Video – Clay Shirky: How mobile and social technologies can make history

Yet another great TED presentation, this one by Clay Shirky:Shirky notes that we are living through “the largest increase in expressive capability in human history.” Wait, isn’t it a function […]

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February 16, 2011

Yet another great TED presentation, this one by Clay Shirky:

Shirky notes that we are living through “the largest increase in expressive capability in human history.” Wait, isn’t it a function of K-12 schools to help students be effective communicators in the media of their time?

Scott McLeod

Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Iowa State University

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