T+L Conference 2009
The following are notes, resources, media clips, links, and reflections shared by the NPPS district educator team that attended the T+L Conference in Denver, CO from October 28-30. Please feel free to contact any of the team members to gain further information and details. The Teaching + Learning Conference is sponsored by the Natioanl School Boards Association and meets annually. The next conference will be held in Phoenix, AZ during the last week of October 2010.
Neil Hokanson Notes
T+L Conference Denver, CO
October 28, 2009 (Weds.)
Steve Hargadon
Educational Networking
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Clay Shirky
Social Networking has taken over
MySpace
Social Networking: aggregation of tools in a single environment
Educational Networking
The Confluence of Social Networking + Live Collaboration
http://www.learncentral.org (Elluminate)
http://www.educationalnetworking.com
Keynote
(pre-keynote info: Intro to JETS Program)
Frans Johannson
Diverse things coming together
Knowledge has value
Prepare students to innovate
Diversity drives innovation
Combine ideas to break new ground
Medici Effect brought diverse people together (Renaissance)
Creativity: combination of existing ideas
Teams generate and execute more ideas
Diverse teams generate more ideas
1. Find inspiration from cultures other than your own explore connections
2. Diverse teams outperform quickly
3. You will not know what idea will work or not (Reserve resources for many trials)
4. Passion maximizes the chance of success
How to foster creativity in schools:
5. Encourage students to explore Idea combinations on their own
6. Encourage students to make mistakes (not when they should know what they are doing 2+2)
Make unlikely connections!!!
Lunch Presentation
Paltry
Students as creators changes how they view and use content.
T+L Thursday
October 29,2009 (Thurs.)
Scribis software (Try it!!!)
10 Common Pitfalls on the road to Open Source in an organization
Revolution Linux http://revoultiionlinux.com
10. Technical interests superceding user interests
9. Lack of user input (Ask what users are looking for: solutions)
8. Training Issues (Do trail runs, be careful of just in case training)
7. Individual Needs vs. Organizational Needs (Balance is necessary)
6. Changing software and versions too often (OpenOffice failure story be careful of new releases, test betas)
5. Interoperability between systems (use open source apps that work on several systems) Firefox, Audacity, and Open Office for example
4. Lack of local support (Create user groups)
3. Buying a product, without giving the same kind of support as you usually do
3a. Putting too much focus on hardware in the wrong moments
2. Neglecting user interface (example the Drupal user interface, needs modification for regular users to use)
1. Going for Open Source only to save money on license fees (You still need PD and probably should take license savings and put toward PD of the Open Source software)
Web 2.0 in Schools: Fad, Folly, or Future?
Karen Greenwood-Henke
COSN Web 2.0 Initiative Results
Horizon Report
Key Trends: mobiles, clud computing, smart objects, the personal web
The Global Education Collaborative
73% admins see significance of Web 2.0
3 priorities for use: engagement, needs of different learners, develop critical thinking skills
3% of schools have formal policies to address Web 2.0
COSN addendum
Respect for community
Personal Responsibility
Trust
Forsythe Georgia district open network see their AUP
Also see Madison City Schools Madison Alabama
Change is Coming
Cathleen Norris
Elliot Soloway
Youth have moved from digital to mobile generation
Speak up Day
1:1 problems no Ed software or prof development or sustainability
Pearson video (Keller, TX?) Mobile Learning Institute
Used Microsoft Mobile
Strongly suggest a learning management system (GoKnow showcased)
Luncheon
Project Knect
Stanley Yang
Look mom no hands
NeuroSky
Mindset
Math Trainer
T+L Friday
October 30, 2009
Keynote
Marcos Torres
San Fernando, CA
Stay in the question: narrative
a+b+c=$ not true!
Know learn create
10000 hours rule to reach mastery
What do we do with our bank of information (expert)
Einstein don’t ask questions you can look up
Eric Hoffer quote: “In times of change learners inherit the Earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
Stay in the question: Learning
Network is valuable
Stay in the question: Expertise
The why question is still in our corner ( how what)
Rubiks cube clip Will Smith
Stay in the question: Studio stage community (ideal learning space in the middle)
Create celebrate learn and share
Johann Pachabell video YouTube Canon Rock
Mythbusters start by not knowing the answers
Move from regurgitating to remixing to redefining
Movies digital storytelling
Ham and eggs clip http://www.sfett.com/html_movie/Ican5/ham_and_eggs.html
Focus on the story
Into the light clip
Stay in the question: Narrative
Torres21
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