Thursday, July 15, 2010

Overheard at the Alan November Building Learning Communities Conference

Michael Wesch

  • “Harness the relevant tools and engage students in real world problems that the teacher does not know the answer to.”

  • “We need to move our students from knowledgeable to knowledge-able.”


Michael Lambert:

  • “Treat a visual like an onion.  Peel back the layers, make the students slow down, and dive in.”

  • “Emotion drives attention and attention drives learning.”

  • “It’s the story behind the image that counts.”


David Jakes:

  • “What happens if students do not want to publish online?”

  • “Schools can help students create serious and purposeful content that deepens and extends their digital footprint or reputation.”


Alan November:

  • “Curriculum Directors should be the director of global relationships.”

  • “We need to focus our planning towards globalization and information gathering.”

  • “Grandparents need to be connected via Skype.”

  • “The new mission of schools is to connect with the whole community.”


Sue Miller:

  • “Teachers need to surrender control of the class so that learning can be student directed.”


Sara Kajder:

  • “Most people think that remixing media = plagiarism.  It’s not.  Remixing is a transformation of text.”

  • Copyright Clarity, by Renee Hobbs is a must-have book for teachers.  It helps answer questions of fair use.”

  • “When students have so many choices, they tend to have much higher quality of reflections.”


See other resources on the conference web site.

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