MPS Foto just finished our first educator's conference and trade show. Over 300 secondary school administrators learned about our company -- many for the first time -- and we learned a lot about them.
I also had the opportunity to listen to a keynote address by a gentleman named David Warlick. He's an educator who travels all over the place talking about the changing role of technology in the lives of our children. He talked about how classroom blogging, the idea of a flat classroom, cell phones, texting, video games, YouTube, and any number of other things -- ever hear of machinima? -- have made young people into dramatically different learners. His point, as I understood it, was that educators had to make a commitment to making today's schools relevant to tomorrow's learner. The educational community cannot afford to go the other way and try to force students who are now, in Warlick's view, genetically coded to learn differently than we are, into educational situations where they are just going to tune out.
Here's his links if you want to check him out. Fun stuff.
David Warlick
For Teachers: http://landmark-project.com/
For Clients: http://davidwarlick.com/
Blog http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/
Podcast http://connectedlearning.davidwarlick.com
Jay
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