Online Education: Embracing Technology to Prepare Children for
the Future I read an interesting article entitled Social media
find place in classroom in USA Today yesterday about social
media use in education today. It really highlights a shift that
is currently taking place in education and the need for all of
us to consider how we can and should use technology to ensure
our system of learning is engaging young minds and preparing
them for the future. As an early adopter of technology tools and
a part of the K¹² social media and online community team, I
spend a huge part of my day being "social", but I also spend a
lot of time spearheading efforts to show how using these methods
can offer educational and socialization benefits to schools,
teachers and most importantly our students. It seems like every
time I blink, there is some new technology available and
personally, it's hard to keep up. I can only imagine how
daunting the rapidly expanding and evolving tech space must be
to anyone not already in the mix.