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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 [...]

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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 [...]