David Warlick is presenting this session on what our students face in the flat classroom world of today.
Link to Presentation: http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.OurStudentsOurWorlds
If the world is flat what is the impact to our students?
Future Tech:
Wearable computer MIT
Toe Ring GPS Units and Cell Phone with a thumb and pinky finger unit
Books:
Richard Florida The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class.
Read the notes in the handouts as it will wake you up.
We must tell the story of how the world is gearing up for broadband Mexico in 2012
Cool Web 2.0 Stuff:
Digg Labs
Wikipedia – they do warn users that the information may not be accurate, etc.. Have students verify the information is correct and to prove the authority is correct and not just accept it as fact.
Wikipedia Junior Books “The aim of this project is to produce age-appropriate non-fiction books for children from birth to age 12.”
Wikispecies “Wikispecies is an open, free directory of species. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life. So far we have 113,854 articles.”
There are no roads to follow like the past but students needs wings to.
An example of how the world has changed is seen at We Are Not Afraid which was set up after the train bombings.
Just the Facts:
It is Not Just Literacy but….
Learning Literacy
Not just skills…..
But habits
Not just lifelong – learning…..
But learning lifestyle
We need to prepare students for a future of opportunity.
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