Exploration by Design

The New Way To Learn by a 7th Grader

Thanks to Wendy Drexler for posting this video which features one of her 7th graders demonstrating her personal learning environment.

(Video and more after the jump)

This shows just how much the Internet has already transformed learning and the daily practices and skill sets of middle school students. It's amazing.

By the way - if you don't how to do everything shown in the video, you might want to consider Googling the topics and teaching yourself, since these are the primary skills for 21st century knowledge workers. Plus, you always to keep your computer skills up to at least a 7th-grade level!

UPDATE: The web tool she is using to track all her links and sites is Symbaloo.com, and you can get an account there for free and start doing what she does, plus organize your normal web activities.