Drumbeat/Karl Fisch

Storytelling, strategy and tools to help teachers overcome their fear of social media and accelerate students' learning

• Karl Fisch, formerly a math teacher and now the technology coordinator at Arapahoe High School
• created the slideshow "Did You Know?" on social media & education in August 2006
• teamed up with Scott McLeod, then an instructor at the University of Minnesota and now an associate professor of educational administration at Iowa State University
• Updated "Did You Know" presentation has been seen over 3 million times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

• Of interest / potential problem to help solve?

"When you show [this video] to educators, as often as not, the predominant reaction is withdrawal. They retreat like a turtle to its shell. Not all of them. But a lot of them. It's too much. It's too overwhelming. They don't know what to do with it. This is our challenge."

• Fisch is interested in: "individual needs of students"; "take control of their own learning"; and "pursue their passions."
• Wiki page on "Did You Know / Shift Happens":

http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/

• Great comprehensive overview:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-antonio-vargas/behind-the-did-you-know-v_b_368104.html