David speaking at Ohio eTech 2010

Today, we are not just about Literacy,
But, “Learning Literacy,”

Not just about Literacy Skills,
But, “Literacy Habits,”

Not just about Lifelong Learning,
But, it is a “Learning Lifestyle.”

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2010

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I grew up during the 1950s and ’60s, in a three stoplight mill town in western North Carolina. Education was hard for me – but learning was not. I enjoyed being in class, listening to teachers talk about our world, and participating in discussions (in our continuing efforts to get the teacher off the subject). I had some outstanding teachers, who loved their work, and who were magnificent lenses to the world that we lived in. I decided early on, that this was what I wanted to do.

Today, the world is a different place. Our sense of the future has changed, our students learn differently, and the very nature of information has changed. Technology has advanced at a rate that would have baffled us when I was growing up. This time of change forces us to as two fundamental question. What do children need to be learning today? ..and How do they need to be learning it?

It is important to note that I do not consider myself to be a techie. I know techies, and I am not one of them. Techies have created wondrous machines that provide us with opportunities that could not have been imagined only a few years ago. They are highly creative and knowledgeable, and they live the technology.

They are excited by the “light”.

I, on the other hand, get excited by what we can shine that “light” on…

..a new and exciting vision for the classroom that is changing our definitions of teaching, learning, and being educated in the 21st century.
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