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Technology and Learning Conference

This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Technology and Learning Conference in Seattle. David Warlick gave the keynote address on the last day of the conference. I thought that I would comment on a couple of the points he made during his address. One was his proposal to change the emphasis on education from the the three Rs (Reading, "Riting, and "Rithmatic to the four Es
1. Expose what is true
2. Employ information
3. Express ideas compellingly
4. Ethics

Another point that Warlick made was that he wanted us to stop "Integrating Technology" begin redefining literacy.

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David Warlick at Seattle NSBA T & L Conference

Posted on October 31, 2008 at 10:24pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Technology and Learning Conference in Seattle. David Warlick gave the keynote address on the last day of the conference. I thought that I would comment on a couple of the points he made during his address. One was his proposal to change the emphasis on education from the the three Rs (Reading, "Riting, and "Rithmatic to the four Es

1. Expose what is true

2. Employ information

3. Express ideas compellingly

4.… Continue

More about the NSBA T & L Conference

Posted on October 31, 2008 at 10:20pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

I attended many sessions at the conference two on classroom walk throughs. One walk through used the FLIPvideo camera to record what the students were doind in the classroom during the walkthrough (the message being "It's not about teaching, it's about learning"). After the walkthrough the administrator emailed the three minute video to the teacher, the teacher viewed the video and completed a reflection sheet. After this the admin and teacher met to discuss the teachers… Continue

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At 12:06pm on November 1, 2008, Peter Fessier said…: Hello Mary Lou,

I saw your face on the members section of the site so I thought I'd check out your page. The conference sounds interesting. Did you think it was worthwhile overall?