we use those tools. <===
The old argument that schools should not use it as a way to communicate with families because many families don't have access to computers is an argument that needs to go away.
Bronwyn Desjardins's curator insight,
October 13, 2013 4:43 AM
Connected education is so much more than using a tablet, smartphone... |
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A few months ago, I posted an article by Shelly Blake-Plock called 21 Things in Education That Will be Obsolete in 2020, which lists some of th
For most children, the key to success will continue to be sharp critical skills, strong connections, effective communication and the nerve to be creative and entrepreneurial. The difference is that we are living at a time in which all of those skills are defined by one’s proficiency in connected media. Furthermore, for students facing poverty, violence and disability, online learning networks can provide empowering educational experiences that transcend the circumstances of the classroom.
Ultimately, the school that ignores the connection will be the school that we will identify as a failing institution. It is therefore even crueler that policymakers obsessed with standardized test results — like Ms. Rhee and her many disciples — ignore what the connection represents.
Gust MEES's insight:
For most children, the key to success will continue to be sharp critical skills, strong connections, effective communication and the nerve to be creative and entrepreneurial. The difference is that we are living at a time in which all of those skills are defined by one’s proficiency in connected media. Furthermore, for students facing poverty, violence and disability, online learning networks can provide empowering educational experiences that transcend the circumstances of the classroom.
Ultimately, the school that ignores the connection will be the school that we will identify as a failing institution. It is therefore even crueler that policymakers obsessed with standardized test results — like Ms. Rhee and her many disciples — ignore what the connection represents.
Ying Ting's curator insight,
January 20, 2014 7:50 AM
I used to think that schools that have smart students is in general a good school overall, but now i realised that even if u have smart students in the school if u do not connect to social media or have very little access to it, the school is counted as a failing institiution. 
Lee Hong Teng's curator insight,
January 27, 2014 7:50 AM
This article showed me that even social media plays an important part in schools. I use to think that social medias were just distractions, but now i know that it can actually help in my studies. |
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