Ben Anderson talking about Education in the Google World I am spending two days in beautiful and sunny Sacramento, California. I can not believe that it is only May 14, and it’s going to be 105?. That just isn’t natural. But we are going to be talking about some hot topics, literacy, Web 2.0, some specific new Web 2.0 tools, the times we are teaching in, the times our students are inheriting and must be prepared for, did I mention literacy?, and acceptable use policies (AUP 2.0). Day one
Web 2.0 Tools for Educators These sites are web-tools that you can build with. If we can tame the 800 pound gorilla of time and apply our vision and creativity, there are hundreds of opportunities to connect curriculum with the dynamic world on the highly interactive Read/Write web. Picking up the tools offered by Web 2.0 (and all of the editions after that) can help educators avoid being ‘dis-intermediated’. When a new technology cuts out the middle man, dis-intermediation occurs. Ian
I was very happy to be able to attend a day of presentations by Michael Stephens of Tame the Web today. I met Michael for breakfast one morning towards the end of my study tour last year, so it was wonderful to renew our acquaintance. Although the time was all too short, it was great to catch up. Anyway, here’s the notes I took - Michael will post the slides to his blog - Tame the Web. ———————————————————– Suffering is optional in this session. Jesse Hauk Shera quote - “that society will
David Warlick dropped by today’s CTAP’s Coordinating Council meeting and presented on the topic, “Our Students-Our Worlds” and “Telling the New Story” (Click here for handouts). There were three major themes for the presentation: unpredictable future, information-oriented students, and a new information landscape. As an example of an unpredictable future, he started by highlighting how the pieces of a typical office have changed over the past few years. For example, in 2002 5 exabytes of new in
Semantics of Staff Development May 17th, 2008 Having just caught up (whew!) with my backed up GoogleReader feeds, I saw a couple of postings that grabbed my attention about the term “teacher” and its negative connotations. One was from Ewan McIntosh (Does the word “teacher” create a barrier these days?) and one was from David Warlick (Telling a New Story). Here’s a quick quotation from Ewan’s post followed by a quotation from Warlick’s: “As adults we rarely refer to those who teach us how to
One of the many distinctions that I frequently make in my presentations is a comparison between how my generation views information and my children’s generation. For us (oldsters), information is a product to be consumed. We purchase a book so that we can read it, a CD so that we can listen to it, a DVD so that we can watch it. As I watch my son and daughter in their information experiences, I see that at least part of the value of the content that they use is in what they can do with it — t
One of the many distinctions that I frequently make in my presentations is a comparison between how my generation views information and my children’s generation. For us (oldsters), information is a product to be consumed. We purchase a book so that we can read it, a CD so that we can listen to it, a DVD so that we can watch it. As I watch my son and daughter in their information experiences, I see that at least part of the value of the content that they use is in what they can do with it — t
I gave this presentation at the Apple Distinguished Educators Institute in Bangkok in December of 2007. The conference room was freezing, to explain the ski cap. Not only does it tell the story of how the international school I work at went 1:1, how that groundswell was created, how admin was persuaded to choose Macs instead of PC’s (hint: comparing total cost of ownership destroys the expense myth), and the challenges of staff and student training; it also shows exemplars of digital teaching
Over the last few months, a PowerPoint presentation has been doing the rounds, which has a strong message for educational audiences. It works as an opener for conferences or events where the future of education and learning is under discussion, or where you want to provoke a discussion about learning. Karl Fisch, of Arapahoe High School in the US, conceived and created the first version of this presentation for a staff development day. And published it on the web via his website. He released i