The day started with a keynote by Yong Zhao who gave a talk that was a great antidote to the Opening Keynote, that upon reflection, becomes stranger and stranger. Here is his presentation on YouTube, but the essential message was be careful what you measure with students because they measurement can easily take-over the learning. Also refreshing was his skepticism about the wonders of Common Core standards, with a the great quip, “I’m for the Common Core, as long as it’s not common, or the core.”
Here are my tweets from the opening keynote at ISTE which featured Sir Ken Robinson after a video message from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, showing that while Sir Ken may be right about Americans being good at sarcasm, my rejoinder that we’re good at creating it, but not always intentionally was more apt. Read the rest of this entry »
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It’s been three years since I’ve attended ISTE (it was called NECC last time I came in D.C.), and three years since I attended an EduBloggerCon (now renamed SocialEdCon to reflect how the medium is moving beyond blogs). Fortunately, I live in California near Steve Hargadon (who does much of the organizing for these events), and I can attend activities he does here, so my life has included un-conferencing. Just as with going to CUE vs. going to ISTE, there is some perspective you get from getting not just a national, but international group together. Read the rest of this entry »
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