Thursday, February 7, 2013

"Liking" History


Coursera is a social entrepreneurship start-up that developed an online platform to bring university classes to anyone with a computer.  Over two million people have signed up to take a class from schools like Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, and other highly ranked universities. This is great for the college level, but what about high school? Israeli high school student must pass a matriculation exam covering topics from the Second Temple to World War II. One Israeli nonprofit company, “Making History” is using Facebook’s timeline feature to make history more interactive. This company decided to turn Facebook into an educational tool and exam prep course. What are your thoughts? Will Facebook ever become more than social media, and can it teach people in an impactful way?

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