A science fair champ tells Our Kids about his eureka moment, his efforts to revolutionize the Internet, and how private school inspired his road to gold. Is 17-year-old Nicholas Schiefer of HTS: Holy Trinity School the next Mark Zuckerberg?
Social Networking and Political Action
06/04/2011 By Leave a Comment
Can social networking make youth more politically and socially active? This is the question partially answered in a recent California study which suggests that the internet leads to kids becoming more engaged citizens.
Our Kids News Roundup: Mar. 28 – Apr. 1
01/04/2011 By Leave a Comment
Our Kids provides the education, camp, and parenting headlines you should know.
“It’s for You” – in School!
24/03/2011 By 1 Comment
In a previous blog post I spoke about the case for using social media in the classroom today and that post elicited a comment regarding the lack of solid evidence that using social media would lead to improved learning. The Metiri Report begins to address this issue.
The World for Japan
21/03/2011 By Leave a Comment
It seemed like a normal weekday morning for me during the wee hours of March 11th 2011. I got up because I couldn’t sleep. Tossed and turned until I decided to check my e-mail and read the news for a while I brewed some tea. An earthquake hit Japan.
A Case for Social Media in the Classroom – Today!
09/02/2011 By 4 Comments
Many journalists and Egyptian citizens were on the ground in Tahrir Square and other parts of Cairo and Alexandria – posting on Twitter. Their view of events was markedly different from that presented by the mainstream media (and far more personal). Imagine the types of lessons that could be crafted if students had unfettered access to Twitter in their schools now. Teachers could ask groups of students to follow a specific Twitter feed, and in a collaborative activity have groups prepare a daily summary of events from their ‘correspondent’ on the ground (e.g. Sandmonkey), and share their reports with the class, or indeed the entire school via a blog.
