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L&L21C – Day Two!

March 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

It is now Day 2…breakfast is over (a fine spread…kudos to the Crowne Plaza)…and we are off and running…

David is starting…he’s speaking on Flat World & Flat Classrooms…he’s introducing the concepts of the flat world, and telling the story of his introduction to the flat world through an interaction with students in Iceland…

- The creative arts will be just as important (esp economically) in the 21st century…

- we need to teach our kids to be information artisans…

- flat world really picked up with the creation of Google…relevancy – readers determined importance of web page, different shape of information

-blogs are important – in time of rapid change, answers to new questions will often come from “regular” people who have no particular expertise in an area…outside the box…

How does this relate to our classrooms? …as teachers we need to teach students as they are, not as we want them to be…

It’s not about the technology…it’s about the conversations that we can have with our students and with each other…

Wow…a great presentation!!!

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1 Comment so far

  1.    Roberto Gauvin on March 23, 2007 12:36 pm      

    Hi Jeff, Your idea to bring David Warlick in Fredericton was great !!! I really enjoyed the conference and hope to be able to meet again with you again… You’re welcom to visit us at http://cahm.nbed.nb.ca

    Take care !!!

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