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Welcome to the emerging world of social teaching

Sophia

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (CDT)

Minneapolis, MN

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It is no secret that students turn to the Internet for help. In fact, in any given month there are millions of Google searches on topics such as Algebra, Calculus, English Composition and Biology.

We know students are using technology…the question is how do we meet them where they are and provide organized, credible and interesting content that excites them about learning?  And in the process, how do we make it easier for everyone – teachers, professors, parents, tutors, students and experts – to share what they know for the benefit of all students and educators?

Join our group of innovative educators as we look at they way social learning has changed education and how Sophia is making it better!

Sophia is a first-of-its-kind online social teaching and learning platform that offers academic content to anyone, anywhere, free of charge. The site (Sophia.org) has been described as a mashup of Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube focused solely on education where users teach what they know and learn what they don’t.

Sophia taps the teacher in everyone to provide credible academic content for all. Sophia uses Web 2.0 tools and methods to create a credible, crowd-sourced platform where information is organized in “learning packets” – bite-sized tutorials tagged to specific academic subjects or topics, including standards-aligned objectives. The packets can be created by anyone using text, images, presentations, video, audio and more. Packets are rated for quality and evaluated for academic soundness by users and experts within the community.

 

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Sophia Learning
110 N. 5th Street
Suite 520
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (CDT)


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Sophia

SOPHIA is a first-of-its-kind, free social education platform that offers students “many ways to learn” by providing thousands of credible academic tutorials taught in a variety of ways, by a variety of people. Now, students can learn math, English, science and more from teachers around the world in a way that makes sense to them. For more information, visit www.sophia.org.

 

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