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''I'm sorry that I didn't get to work this topic in. But the point that I'd hoped to make (or discover was unnecessary) was that learning culture is about learning. Not a huge stretch. Yet I suspect that in the practical conversations about a school's learning culture, it tends to be more about teaching practices.''
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* They must be able to learn (which is, IMHO, a refined version of basic literacy.
* That "refined version of literacy" would certainly include the ability to read.
* But there would be a new set of skills (the word ''tier' was suggested) that enable the learner to not only read the content, but also determine its value in terms of the goals being pursued.
* Students must have a working knowledge of their world (who they are, where they are, when they are and how they are). A common context for working and playing together requires this.
* They must know how to explore and have an explorers mind, a disposition to learn.
* They must be talented and habitual question askers.
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Why did you learn what caused you "pause" recently?
* Curiosity.
* Desire to grow a known body of knowledge, expanding understaind.
* Need to solve a problem or answer a question.
* Playing -- reading for entertainment.
* Playing -- tinkering with ideas.
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''I didn't write any down for this one, though I suspect that it may have been the most valuable part of our conversations. I'm jotting a few that come to mind for me.''
* Teachers
* Opportunities to ask questions
* Media that is playing in the background of non-instructional moments
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'''Keywords used to describe a school's learning culture:'''



'''What do children need to be learning to be ready for an unpredictable future?'''



'''Conditions of significant post-school learning:'''



'''Contact points for learning within community culture:'''



'''What constitutes being literate in a networked, digital and information-abundant environment?'''



'''What are the literacies of learning?'''

Learning Literacy


Learning incentives


Learning Channels


Learning Outlets


'''New Practices:'''
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Talking with on of the workshop attendees, we decided that it might be useful to place the notes from our conversations here, in a wiki, where you could all contribute. You were taking much better notes than I was able to.

So you can read them here. If you would like to contribute, the password for this wiki page is ''teacher''.
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