On the Youtube video below: "We have now the tools where students can go, access the broadest of networks, asking help from strangers they have never met before. Youtube can be a method to get direct feedback on your performance."
"80% of students are involved in social networking, and an overwhelming majority of those (probably 95%) are not taught how to engage in it by an adult. You as an educator HAVE to teach my kids how to interact with adults online... its how they will learn in this world."
"Schools need to be learning communities not teaching communities."
"A new graduation requirement we should have: students will be able to create, navigate and grow their own personal learning network."
"The strength of a network is in diversity. Not diversity as we usually measure it, but diversity of ideas."
"I want my kids to fail safely somewhere using social media than never get the opportunity to interact with the world"
"Everywhere I go, teachers are fixated with units. Why? Why does everything have to be in a unit? We have a unit for this and a unit for that? The reality is, learning can't always be chunked. It's not units, it's the way we do things, our culture of learning."
OTHER REFLECTIONS
Tim Limbert, technology director at Newell-Fonda, has an excellent write-up of the day
Jeff Dicks, superintendent at Newell-Fonda, reflects on the day and the implications for his district. Good quote of his to highlight:
I assure you, Newell-Fonda is listening to this conversation. Our laptop program was a great step in providing devices for each 9-12 student. Now we are seeing that is just a piece of the puzzle, and more important, we need to create a curriculum to support our access.
Scott McLeod's writeup for the day, parts one, two, and three.
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