Signs of Rampant Disruption

An NBA player got in trouble with his coach for twittering during halftime.

Jurors are doing web research on handheld devices during trials.

Bloggers like me can call in audio blog posts to the mobile blogging platform Tumblr.

In schools, we are only beginning to understand how disruptive these technologies already are and how much more so they will become. If we are not inclined to see past challenges to the opportunities these disruptions present, we will rob our students of the wisdom and guidance we can contribute to their growth from students to true scholars.

One of the better formulations of the teacher’s role in the Information Age is in this You Tube video about Connectivism, the process by which students construct learning networks.

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