{"id":5956,"date":"2010-06-07T14:23:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2010-06-07T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T18:27:02","slug":"like-facebook-but-for-learning-from-eschoolnews-com-by-laura-devaney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/06\/07\/like-facebook-but-for-learning-from-eschoolnews-com-by-laura-devaney\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Facebook, but for learning  &#8212; from eSchoolNews.com by Laura Devaney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eschoolnews.com\/2010\/05\/03\/like-facebook-but-for-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Like Facebook, but for learning <\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from eSchoolNews.com by Laura Devaney<br \/>\nCombining social networking with  studying, Grockit encourages academic success through peer interaction<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Aiming to engage students who are multitasking with different forms  of technology, companies are creating collaborative learning spaces  online where students can help one another solve homework problems and  study\u2014all while building important 21st-century skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">One such social-networking study site is Grockit, which currently  offers test-prep services and is expanding its focus to include math and  English for students in grades 8-12, with history and science soon to  follow. Grockit has opened enrollment for a free Summer Enrichment  Academy, which is designed to keep students from falling behind during  summer vacation as they participate in collaborative group study forums  online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grockit.com\/educators\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5960\" title=\"grockit\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/grockit.jpg\" alt=\"grockit.com\" width=\"721\" height=\"341\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/grockit.jpg 721w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/grockit-150x70.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Facebook, but for learning &#8212; from eSchoolNews.com by Laura Devaney Combining social networking with studying, Grockit encourages academic success through peer interaction Aiming to engage students who are multitasking with different forms of technology, companies are creating collaborative learning spaces online where students can help one another solve homework problems and study\u2014all while building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,158,46,69,166],"tags":[568,24,652,4,70,184],"class_list":["post-5956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-interaction-design","category-k-12-related","category-personalizedcustomized-learning","category-social-learning-networks","tag-568","tag-educational-gaming","tag-interaction-design","tag-k-12","tag-personalized-learning","tag-social-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5956"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5963,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions\/5963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}