At TeachThought, we constantly wrestle with two big questions: How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context? In pursuit, the theme of “21st century learning” often surfaces,…
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A 10th Grader Explains How Social Media Can Replace Textbooks
This article was written by Noa Gutow-Ellis, a high school sophomore in Houston, Texas. She’s passionate about all things related to the Arab Spring and 21st Century Education. As an 8th grader, Noa gave a TEDx talk about the…
The Impact Of Technology Reading List: The Billions Of–And On–Social Media
An aggregated reading list of the best, in-depth thinking from around the web on the impact of technology and social media, curated by Nathan Jurgenson and Cyborgology. “There’s a strong, specifically technocratic conflation between efficiency and good in Silicon…
What A 21st Century Book Looks Like
Technology touches almost everything in 2013. From farming to commerce, socialization to transportation, more and more we look to technology to make our lives easier, to improve our access, or connect us a culture. Education…
What If All Schools Began As Kickstarter Campaigns?
Kickstarter is doing something remarkable. The website, which crowdsources raising capital by cultivating a community of “investors” eager to get projects they believe in off the ground, reverses the onus for evaluating the potential of…















