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 [...]
Entries from July 22, 2007
Tuesday @ LI – nearing the end
July 17, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, technology
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 [...]
Morning Reflections…
July 17, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, flat class, technology
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 teaching [...]
Gutenberg to Gates to Google…LI Monday afternoon
July 16, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, technology
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 [...]
Teaching in the New Digital landscape – LI Session
July 16, 2007 · 1 Comment · Conferences, Education, technology
- 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 [...]
LI keynote – Will Richardson
July 16, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, flat class, technology
– 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 [...]
LI – Monday morning
July 16, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education
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 am looking [...]
Notes on Jukes…
July 15, 2007 · 1 Comment · Conferences, Education, flat class, General, technology
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 to review [...]
Home of the Blues…and Laptoppers!
July 15, 2007 · No Comments · General
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 in the right [...]
A personal touch…
July 14, 2007 · 1 Comment · Conferences, Education, technology
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 – kind [...]
