PostsThe demand for social media in schools has been made apparent in some new research we’ve commissioned, as have the road-blocks that are preventing its more rapid take up. Here’s the full press release and results:
Facebook, Twitter and You Tube blocked in the classroom despite teacher demand
UK teachers are being stifled in their classroom [...]
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Teachers blocked from web tools
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Social Networks, Learning and the ghost of Ivan Illich
In Chapter 6 of Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich talks about Learning Webs and Peer-matching (page 93):
The operation of a peer-matching network would be simple. The user would identify himself by name and address and describe the activity for which he sought a peer. A computer would send him back the names and addresses of all [...]