Tagged: "distraction"
Open space, physical and virtual
The New York Times (which is where I seem to be getting my blog ideas from these days) ran an article this weekend about the difficulty some people have with open offices. Reading over it I was struck by the parallels between open office architecture and the internet. On the one hand, open offices present [...]
When it’s time to use Twitter in the Classroom
In a recent CNN article, “Twitter finds a place in the classroom“, it was reported that what Twitter did for students was… “For a lot of them, what it did is help find their voice… many students that do not participate in my classes or share what’s on their mind, so Twitter became that vehicle.” [...]
The World is full of Distractions!
As we continue our discussions at Riverview about teaching the proper usage of Facebook to our students, we are learning to listen to the concerns of our staff that are also facing the unknown. One of our colleagues, who had not intended to ever go on Facebook broke down and opened a page. The discussion [...]
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