passion panel

steve hargadon, george couros, amy sandvold, angela maiers, lisa nielsen...

love them all.

1) larger cultural context - nice steve - nail on the head
 is passion important for everyone - or just certain personalities
the obsession with measuring must switch to the obsession with mattering

ecrook: http://prezi.com/1bmvnznjhnbq/breaking-free-of-vanilla-education/
TerriReh: Another great school leader. Check out his words on rewards http://mrwejr.edublogs.org/

2) the student context -
the color code context - don't all have to be the same
jackiegerstein: Mimo Ito's & other's research demoed how young people are connecting online informally based on their interest   http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/report

leonard milewski: monika - I agree we are putting the cart before the horse.

jackiegerstein: http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/flow-a-measure-of-student-engagement/

3) Can you have passion-driven learning for students if you don't have passion-driven experiences for teachers?

4) don't know what passions are...

Moderator (@gcouros - George Couros): Our PD Plan: http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/586

5) how could we promote this in our schools..

http://innovatemyclass.org/

bravo all - such great people.. thank you.
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