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The face of Networks

July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Networking has always been a part of the human experience.  As we work and play, part of what ensures and measures our success is the extent to which we are able to develop a strong and vibrant learning network – and aren’t all networks (work, play, social) about learning?
At last week’s Laptop Institute noted edublogger [...]

Jul

17

Tuesday @ LI – nearing the end

July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Tuesday afternoon and the Laptop Institute is almost over. As the last sessions begin to wrap up I have to once again note just what a gem this conference has become.
While the great sessions and learning that is going on here is wonderful, the best part about LI is the imtimate nature of the [...]

Jul

17

Morning Reflections…

July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It was strange this morning. As an international delegate to Lausanne Collegiate School’s Laptop Institute, I was invited to attend a breakfast at the host hotel for all non-US attendees. Although most of the “international” delegates were Americans teaching overseas, there was certainly an international flavour.
I was at a table with educators curently [...]

Jul

16

Gutenberg to Gates to Google…LI Monday afternoon

July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I am completely speechless…Ian Jukes is reviewing the history and future of the web…the ideas and numbers are staggering…the participatory web has shown up almost overnight.  Thinking of the last five years, and the exponential nature of change, what are the changes that are coming in the next five years?
Better yet, what does this mean [...]

Jul

16

Teaching in the New Digital landscape – LI Session

July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

- live blogging -
Teaching in the New Digital landscape
Ian Jukes
KIds are born into digital world…speak DFL (Digital First Language)…adults speak DSL (Digital second language)…we come from another country …like all immigrants we retain some of the old country traditions and understandings…
Kids have digital minds…we don’t yet fully understand complex processes…but our kids are different…
When we [...]

Jul

16

LI keynote – Will Richardson

July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

– Live blogging –
Will Richardson
A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
Will is not in good health this morning…voice is raspy, but is ready to go anyway…:)
This is an extremely compelling moment for educators, we need to be thinking creatively to prepare our students for their future…
Will brings three viewpoints from which he [...]

Jul

16

LI – Monday morning

July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It’s Monday morning in Memphis, the first full day of Lausanne Collegiate School’s Laptop Institute. After the overwhelming experience of NECC in Atlanta, this conference’s personal nature and wonderful hospitality. I deliberately chose to avoid Will Richardson’s sessions in Atlanta knowing that I would get a chance to hear him here, so I [...]

Jul

15

Notes on Jukes…

July 15, 2007 | 1 Comment

I couldn’t believe it…no laptop with me or even a pen / paper in my hand…and here was Ian Jukes delivering the opening keynote at this years Laptop Institute. I couldn’t believe I was so unprepared!! Thanks to fellow blogger Vinny Vrotny, who was obviously much better prepared than me, I was able [...]

Jul

15

Home of the Blues…and Laptoppers!

July 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

When I arrived yesterday I would never have guessed that the Laptop Institute was starting today. In fact, if I hadn’t run into Scott from Selwyn House in Montreal, who I met at last years LI, on the flight from Chicago, I might have been checking dates to make sure I was [...]

Jul

14

A personal touch…

July 14, 2007 | 1 Comment

Jeff Utecht’s post today about the growth of networks and technology in pretty much every facet of our commerce and leisure was interesting. Perhaps those of us who grow with the changes everyday don’t see them and it takes someone who is away for a bit to see just how things have changed – [...]

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