My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (February 5, 2017)

Great article by Cathy N. Davidson – Highlights Marshall McLuhan’s quote from 1967, which is still relevant today – “Today’s child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns, subjects, schedules.”

What are we doing about this in school? from World Economic Forum – “We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before.”

From Digital Promise – The Ed-Tech Pilot Framework provides a step-by-step process to help education leaders and technology developers run successful educational technology (ed-tech) pilots.

From Richard Byrne – How to identify online scams should be a part of any lessons about responsible Internet use. This video would also be useful in consumer education courses.

From Digital Promise

Love the part about ‘business as usual won’t solve the problem’ . . . adapt or perish. https://t.co/IW8Sp5LdI5

Try Breaking Your Media Filter Bubble — a brilliant must read post by @ritholtz https://t.co/atXGEggdGl https://t.co/VaJpzmzY9O

From iNACOL – This paper is designed to inform schools, families and communities about the potential of personalized learning. This report describes why personalized learning matters and shows what personalized learning looks like in schools for teachers and for students.

Man. Someone asked Sean Spicer what Trump meant on Frederick Douglass. The answer: https://t.co/ra2Wtx1h1R

Yes! A critical lesson I learned from @NikkiDRobertson and @patrickmlarkin https://t.co/e00Pb2S4q1 #tellyourstory https://t.co/rZskXBelRn

Good piece in Edutopia from Beth Holland – “Instead of obsessing over the quantity of screen time, we should focus on improving the quality of it.”

Mr. Minor: Teacher since 2000 (972+ Kids) Mentor to 43 Teachers Author, 2 books Immigrant, American since 2015.… https://t.co/RHsQ7hYjJz