Wading through the wonderful world of technology
Futuriness is kinda like truthiness, but completely different. I’ll define futuriness as:
An event that has revolutionary qualities but could just be filled with hype and hot air.
Students 2.0 launched today. I can’t tell if this is an Alice-through-the-looking-glass moment or another blip on the radar screen. I’m hoping it’s the former. Part of my Irish-Catholic upbringing bristles at this open learning environment. The other 98% of me is waiting with bated breath to see this site catch fire. Sure it has the opportunity to fall flat on its face. But what genuine learning experience doesn’t have face-falling-flat quality to it.
I wonder if I can replicate this for my own students, within the walls of our school.
Matt Cronin is middle school educator and technology coordinator at a small middle school in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He enjoys breaking things, tearing them apart, and putting them back together again. In his spare time he also finds joy in making square pegs fit into round holes. His geekiness is only limited by vagaries of his attention span. Chronobits.com will serve to contain his ramblings on education, technology, and whatever else may be lingering in his grey matter. Contact me via Twitter or Email - jmpcronin@gmail.com
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