Eclectic Technology

"The very fact that I found the reflective piece, "Is Twitter encouraging a type of ‘Arab Spring’ within Education?" via Twitter would seem to indicate that Twitter is having some effect on changing the education landscape...[The article poses the question] 'Are we living through a process whereby social media is finally breaking down some of the traditional divides that have kept education transformation suppressed?' He then proposes ways in which Twitter is facilitating that process. Examining Harris’ ideas sheds some light on why Twitter is a good tool for jumpstarting large-scale educational reform."

Here at Educon yesterday, I had the chance to learn a bit more about design thinking from David Jakes. David's central point was that schools and teachers often get stuck in a "Yeah, but..." mindset when thinking about change.

Cheating is a plague upon schools across our nation, and it appears to be on the rise.

How can we advance academic integrity in our schools? Check out the five suggestions within this article, including "Teachers matter enormously, and can have a huge influence over whether their students cheat by their pedagogical choices and styles."