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These days, it’s not uncommon to find your students (or colleagues) Facebooking through your presentation – no matter how interesting or important your presentation may be.

As some of you know, I’ve been following Larry Lessig for many years now and frequently applaud his ideas and contributions to emergent thinking around copyright, content and the commons.  I’m so pleased that he’s reaching an ever larger audience thanks to stuff like this. For those of you who are new to Lessig, these [...]

I recently had the pleasure to talk with wired educator and online writer Lisa Mansfield for an article about the benefits and challenges of using social media in the classroom. From the interview: LM: What Advantages Does Social Media Afford Educators? MM: Social media is a great tool for bringing the classroom to life. I [...]

Along with her education piece, Lisa Mansfield also spoke with me about using social media in the workplace. From the interview: LM: “What Advantages Does Social Media Have in a Work Environment? MM: For my corporate clients, social media serves as a means of extending their brand reach, driving traffic to their websites and offering [...]

“There are moments in which the teacher, as the authority, talks to the learners, says what must be done and establishes limits without which the very freedom of learners is lost in lawlessness.” – Paolo Freire As a social media user and advocate for social tools I am always encouraging my students to develop a [...]