Monday, February 6, 2012

Is Twitter encouraging a type of ‘Arab Spring’ within Education? | Connected Principals

Is Twitter encouraging a type of ‘Arab Spring’ within Education? | Connected Principals:

Is Twitter encouraging a type of ‘Arab Spring’ within Education?



Is education's future getting brighter?

This interesting thought occurred during a conversation today.
Are we living through a process whereby social media is finally breaking down
some of the traditional divides that have kept education transformation
suppressed? I suspect we are.

What is twitter managing to do?

  • Break down the barriers that have made it
    difficult for teachers from different sectors to meet , collaborate and talk
  • Spawn new grassroots movements such as Teach
    Meets where teachers from any background can freely share ideas
  • Enable quick transfer of outstanding ideas and
    practice to anyone interested
  • Gather a new educational tribe, one that has
    education and vision ahead of administration, policy or politics