Keynote Alec Couros @couros
Identity, Networks and Connected Learning
We have amazing technology, but we are at a place where we don't really know how to use it.
You can learn just about everything from You Tube.
Free Moocs (massive open online course) are the new culture of learning.
Instruction with piano teacher, Independent study with piano, Practice on iPad, Public Performance
Kids don't have to wait any more. Everything is at their fingertips.
Kids are performing online.
We have amazing technology, but we are at a place where we don't really know how to use it.
You can learn just about everything from You Tube.
Free Moocs (massive open online course) are the new culture of learning.
Instruction with piano teacher, Independent study with piano, Practice on iPad, Public Performance
Kids don't have to wait any more. Everything is at their fingertips.
Kids are performing online.
Community Participation - lip dub wedding proposals.
The question is how to capture the spirit of open, networked and participatory communities in our classrooms.
Strength of weak ties: our acquaintances and not our friends are our greatest source of new ideas and info.
What to pay attention to :
1. Embracing network literacies. Twitter. We used to talk about telephones in first grade and now we talk about Twitter. Learning to be thoughtful b4 you post is a skill that needs to be taught at a young age.
We live in a state of information overload.
Everything is a remix. There is really nothing new. Rather than watching videos, kids are creating them.
A genre remix takes out the clips and changes the genre.
Actions speak louder than Like Buttons: created a tool that connected Brazilian students with seniors in the United States.
Don't limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time. Tagor
The question is how to capture the spirit of open, networked and participatory communities in our classrooms.
Strength of weak ties: our acquaintances and not our friends are our greatest source of new ideas and info.
What to pay attention to :
1. Embracing network literacies. Twitter. We used to talk about telephones in first grade and now we talk about Twitter. Learning to be thoughtful b4 you post is a skill that needs to be taught at a young age.
We live in a state of information overload.
Everything is a remix. There is really nothing new. Rather than watching videos, kids are creating them.
A genre remix takes out the clips and changes the genre.
Actions speak louder than Like Buttons: created a tool that connected Brazilian students with seniors in the United States.
Don't limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time. Tagor
Understanding digital citizenship and identity
Alec Couros
Pornography makes up 37% of total content on the internet.
Teachers need to create the mindset that would make them not want to go to those sites.
Snapchat is an important moment - disappearing pasts. Very useful.
1. Information Literacy: We have to build in curiosity and not immediately jump to google.
2. Identity: In the past the way we mediated our identity was closed and controlled. Now, anything you put on the internet can be easily copied, instantly shared , easily edited and viewed by millions
We have gone from private by default and public by effort to public by default and private by effort.
Building good things on the web is the best way to protect your identity.
Teachers need to create the mindset that would make them not want to go to those sites.
Snapchat is an important moment - disappearing pasts. Very useful.
1. Information Literacy: We have to build in curiosity and not immediately jump to google.
2. Identity: In the past the way we mediated our identity was closed and controlled. Now, anything you put on the internet can be easily copied, instantly shared , easily edited and viewed by millions
We have gone from private by default and public by effort to public by default and private by effort.
Building good things on the web is the best way to protect your identity.
Coding and younger students
Juan and Todd Gratehouse
This session created great conversations about the urgency of getting coding into classrooms and the best way to make that happen. There were a variety of ideas and opinions on the subject. Some felt that teachers needed to receive PD on coding and others felt that making teachers learn something that they are not interested in is pointless. They believed that if students were exposed to coding, they would learn it on their own. Perhaps a middle ground would be for those who are interested in it to push into those classrooms and model the process for the teachers.