Poll: On which Platforms / Services do you have a Teacher Account?

The idea for this quick poll comes from Darien Brown of YongoPal.

Based on the vivid discussion on Vikrama Dhiman’s post on the seven reasons why online education might never take off, Darien suggested that I should poll the teachers amongst my readers on which platforms / services they have set up a teacher account.

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The Purpose of Things

I think we can all agree on this definition:

Everything that is invented, build, manufactured is made with a certain purpose in mind. If this thing does not serve the purpose it is broken.

A car is made to bring you from A to B. If the car does not serve this purpose anymore, it is broken.
A toaster is made to toast bread. If it does not toast bread anymore, it is broken.

And I think we can all agree on this second definition:

If something is broken and does not serve its purpose anymore, it is useless.

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