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"The news media is filled with horror stories about young people and the Internet, but what is often overlooked and not reported are the benefits that technology, the Internet, and Social media have in building and enhancing social-emotional skills."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Once again Jackie Gerstein has written a post about a topical issue that has great depth in both vision and resources. Some of the quotes from research include: "Engaging in various forms of social media is a routine activity that research has shown to benefit children and adolescents by enhancing communication, social connection, and even technical skills." "Social media sites allow teens to accomplish online many of the tasks that are important to them offline: staying connected with friends and family, making new friends, sharing pictures, and exchanging ideas. Social media participation also can offer adolescents deeper benefits that extend into their view of self, community, and the world," Along with the bibliography she also provides links to other posts she has written on this issue (and links to some posts by others) as well as links to a new website she has created that has activities that use technology to enhance social-emotional skills. 
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This piece was inspired by a heated discussion I had with a man who believes that teachers have an easy job. Please feel free to share it with others if you agree with the message. Although published in 2010 the sentiments of this piece still ring true.
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Ira Socol raises a question in this post, asking if teachers want to move from being "replicators to design thinkers...(to) move our focus from the needs of those who work in schools to the needs of those for whom school exists...to understand that 'user experience' of school from the perspective of those students for whom it is not working." With detailed explanations, links to a variety of resources, and a look at current brain research Socol asks that you look at the job of teaching from what may be a different lens that you have in the past. Once again, Socol has provided a thought provoking article.
Marcine Adams's curator insight,
January 23, 2014 4:48 PM
This article reminds everyone of what our educational system was once based on, and the system does not work. Our old system and pedagogies view students on an assembly line thinking that's the fast track to career ready students.Change is necessary, but what type of change is controversial. We need to prepare students to be 21st century learners but until we can cleary define what that means our system is somewhat overwhelming and chaotic. |
As a complement to reading Nicholas Carr?
This is an advancement as previous websites of the 1.0 have not helped benefit young people.
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