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WhoIsParticipating

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:36:32 CDT

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SchoolReform

wfryer — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:47:33 CDT

What ideas relating to school reform, curriculum, and accountability are being discussed at NECC06?

Ian Jukes and Barry Vercoe on Singapore education, need to encourage creativity and out of the box thinking (in their NECC live webcast)
Jukes: It's about getting kids to think and collaborate, not using the technology
David Thornburg: Thinks 1:1 is a myth and just a waypoint to somewhere else, he is not 1:1 now, he is something like 5:1, interoperability is the key
Richard Flordia's book: "The Flight of the Creative Class" mentioned by David Thornburg, biggest workforce development issue is creativity
Thornburg: Story of Brazilian design lab creating software for Motorola Razer phone: they can't find the people in the US with the requisite skills to develop it! NCLB is hurting this! It is not about a body of regurgitation model!
Linux and 1 laptop movement is a social movement: When did joy leave education? Anything that brings back the fun will be great. The MFA will be the next MBA, I agree with Daniel Pink. My son is prof of fine arts and electrical engineering. - David Thornburg
We need a planet filled with creative people, not just a nation, enjoy each other and our cultures like salad, not a homogenized puree (Thornburg)
MIT Media lab lesson by Barry: Innovation occurs when there is a clash of ways of thinking
Ian Jukes quotes from Neil Postman: tipping point is grade 3: elementary school students love school, secondary students love lunch -- elementary teachers teach kids, secondary kids teach content
Thornburg: the rewriting of NCLB in a few years will be a great opportunity to change our educational focus at a high level
Thornburg: We are human beings but we are also human "doings" and we need to do more stuff. Our schools should look more like "make" magazine

My idea:

we don't need to worry about the global change, we need to focus on local changes - one conversation at a time

InteractiveTechnologies

wfryer — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:55:15 CDT

What sorts of promising interactive technologies are being discussed at NECC that show the most promise?

Netlogo - free logo software written in Java through Northwestern
Thornburg: $100 laptop is preloading an educational philosophy of Papert on the machines

Home

wfryer — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:15:45 CDT

What are the latest ideas and technologies being discussed at NECC 2006 in San Diego that have merit in the classrooms of the real world?! Use this WetPaint wiki to share your thoughts and ideas.

Join a global skypecast on Saturday, July 8, 2006 (8:00 pm US Central Time) to discuss these topics! (This hour long session will subsequently be posted as a podcast on Moving at the Speed of Creativity.)

Sources for NECC 2006 blog posts and podcasts:

NECC website-identified conference bloggers
Current Technorati tracked posts tagged "NECC" or "NECC06"
David Warlick's HitchHikr for NECC06
Officially posted NECC06 podcasts
Know of others? (Please add site titles with links here)

Invite another teacher or educator you know to join in this conversation! It's conversations that change us-- so invite more people to join the dialog! :-)

Questions

wfryer — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:10:20 CDT

What questions would you like the group to address during the July 8th Skypecast?

PodcastingResources

wfryer — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:49:56 CDT

What are the best resources for podcasting being discussed at NECC06?