Our future is brilliant. You see, together, we are turning the tide.
addressing this: http://reimaginingeducation.org/
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notes:
[going on at same time - connected learning dot tv - libraries:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ci49o_H-LmXgZVOsySTX5tI-c2pSczndlgaIBSfqvsU/edit ]
keynote via John Seely Brown
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who is alan gunn?
http://www.aspirationtech.org/about/people
youth at center - so you find mobile there - today..
the word mobile - moving
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Joi Ito
we as pre-internet people are trying to re-imagine cognition for post-internet people
how do we who grew up with predictability and laws get into mindset of today's youth - believing there is not predictability/rules..
can now do things w/o asking permission
used to be had to have a huge proposal to get the money to do the thing..
free of internet - has changed things - no longer that need to writing a plan to get the money.. et al
permission-less innovation is what's driving the internet
i went from knowing nothing about _____ to being founder of ngo on it..
co- design - empowering people to design their own stuff
principles
- practice over theory
- compass over maps
- pull over push
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bigger thinking about thinking big - arne duncan - panel
jose rodriquez - get out of the way
jeenie magiera - let teachers play too
shira fishman - get messy - get out of bldg - internships
arne - what prevents us from doing these things
jose - the teaching model is outdated
jeenie - the academy for urban school leadership - chicago
shira - we have to find time outside school block to learn from others.. ? - pushing pd
chris - attendance - after school program in new orleans - increased attendance - because after school - they were able to do karate, cooking, etc
arne - what are you guys doing with tech
jose - we use it - but we don't have enough - those w/o are falling behind
jeenie - agree - so need to bridge that digital divide with school
shira - we do have a lot of tech, i thought i was really with it with a smart board, pushing pd again, ie: would need training on how to use ipad - what to use it for
jose - we do need a good plan - but we also need to be able to let go
chris - his description of smart board - [sorry - but sounds like bling - not re-imagining learning]
arne - how concretely can we be creative and avoid expanding the gap
jose - we might have to take school out of the bldg.. oh yay.. bring to forefront - place where people can share those good ideas..
shira - then back to getting teachers into classrooms, and - we can control what's happening in classroom
chris - after school program
[me taking a break]
arne - talking about less focus on test score and more on fewer drop outs, more into college - taking best ideas from best states
andrea mitchell - what is effect of testing on innovation
arne - just invested 350 million on working on the next iteration of testing - we have to be accountable
andrea (via twitter) - can we do more to democratize the classroom
arne - have to listen, they can tell us what's working and what's not - i bring students in on a monthly basis to get feedback, children tell you the truth (that's debatable - seriously - or truth about what? - because then he went on to talk about - what parts of school are safe and what parts aren't - they were truthful about that .. how does that help)
arne - where are the counter examples - where are they not closing schools - denver. (what?) - how do we increase public confidence in public ed, 15,000 school districts, can't find one that systemically finds best -teachers/admin- and moves them to hardest spaces, he sees that as key
andrea - what should we stop doing because it's not working
arne - buying text books, not - supporting teachers, stop spending money that are attempting to help teachers - but aren't
andrea - in what way can tech help
arne - can help teaching not be a solo endeavor - having access to best teachers across the globe - flipped classrooms, empowering teachers to learn from each other and stay with the profession
andrea - what would you like to see in 10 yrs
arne - quitting academic failure, personalize learning - for the next step, young people don't understand today - how many doors close when they drop out, increase graduation rates, get rid of boredom, make sure every hs grad is truly college career ready, decrease drop out
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chris
caine
and we lose cspan feed - for youth session. hmm.
arne - talking about less focus on test score and more on fewer drop outs, more into college - taking best ideas from best states
andrea mitchell - what is effect of testing on innovation
arne - just invested 350 million on working on the next iteration of testing - we have to be accountable
andrea (via twitter) - can we do more to democratize the classroom
arne - have to listen, they can tell us what's working and what's not - i bring students in on a monthly basis to get feedback, children tell you the truth (that's debatable - seriously - or truth about what? - because then he went on to talk about - what parts of school are safe and what parts aren't - they were truthful about that .. how does that help)
arne - where are the counter examples - where are they not closing schools - denver. (what?) - how do we increase public confidence in public ed, 15,000 school districts, can't find one that systemically finds best -teachers/admin- and moves them to hardest spaces, he sees that as key
andrea - what should we stop doing because it's not working
arne - buying text books, not - supporting teachers, stop spending money that are attempting to help teachers - but aren't
andrea - in what way can tech help
arne - can help teaching not be a solo endeavor - having access to best teachers across the globe - flipped classrooms, empowering teachers to learn from each other and stay with the profession
andrea - what would you like to see in 10 yrs
arne - quitting academic failure, personalize learning - for the next step, young people don't understand today - how many doors close when they drop out, increase graduation rates, get rid of boredom, make sure every hs grad is truly college career ready, decrease drop out
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chris
caine
and we lose cspan feed - for youth session. hmm.
