Here is the gem I took from David Warlick's Keynote.
Referring to Friedman's 'Experts' and 'Adaptable People'...
"These are the kinds of people that need to be coming out of our classrooms, people who know how to make themselves an expert and people who can learn, and unlearn, and relearn very easily.
"This is why the foundation of education systems today should not be the rails, but it should be the side trips. It should not be the central standard curriculum, but it should be those directions that students, that learners, both teachers and students, can navigate to on their own. We have the ability to do that today.
My thoughts on this are here, (Link to my blog entry.)
I had bookmarked the Keynote in my de.licio.us account but didn't start watching it (mostly listening to it) until I was doing the dishes tonight- doing the dishes late at night in a Vancouver BC suburb and 'attending' a keynote address that takes place at one point on a forested path in North Carolina (in the past). What got me to this keynote was this blog entry that I was up working on until almost 4am a few nights ago. Basically it is about how communities and communication have changed. On a related topic, Warlick's ideas about Geography changing is also good. Marcie T. Hull does a succinct summary of Geography becoming more like time.
My elgg learning landscape blog: David Truss - 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts'
My first attempt at on-line learning with students (again on elgg).