Comments on: The ISTE opening keynote – what I wish had been said

By: Mary Beth Gay

Mary Beth Gay — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:55:45 +0000

Stefanie, you have articulated what I was feeling all through the conference until the last two sessions I attended. One on Tuesday evening and the other on Wednesday morning. In the first one in particular “Leading Effective Technology Integration in Schools,” we were talking about what effective tech integration looks like and how to help teachers learn how to use technology in menaingful ways for our students. Then the presenter, Jo Williamson, Kennesaw State University with Hoke Wilcox had us work in small groups to create a framework for integrating tech in a learner-centered activity of our own creation. It was the best session at the conference for me. I was so excited I wanted to go home immediately and share with my administration what I had learned. Instead I created a Wallwisher board and sent it to them.

Kudos, to those presenters who get it!

By: BByrd

BByrd — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:59:21 +0000

Here here… I agree

However, no one is commenting on the 45min of the clapping for everyone involved with ISTE from napkin folding to past presidents. Can we have that done in a PechaKucha? It was way too long for my(our) short attention span. I almost felt that the keynote felt short of time and had to jump right in.

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By: Sylvia Martinez

Sylvia Martinez — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:03:33 +0000

Great comments!

Stephanie – I hope you check out the Constructivist Consortium (http://www.constructivistconsortium.org ). We ran an event on Sunday before ISTE that walked the talk – people came to spend the day working on projects with open ended creativity software and talking about how to make this happen in lots of classrooms.

By: Stefanie Blouin

Stefanie Blouin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:24:51 +0000

My parallel noticing is that all of what we are engaged in as professionals this week is in opposition to what all the “experts” are saying learning opportunities and education should be like for our kids: participatory, self-directed, collaborative, etc.

I am hungry for a workshop that engages me, that includes me and encourages interaction…so many people talk the talk…I need someone who walks the walk.

I understand that it is difficult to engage an audience, but no workshop I’ve attended has even attempted to engage.

In order for teachers to move beyond direct instruction and dissemination of information, I would argue that they must be marinated in this type of learning as a student themselves.

Let’s see some of that – ISTE presenters!

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By: Ric Murry

Ric Murry — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:27:04 +0000

This isn’t bashing. This is more like a “translator” so the disillusioned keynote attenders (and twitterers) could understand what the speaker apparently could not communicate to his audience on his own.

I have two sadlies:
1 – It is sad that it still must be spoken that technology can be a vehicle for global change. How can people not see this by now?
2 – It is sad that we “put on hold” the passion of young people to change the world for the better. From honest field trips, to limiting their input on solutions to global issues. I love your sherpa description for the role of the teacher; it better serves the potential of what students can do now, not just later.