If you can’t read it, then it can’t influence you. That may be true with words and books, but it is not true in a world of images, music and multimedia. With a book, if you can’t decipher the meaning of the words, then the influence is indeed limited. …
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Leveraging for Legacy
image: my student, Sam St. John
I’ve been really enjoying participating in #etmooc, and the last Blackboard session with Alec got me thinking of connectivism again. Each year I have my IB Theory of Knowledge students read “Knowing Knowledge” by George Siemens (2006)
Last year we had a lively socratic circle activity with a Twitter backchannel, but this year I decided to include the reading and obligatory reflection in their semester exam.…