Category: Notes from Other Presentations
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Clearing Up Copyright Confusion Session
Copyright Confusion Session Kristin Hokanson with Renee Hobbs Exercising fair use demands an expanded conception of literacy that includes mass media, popular culture, and communication skills Copyright confusion — the end has arrived with the Code of Best Practices for Fair Use Overview video on fair use Purpose of copyright: to promote creativity, innovation, and…
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Notes from Opening Panel Discussion of EduCon 2.1
Notes from opening panel discussion at EduCon 2.1 Panel Discussion @ The Franklin Institute — “What is the Purpose of School?” Come to the Franklin Institute to see a group of societal visionaries speak about their vision of the purpose of school in a panel discussion. Joel Arquillos — Executive Director, 826LA 8 years in…
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Notes from 7 Revolutions Webcast
Notes from Seven Revolutions Webcast by Erik Peterson, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and International Studies See also: Global Strategy Institute and GSI Blog Intro Saint Exupery – “… your task is not to foresee the future, but rather to enable it.” Inverse correlation between leadership responsibilities and the capacity to plan and lead…
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Alan November’s Keynote: Putting Responsibility Back in Children’s Hands
Alan November, November Learning Notes taken from November’s talk at the St. Clair RESA Symposium on 21st Century Learning August 13, 2008 Port Huron High School Marco Torres and his students’ video Invite students to step up and be teachers themselves My talk is not about technology — it is about new roles for the…
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Notes from Steve Graham’s “Evidence-Based Practice in Writing”
Another great session this week, this time with one of the co-authors of the Writing Next report: Steve Graham. Here is an overview from the MSU LARC site: Steve Graham, Vanderbilt University Evidence-Based Practice in Writing – Drawing on Experimental, Qualitative, and Single Subject Design Research for Answers Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:30am – 1:00pm…
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Notes from Margaret Hedstrom’s “The Future of Networked Knowledge”
Notes from Margaret Hedstrom’s “The Future of Networked Knowledge” Overview Announcement: Dr. Hedstrom is an archivist who is on the faculty of the School of Information at U of M. Her research interest is digital information. She has done some interesting cross cultural empirical research on user response to various methods of archiving digital files.…
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Notes from “Partnering Students, Parents, and Teachers Through Technology”
The second in a series of workshops from NWPM colleagues at MRA 2008, these are notes from Portland Middle School teachers Amanda and Garth Cornwell’s session on “Partnering Students, Parents, and Teachers Through Technology.” Begin with questions from the audience: How to get younger students to access technology on their own? How do parents react,…