Educating the Dragon

80 ummmms……. I can’t believe it 80. We I guess that’s what you get for feeding back on a session with a hard message. I think if I had visual aids. Skype Talk and Write up or some power-point, maybe I would have stuttered less….probably not. Talking to staff during a meeting is such a nerve-wracking experience for me. It’s worse than talking to strangers because they know how good/ or bad I really am. There is no getting past the fact that they know you so well- professionally.But I still stand by what I said. The delivery of ICT needs to be addressed in a meaningful way. The future of our kids depends on it now more than ever. I have begun, in fact it goes live with my kids in two weeks, a wikispace for year 3/4 (7/8 year olds). Its entitled wikidspace. There is not much there at present but hopefully it will grow with the help of my kids and dragonsinger’s class. If you want to join just let me know.But I didn’t talk about that. Nor did I talk about www.skypetalkandwrite.wikispaces.com. Maybe I should ask teachingsagittarian to help out with a staff demo next week. Just for those willing to fane interest. I don’t know I’m kind of feeling I lost momentum with it all after today. (Gnash)

Just copied this off David Warlick’s site.(sorry David, if I could ping it I would)

From Three Bullet Dave, I would suggest:

• Economy — It’s global, constantly changing, and it increasingly relies on rich information skills.
• Our Customers — They are tech savvy, effective collaborators, who are accustomed to a rich, interactive, and dynamic information experience.  They know how to play the information.  They need to learn how to work the information.
• Our Schools — The very nature of information has changed.  It is networked, digital, and overwhelming, and it can’t be contained in any folder, book, bookshelf, library, or school.  How can we redesign schools (reinvent education) to address and harness this new shape of information?

It just got me thinking that the issues my school face are bigger than my school board- They are faced by educators and policy makers on a global scale