Educating the Dragon

We had a teacher training afternoon with Ann Giles the AtoL  guru for our school yesterday afternoon. We talked about what Assessment for Learning looked like for reading and I found it quite very informative.

But with my web 2.0 hat on I was most interested on her report back from the International Principal’s Conference where Mark Trotsky was speaking. She filled us in a bit and then we brained stormed (or is it mind map?) some questions that we as a staff need to address. If you have thoughts about any of these please feel free to comment.

What about oral language, if the visual cortex is so much larger?

How do we manage the handling of the tools (cellphones, ipods, etc) within the school?

How are we to pay for it?

How much can we have?

How often can we access it?

How much control should students have?

Who is going to help us realise the possibilities?

What is relevant to our students?

What structures/ framework/ guidelines need to be in place?

Some thoughtful questions which are worth a longer discussion I feel.

Thoughts anyone?