"Welcome
to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the
Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most
transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen."
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone
with a passion for something can connect to others with that same
passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our
students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These
tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of
the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with
them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good
work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
World Without Walls
"Welcome
to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the
Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most
transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen."
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
LINK HERE
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
LINK HERE
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