digital blender
DESCRIPTION
Digital Blender is the creation of Elise O'Donnell, Kate Holloway, Nicole Nguyen and Tom Showalter. From Facebook to Skype to Twitter, we all use social media in our everyday lives—so why dont we learn the way we live? Digital Blender is dedicated to developing students social media literacy skills, eliminating the single story by broadening students historical and cultural foundations, reaching non-communicative students, and capitalizing on the value of social media. Digital Blender is a software as a service that incorporates all aspects of social media into a single platform in order to create a better and richer learning environment for Millenials. Digital Blender—learning the way we live. Design: Kate Holloway Voice: Nicole Nguyen Development: Elise O'Donnell and Tom ShowalterTRANSCRIPT
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Why don’t we learn the way we live?
Digital Blender
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What We See:
If we don’t capitalize on social media, there’s a loss of opportunity.
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What We See:
If we don’t capitalize on social media, there’s a loss of opportunity.
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What We See:
If we don’t capitalize on social media, there’s a loss of opportunity.
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Meet Jamie:
Typical 8th grade studentSyracuse City School District
Likes social gamingLearned to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube by age 6
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HomeroomImprovements:
Streamlines information for students
Avoids disruptive announcements
Collects data about what students want for lunch
Eliminates food waste
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1st Period EnglishImprovements:Creates local connections
Engages students in conversations with someone with different experiences
Compares interpretations of texts
Develops literacy skills
Improves social media literacy skills
Fosters building reading and writing communities
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2nd Period BiologyImprovements:Connects classroom learning with local issues and the real world
Explores students’ own interests and questions
Allows students to ask questions during the lecture
Provides teachers the opportunity to make adjustments to the lessons according to students’ live feed responses during the lecture
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Improvements:Fosters communication between admin and students
Gives students a meaningful voice
Creates a social environment
Allows students to express their (digital) creativity
Lunch
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3rd Period HistoryImprovements:Creates global connections
Fosters students’ global awareness
Opens students historical understanding to multiple perspectives
Develops deeper historical understandings
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After SchoolImprovements:Keeps parents informed of daily progress
Maintains a teacher/admin/parent relationship
Informs students about sports events, scores, and school teams
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Jamie’s Older Brother
Improvements:
Stays connected to his professors
Continues academic conversations organically outside of school
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Jamie’s Younger BrotherImprovements:Learns social and digital media literacy skillsServes as the foundation for future social and digital media learningTeaches students proper etiquette and how to find credible sourcesAllows students to learn how to use social media responsibly
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Improvements:Learn how to use social media
Trained in how to implement social media effectively and meaningfully into the classroom
Updated on new and emerging media and technology
Jamie’s Teachers
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Jamie’s ParentsImprovements:Learn how to use social media tools by the Digital Blender Team
Stay informed about how to stay connected with admin and teachers
School board votes to overturn no cell phone policy
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Integration across States and Continents
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Digital Blender as a Business Enterprise
Product Updates l Consulting l Service Implementation
Saves money for schools Involves students in their learning
Connects the classroom to the real world Teaches students skill sets
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Digital Blender’s Benefits
OLD NEW
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Digital Blender & Social Media FuturesLearning how we live.