Fascinating article about how the web is personalized for each of us… and how we get ‘news’ only about the stuff we already like and favor…

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/technology/29stream.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

The web is personalized. We get cocooned. We  live in echo chambers–listening to and seeing only what we are predisposed to. Our world view gets limited…

I’m afraid this happens in our schools and communities, also. We create bubbles–and talk only with people who agree with us.  The rest?  Well, we don’t see or hear them.

Sad to me and scary. And to you?

About Miriam

Miriam Kurtzig Freedman, JD, MA—an expert in public education, focused on special education law— is a lawyer, author, speaker, consultant, and reformer. For more than 35 years, Miriam worked with educators, parents, policy makers, and citizens to translate complex legalese into plain English and focus on good practices for children. Now, she focuses her passion on reforming special education, with her new book, Special Education 2.0—Breaking Taboos to Build a NEW Education Law. Presentations include those at the AASA Conference, Orange County (CA), Boston College (MA), CADRE (OR), and the Fordham Institute (DC). Her writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Education Week, Education Next, Hoover Digest, The University of Chicago Law Review on line, DianeRavitch.net, and The Atlantic Monthly on line.

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