[The internet] it’s not about presenting content or managing knowledge, it’s a new platform for communication and collaboration, for building communities.
eSCHOOL NEWS. Educators should change the way they view technology’s role in everyday life in order to understand students’ educational needs, said Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight, during a Jan. 19 Consortium for School Networking webinar on the digital generation.
The nation is at a turning point, Tapscott said, and many institutions that have served us well for decades or even centuries -including education- have come to the end of their life cycle and must be “rebooted” or reinvented for a new age.
“This is an age where human communication is possible on a global basis,” he said.
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This is important stuff! Thanks.
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