Lucy's+notes

How does technology improve teaching?

- choose your own professional development adventure -Do we want to add to teachers' loads? Don't we want to reconfigure those loads? -technology as change agent

Richard - How does technology improve learning? Judgment of using the word improve.

an extension of multimodal learning an intellectual approach to what learning is... not everyone share this or sees this view

How do you assess all of this?

- the structure of a computer and its operating system assists people with learning issues. It creates systems thinking.

Kevin - what's the impetus for making people see the light?

Chris - it amplifies the good and the bad we learn faster with more options, does not necessarily think it makes it better

Robert "the imaginative economy"

Me - Let's get away from the global competitive argument... it's not enough

What stragtegies for implementations?

What are the barriers? -

-age of censorship

If you consider yourself an agent of change, what's your biggest obstacle in changing the world?

Leadership programs

Are leaders born or are they made?

Are there programs that train people to be leaders in various walks of life/career paths?

Reflections:

How does your technology support teaching and learning? It engages students and teachers. It promotes what we are trying to do in our schools.

How can it or should it be supported? Urban schools need funding. They need to have tech plans for sustainability. Our professional development piece needs further funding and administrative support; the model needs to be completely rethought. Released time will be very important.

What nugget to you pick up from our conversations?

I'm really glad to make the connections that I have during this time. It's always great to spend time with Chris Walsh, and I'm honored to meet Karl Fisch. It was helpful for me to talk to Monica about Knowledgeworks, particularly in light of the NEA meeting next week. I wish I had spent more time with other people, and I'd love to explore everyone's programs and resources, so I hope will post info in the wiki.

Just received this email:

Many of you may have see the latest from KSU "A vision of students today" [|http://youtube.com/watch?v =dGCJ46vyR9o]
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Here is how the web works...

Many people view the video and leave comments on the Youtube site... [|http://youtube.com/watch?v =dGCJ46vyR9o]

Comments are also collected on multiple sites as KSU linked it to their course blog which also accepts comments... [|http://mediatedcultures.net /ksudigg/?p=119]

Gary Stager writes about it in his regular column in District Administrator... [|http://www.districtadministrat ion.com/pulse/commentpost.aspx ?news=no&postid=48655]

This column also accepts comments (found at end of article) one of which is from the professor of the course which then links back to the another entry from their course blog for clarification of the piece. [|http://mediatedcultures.net /ksudigg/?p=124]

Now this is the power of the web... Real people across the globe, many who don't know each other, engaged in discourse about a topic. This discourse involves a diverse sample ranging from students, parents and general public to educators and specialists in education and technology. It also links back to the originator who gives almost immediate feedback on the stimulating piece and how others are viewing the work. While the piece by itself may make a statement for some or demonstrate lack of vision of others, there is no denying, this is a fascinating conversation which is occurring in a medium we can't ignore-the Internet. This is a wonderful example of the social nature of information today.

Chris Bigenho

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