I’m just reposting this from Chris’s blog and urging everyone to think about spending a weekend in January in Philly on the cheap engaging in what promises to be some important conversations about what schools can and must become…
“From January 25-27, we’re going to attempt something really quite exciting at SLA. We’re going to host EduCon 2.0.
About EduCon 2.0
EduCon 2.0 is both a conversation and a conference.
And it is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. It is a School 2.0 conference. It is, hopefully, an innovation conference where we want to come together, both in person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools. We are looking for people to present ideas, facilitate conversations, and share best practice.
The Axioms / Guiding Principles of EduCon 2.0:
1) Our schools must be inquiry-driven, thoughtful and empowering for all members.
2) Our schools must be about co-creating — together with our students — the 21st Century Citizen
3) Technology must serve pedagogy, not the other way around.
4) Technology must enable students to research, create, communicate and collaborate
5) Learning can — and must — be networked
We are now making our call for conversations — these are the sessions where people present ideas, lead conversations, engage with people and find a way to update the conference-style presentation in a way that is more interactive, more progressive and — hopefully — takes advantage of all of the ways we’ve found to engage a wider audience.
Proposals are due Nov 1st. Please consider creating a conversation.
(Feel free to link to this post and/or to the conference wiki!)”
Hey. Right now you are talking to our class. You seem pretty cool. Snappy dresser. Also you run a mac. Which makes you atomatically pretty awesome. I’m a fan of the white macbook but the black one works for you. I was the girl who looked really clumsy and was wearing the hat+headphones. By the way. Just wanted to say that I always thought I was knowledgeable about the internet and the tools it offers but you really helped me expand that knowledge. Thanks so much. I hope you come back.
Thanks Will
I am going to forward this information to my Superintendent and Principal. These are the people who really need to join in on the discussion. Hopefully this will spark some change!
In response to Mr. Farmer…
The fact… these axioms are not addressed in our current education protocol. We have heard them stated over and over again. We know the language is filled with jargon. I think the ultimate goal is to continue the conversation until everyone is on board. We are the minority in a world of educators that just don’t get it!