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Telling the New Story
Also, for attendees of the 2006 National Educational Computing Conference, here is a slideshow of photos taken at and before the conference, provide by [http://flickr.com flickr], by way of my new Web 2.0 tool, hitchhikr.
It is often said that "the future is not what it use to be." In this information-driven, technology-rich world, where jobs are created and become obsolete in less than ten years, preparing our children for a future that we can not imagine has become one of our society's greatest challenges. ..and it is a challenge that we are not meeting.
There are many barriers that prevent us from retooling our classrooms for 21st century teaching and learning. But at the core is the story of education that resides in our minds. Most adults base their knowledge of schooling on their education experiences from 20, 30, or 40 years ago. It is a story that is etched almost indelibly by years of being taught in isolated, assembly-line fashioned classrooms.
How do we retell the story of education and fashion a new image of the classroom as a rich and comprehensive environment where students learn by asking questions, experimenting with a rich and diverse information environments, and interact with people around the world -- in order to discover and build knowledge?
What is that story and how do we tell it? Who should this story be directed to and who should tell it? What will it look like, sound like, feel like, and how will it affect people?
This page will list weblogs that mention "Redefining Literacy" and "Warlick". If you will be blogging a review or simply sharing your insights about the ideas of this session, please include the words "new", "story" and "warlick" in the text of the article.
Session Blogs
I’m the Tech Guy in Red Deer The Leading & Learning Conference 2008 is taking place at just about the highest latitude that I’ve worked in. Anchorage was probably a little north of this, but not by far, I suspect. The sun, all day yesterday looked like it was setting, and it did set before 4:30. Woe! It appears to be a conference about assessment, though I’d that that assessment was the focus of last year’s conference. Yesterday’s keynote was by Dr. Thomas Guskey, Grading and Reporting Student Learning. Unfortuna
Life Magazine Photo Archive @ Google! Posted by theunquietlibrary on November 19, 2008 LIFE photo archive hosted by Google via kwout Check out the amazing new Life magazine photo archives hosted by Google! This is a treasure trove of important and striking historic photos that are great for the study of history and culture. Many thanks to Dr. Peter Smagorinsky at UGA and David Warlick for the scoop on this terrific new resource! You can read more about this collection and public use of these photos at: http://w3t.org/u/84
Blog Hut is Rockin' with Dr. Z in November--Vote for December Blog-o'-the-Month! Congrats to Leigh Zeitz (aka Leigh Writer in SL) for securing the Blog-o'-the-Month slot for the whole of November at the Blogger's Hut on ISTE Island! His work at Dr. Z Reflects should be added to everyone's RSS feed, but if you'd rather, you can catch his titles displaying in the Blog Hut all month long! I got the Blogger's Hut all straightened out today at last, thanks to an email from one of the contenders for the Blog-o'-the-Month for December, Bud Hunt. After choosing (with the help o
History, Emotional Objectivity, and “A Class Divided”: An Election Day Classroom Fantasy Preface: What I Learned from the Comments on My “Portrait of the Teacher as a Young Racist” Post I was surprised that my story of anti-black racism in the American South drew strong reactions in the comment thread from readers in New Zealand, Australia, England, and regions of the American Mid-west where there were no African-Americans, but there were Native Americans. I start with this point to urge Americans and non-Americans to at the very least watch the film linked below. It’s one of th
K12 Online 08 Week Two Review I watched all of the presentations from Week Two that were available as movie files. I skipped any wiki presentations and audio podcasts. I’ve heard from other teachers who prefer the latter kind of presentation but I feel like I can see wikis and download podcasts any time. What’s unique about the conference in my mine is the opportunity to see movie versions of teachers’ presentations. Backchanneling in the Classroom by Scott Snyder presentation link | Scott’s blog This presentation w
Day 9 Presentations: 30 October 2008 Welcome to day nine of the 2008 K-12 Conference! Today’s presentations include: KICKING IT UP A NOTCH Interactive tools for remote and synchronous mentoring Michele Wong Kung Fong Monsters Bloom in Our Wiki Ann Oro and Anna Baralt LEADING THE CHANGE Teaching Web 2.0 - Everything you need in one place Wendy Drexler Telling the New Story: Leverage Points for Inspiring Change Orientation David Warlick Presentation links on our 2008 schedule page have been updated. HELP DESK If you ne
Leading the Change Telling the New Story: Leverage Points for Inspiring Change Orientation David Warlick Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Blog: http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/ Bio: David Warlick, a 30 year educator, has been a teacher, district administrator, and staff consultant with the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction. His web site, Landmarks for Schools, serves more than a half-million visits a day with a variety of teacher tools. David is also the author of three books on instructional technology and contemporary literacy, and has spoken to audiences throughou
If I Had To “THINK” Of A New Literacy Since last week, after a post on David Warlick’s blog……..I have been stewing about a comment asked about whether or not we think that there might be new literacies. I have never (in a long while) devoted as much thought and time thinking about this……….deciding one way, and then finding an argument to change my mind. Making lists, reading other blogs, reading books, forming an opinion and then changing my mind again. And tonight — the conversation came up again on twitter……….and just when I w
Don’t Miss the K12 Online Conference! I know many of my blogging friends have already blogged about this but this is for those of you that might have missed the buzz lately. I didn’t expect this conference to actually be so inspiring and awesome but it is. I guess I have heard so much talk about it before it happened that I wondered whether all of this was just hype and that I would be disappointed. Well, I have to say that it is not just mindless hype and is truly and event you don’t want to miss. I’ve been attending presenta
TechForum Northeast This event is at the IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center, where they display an assortment of “Great” inventions, such as this Babbage Analytical Engine It is a singular honor to be presenting again for Technology & Learning and especially to be keynoting at the New York event. It is also humbling to attempt to provide some measure of inspiration in a time when we see such a vast divide between where we are in our children’s education experience and where many of us
It's not the 20th Century - Me, We and See! These are my notes and reflection based on the K12 Online Pre-Conference Keynote by Stephen Heppell, released Monday October 13, 2008.I saw Stephen present at NECC a few years ago and was impressed then with his expertise and ability to see the way forward based on the path we have just trodden. I can't help thinking Stephen is the UK version of David Warlick....except I don't think David uses the word 'churlish' very often.Stephen takes us on a walk down memory lane and relates, in narrative st
Apple Story, The Day After… I’m sitting at the Apple store, the day after a Steve Jobs announcement and it’s packed, and the new MacBooks aren’t even here. Martin’s MacBook Pro crashed yesterday, flashing question mark imposed over a rather empty looking folder. Seems like the last time I was here waiting my turn, so sort of new iPhone had just been introduced, and folks were busy. I’m number 3 now. I was just informed that the new MacBooks are here but not on the floor. A very excited young woman beside me just bough
Multimedia & Literacy I just uploaded my K12 Online presentation, just in under the wire. I’d read the guidelines a while back, and remembered the limit being 40 minutes. So my presentation video was 38 minutes long. Then, re-reading the guidelines this morning, I discovered yet more evidence of my faulty recollection cells, limit is 20 minutes. So I cut it back, and uploaded. The original (director’s cut) version will likely be made available at some point after the K12 Online Conference. I’m now at the airpo
I would like to thank the Academy…… Just warming up my speech. I got a really nice Comment Approval Email in the Inbox the other day. Scott Merrick of real life Nashville, TN, fame and Second Life blogging aficionado left a comment on my Texas SBOE post to inform me that I was one of four educational bloggers nominated for “Blog-o-the-month” in Second Life on ISTE Island. So, big deal, you’re thinking. Well, when you consider the other three bloggers in the running, it is an honor to me. They are: “Dr. Z Reflects”–Leigh Zeitz
If “It’s not about the technology,” then What is it about? Nature & Technology, by Berlin photography, Svenwerk This morning, high school English teacher and web master of Web English Teacher, Carla Beard credited me with a quote she used in her blog post, It’s Not About the Technology. “The most important thing to remember about technology in our classrooms is that it is not about the technology.” Well it sounds like something I would say. It’s what a lot of us are saying. In fact, this may well be the mantra that is replacing Integrate Te
What do I know about Math? This post is a continuation of the most previous article, Being Measured… It is not necessary, but if you have time, read that one first. This morning I will, once again, have the honor and the challenge of speaking to an audience who comes from a community of interest and expertise different from my own. A few months ago, I spoke to music educators in the state of Pennsylvania. I can’t even read music. I have spoken to conferences for teachers of writing. I graduated from high school beli
Shanghaid What a Dumpling by cogdogblog posted 20 Sep ‘08, 8.09pm MDT PST on flickr Just one piece of dinner at at JC’s restaurant in Shanghai It’s been a whirlwind week for my first visit to Shanghai (an Asia while I am at it) to participate and speak at the Learning 2.008 Conference at the Shanghai Community International School. The blogging has been light because (a) I’ve had more fun taking photos; (b) it was a busy 2.5 days of full on conference activity; and (c) and I seem to have come down
Ladies’ Night At L2.008 As I said in my last L2.008 blog post, I have very much enjoyed hearing from the men sharing at the conference. Several are good friends, some are new friends — but not that that matters — what matters is that they are all sharing their knowledge to others to inspire and to encourage. But last night was Ladies Night…..and it was wonderful! Both Kim C. and Krissy H. were gracious enough to let me piggyback into skype with them to listen in on conversations. I have spoken with Kim SEVERAL TIM
Dead Tired but Enjoying Learning The Learning 2.008 conference kicked off yesterday with the EdubloggerCon and then met again last night for the Open Session….which was done in TED style (10 minutes or less to sell your conversation!) Since Shanghai is 15 hours difference from California, the morning edublogger session was an easy watch at 7pm last night. Very very good conversations, good to see friends that I have not seen in a while, and hear new voices as well. Each person shared a bit about themselves briefly and then
Learning 2.0 Theme Questions… The Ubiquitous Coca Cola Wow! I hate being reminded of how much crossing twelve time zones rattles my head. I simply couldn’t stay in bed later than 3:00 AM (Shanghai time), which, when you think about it, isn’t all that bad for me. I was asleep at 8:00 PM last night. But as you can see to the right, my morning caffeine fix is not any different, though my preference is Pepsi. Diet Coke (Coke Light) in China — well it tastes a little like chicken ;-) In a couple of hours, I’ll fly on to
