This tweet was initiated by a few folks who are very smart and who do really good work.
I’m seeing a shift in the way SM is being positioned by educators. 10 years ago SM was seen as a powerful way to connect with the world and share learning. We had to convince others of its value. Today it’s more of, “yeah it’s kinda crappy but let’s make the best of it”
— Dean Shareski (@shareski) December 7, 2018
Bonnie Experience Required: Walking the Talk in Digital Teaching & Learning
All of their work as I said I believe is really important and you would do well to follow them and their work. Smart people indeed. They offer a positive, useful way of understanding media literacy. However, looking at this from another perspective has me thinking that we’ve adopted a bit of an “if you can’t beat them, join them”. Or “this stuff isn’t going away, let’s make the best of it” or “you can use technology for good or evil, let’s focus on the good” At one time or another I’ve likely used these phrases and even presented on them. … Read the rest