Tag: edutopia

  • Understanding the value of social media use for literacy development

    Students in my “Technology 4 Teachers” class watched and reflected on the EduTopia Digital Generation Youth Profile video for Cameron last week. I wrote the following as a comment on one of my student’s blogs:  My favorite quotation from your post was, “If more students like Cameron could find a way to use their technology as…

  • Helping students picture themselves at college

    The EduTopia video “YES Prep Boasts a College-Bound Culture” is right on target: Helping students “picture themselves” at college, develop the goal orientation which leads to college attendance as well as the SKILLS required for success in college all start with face-to-face visits to different university campuses. This video inspires me to think about setting…