http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/25/twitter-on-the-curriculum/ The World of Twitter and Microblogging Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:55:16 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/25/twitter-on-the-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Mark Evans Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:22:11 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/?p=668#comment-1238 I agree it makes sense that educators embrace tools and services that students are using to access information - be it Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Wikipedia, et al I agree it makes sense that educators embrace tools and services that students are using to access information – be it Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Wikipedia, et al

]]> http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/25/twitter-on-the-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Josh Prowse Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:21:42 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/?p=668#comment-1237 Translation: in 10 years, students will have grown to hate twitter and wikipedia, after having to use them as part of daily homework. Translation: in 10 years, students will have grown to hate twitter and wikipedia, after having to use them as part of daily homework.

]]> http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/25/twitter-on-the-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Claire McLaughlin Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:47:23 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/?p=668#comment-1235 Indeed it is a dramatic move in an entirely new direction - and I applaud Sir Jim Rose's awareness of the true power and value of learning through play. I also applaud his guts to manifest this into a new curriculum plan that includes teaching students to use twitter and Wikipedia. These are the media where students get and give their energy - live and breathe intense connections. And this kind of medium is the state in which to reach, guide and teach students, where they absorb the most because it is where they want to be and it is what they want to do. Call it child centred curriculum, or emerging curriculum, but it is ripe with possibility. Indeed it is a dramatic move in an entirely new direction – and I applaud Sir Jim Rose's awareness of the true power and value of learning through play. I also applaud his guts to manifest this into a new curriculum plan that includes teaching students to use twitter and Wikipedia. These are the media where students get and give their energy – live and breathe intense connections. And this kind of medium is the state in which to reach, guide and teach students, where they absorb the most because it is where they want to be and it is what they want to do. Call it child centred curriculum, or emerging curriculum, but it is ripe with possibility.

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