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March 01, 2012, at 10:36 AM EST by 166.147.104.153 -
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Yes, but I think that one of the fallacies of this concern is that we feel a responsibility to look at all of it, especially in education as we expect students to read the entire chapter. The fact is that you only need to find that information that accomplishes my goal and that's it. Of course finding that best answer in an avalanche of data is a skill. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Yes, we do a great job of teaching students to answer questions. How often do we ask questions as teachers. How often do we openly question the author of the textbook? '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''HUGE! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''many students know how to do this. However, that greatly widens the gap between the tech haves and the tech have-nots. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''It also opens itself to a very interesting and underutilized for of assessment, "public critique." '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">'There is an interesting project going on, started by teachers in North Carolina and New York, where WOW is the curriculum. It's part of the English Department. They're starting to experiment with the same approach with middle schoolers and Minecraft. ' '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''it makes for resourceful and relentless learners. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I was surprised that it worked that well. It's what is so exciting about what you are doing. No Ceiling ;-) '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">'' what do we get when we trade off certainty? get opportunity! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''and sometimes the outcome should be "unpredictable." '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Thank you all for a wonderful day. '' </span> - dfw
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Here is the transcript of your backchannel conversation for . This is a wiki page. As such, you can edit this page and insert text into the transcript, contining the conversation, as I have done. To edit, click the EDIT link at the top of the page. The password is ''teacher''.
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Here is the transcript of your backchannel conversation for . is a wiki page. such, you can edit this page and insert text into the transcript, contining the conversation, as I have done. edit, click the EDIT link at the top of the page. password is ''teacher''.
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Ah! But you know what the Chinese say. "Never wish an interesting life on a friend!" ;-) '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Ah! But you know what the Chinese say. "Never wish an interesting life on a friend!" ;-) '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''One day, that will almost certainly be true. But one of the things that have fascinated me lately are science fiction TV shows and movies from before the World Wide Web. Kind'a weird where they thought all of this was going, and how much something like the World Wide Web -- a fairly simple concept when you think about it -- was so disruptive to those writers notions of the future. Bottom line -- we don't know what it's going to look like. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''One day, that will almost certainly be true. one of the things that have fascinated me lately are science fiction TV shows and movies from before the World Wide Web. 'a weird where they thought all of this was going, and how much something like the World Wide Web -- a fairly simple concept when you think about it -- was so disruptive to those writers notions of the future. line -- we don't know what it's going to look like. '' </span> - dfw
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Think about classroom sims
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Think about classroom
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I wrote a blog entry a while back suggesting a SIMS style game used for preservice education. This might be especially useful for preparing administrators. Here's the link: http://goo.gl/FldMx '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I wrote a blog entry a while back suggesting a SIMS style game used for preservice education. might be especially useful for preparing administrators. 's the link: http://goo.gl/FldMx '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I'll have to look that up. We still use a scratch pad... '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I'll have to look that up. still use a scratch pad... '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''The problem with Skype is that it is largely a one-to-one connection. So I do not believe it could be used in a dispersed way. But I do not use it much and so there may be capabilities that I don't know about. Google Plus looks pretty cool for group video teleconferences, but I think it is still limited in the number who can be connected simultaneously. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''The problem with Skype is that it is largely a one-to-one connection. I do not believe it could be used in a dispersed way. I do not use it much and so there may be capabilities that I don't know about. Plus looks pretty cool for group video teleconferences, but I think it is still limited in the number who can be connected simultaneously. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Bingo! We have been teaching students how to be taught. We need to stop doing that as much as we can, and, instead, teach them to teach themselves. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Bingo! have been teaching students how to be taught. need to stop doing that as much as we can, and, instead, teach them to teach themselves. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''It's another way of say, "how to learn." "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write. It will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''It's another way of say, "how to learn." "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write. will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I've often wondered if part of being a students should be the compilation and management of a personal digital library. They would be crafting and organizing a resource that they could carry away from school with them. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I've often wondered if part of being a students should be the compilation and management of a personal digital library. would be crafting and organizing a resource that they could carry away from school with them. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''No Ceiling! How do you make your classroom look like it has no ceiling? How do you make your course look like it has no ceiling? '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''No Ceiling! do you make your classroom look like it has no ceiling? do you make your course look like it has no ceiling? '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I disagree, though I suspect that you are correct in that there are certain skills they they will need regardless. But remember the 466,000 American employed by a brand new industry? The jobs are probably similar, as you suggest, but the language, clientele, and products are dramatically different. I'll have to noodle that one! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I disagree, though I suspect that you are correct in that there are certain skills they they will need regardless. remember the 466,000 American employed by a brand new industry? jobs are probably similar, as you suggest, but the language, clientele, and products are dramatically different. 'll have to noodle that one! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Are we creating a ceiling? Just a thought, but do some educators see it as part of their job, to create ceilings? '' </span>
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Are we creating a ceiling? a thought, but do some educators see it as part of their job, to create ceilings? '' </span>
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I couldn't agree more. But I think that this is a conversation we need to be having -- regularly. It's not an intuitive leap to make that realization. '' </span> - dfw
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As educators we are still trying to place a box around our learners. We expect far less than they are capable of producing for us
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As educators we are still trying to place a box around our learners. expect far less than they are capable of producing for us
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''we seem to want to (need to) container learning. Today's greater education environment weeks to demand it. But folks, our classrooms are leaking. ;-) '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''that was a fantastic stories in so many ways. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Yes, and what if the paper due the next day did not necessarily need to be finished. What if "turned in" work was merely part of an ongoing conversation of learning. '' </span> - dfw
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What a paradigm shift for educators!
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What a paradigm shift for educators!
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''it's one of our disadvantages, that we already have a paradigm. It's interesting that the developing world is starting lately from scratch, and inventing a transformed learning environment. '' </span> - dfw
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we are sitting in the eye of the storm, things are occurring all around us. We need to be ready to engage our learners very differently
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we are sitting in the eye of the storm, things are occurring all around us. need to be ready to engage our learners very differently
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Yes! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I think that it's actually an easier sell than "integrating technology" '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I think that you are right, but I'd rather say that it needs to be an ongoing conversation between teachers and learners. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I think that when all is said and done, the bottom line is that we need to be thinking and talking less about teach and much more about learning. are their learning " best practices?" '' </span> - dfw
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Do you think that the answers weren't there or did it just take too long to find the answers?
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Do you think that the answers weren't there or did it just take too long to find the answers?
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fearless teachers and teaching!!!
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fearless teachers and teaching!!!
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Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!?
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Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!?
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Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!? Got to figure that out.
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Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!? to figure that out.
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Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!? Got to figure that out.
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Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!? to figure that out.
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Teacher lesson planning has to be just-in-time and connected- daily
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Teacher lesson planning has to be just-in-time and connected-
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Thank you for all the information you shared with us today. Definitely a new way of looking at how I teach others.
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Thank you for all the information you shared with us today. a new way of looking at how I teach others.
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Hope I didn't disappoint! ;-) '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Ah! But you know what the Chinese say. "Never wish an interesting life on a friend!" ;-) '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Yes, but I thought many of you looked pretty exhausted when you left yesterday afternoon! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''One day, that will almost certainly be true. But one of the things that have fascinated me lately are science fiction TV shows and movies from before the World Wide Web. Kind'a weird where they thought all of this was going, and how much something like the World Wide Web -- a fairly simple concept when you think about it -- was so disruptive to those writers notions of the future. Bottom line -- we don't know what it's going to look like. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I wrote a blog entry a while back suggesting a SIMS style game used for preservice education. This might be especially useful for preparing administrators. Here's the link: http://goo.gl/FldMx '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I'll have to look that up. We still use a scratch pad... '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''The problem with Skype is that it is largely a one-to-one connection. So I do not believe it could be used in a dispersed way. But I do not use it much and so there may be capabilities that I don't know about. Google Plus looks pretty cool for group video teleconferences, but I think it is still limited in the number who can be connected simultaneously. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Bingo! We have been teaching students how to be taught. We need to stop doing that as much as we can, and, instead, teach them to teach themselves. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Yes! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''It's another way of say, "how to learn." "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write. It will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I've often wondered if part of being a students should be the compilation and management of a personal digital library. They would be crafting and organizing a resource that they could carry away from school with them. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''No Ceiling! How do you make your classroom look like it has no ceiling? How do you make your course look like it has no ceiling? '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''I disagree, though I suspect that you are correct in that there are certain skills they they will need regardless. But remember the 466,000 American employed by a brand new industry? The jobs are probably similar, as you suggest, but the language, clientele, and products are dramatically different. I'll have to noodle that one! '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Being wrong might even be healthy -- a valuable and valued learning experience. '' </span> - dfw
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-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Are we creating a ceiling? Just a thought, but do some educators see it as part of their job, to create ceilings? '' </span>

-><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='35' align='left' style='margin-right: 10px;'><span style="color: #900;">''Just about everything that you suggested students need to learn to be ready for an uncertain future are part of what I would consider to be basic literacy skills -- the ability to use your information environment to learn what you need to know to do what you need to do. '' </span> - dfw
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The future home for the backchannel transcript for the Feb 2012 PD Development Meeting...
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Here is the transcript of your backchannel conversation for . This is a wiki page. As such, you can edit this page and insert text into the transcript, contining the conversation, as I have done. To edit, click the EDIT link at the top of the page. The password is ''teacher''.

You can indent your comments by inserting '''-->''' at the beginning text. Many HTML codes can also be inserted. Other formatting features can also be found at the bottom of the edit page.
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<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6a9cdadefe95287cf73aadd4bd953ac8' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Paula
Waiting to see where David is going with this
28 Feb 2012 - 10:34:00

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Clovis
I am certainly looking forward to reading your conversation.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:34:30

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
I am excited to hear your presentation!
28 Feb 2012 - 10:34:43

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Karen
This is going to be a valuable day!
28 Feb 2012 - 10:34:45

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
I am here Clovis
28 Feb 2012 - 10:34:47

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>RaMona
This is going to be an interesting day!
28 Feb 2012 - 10:34:48

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Jackie
Enthusiastic about being here. Ready to learn.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:35:12

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c15e9e5b83b8ee668bbf59a41e0bcf28' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Diana
Excited to learn
28 Feb 2012 - 10:35:24

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kathy
This is cool! Thanks!
28 Feb 2012 - 10:35:48

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eeabed047d46d3907df6664b88989937' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>gloss
excited about the possibilities of this learnin
28 Feb 2012 - 10:35:52

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
cool avatar!
28 Feb 2012 - 10:41:50

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
I wonder if we can link through to 3d environments
28 Feb 2012 - 10:42:29

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
Think about classroom sims
28 Feb 2012 - 10:43:30

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kristi
We use Cozi to create a family generated shopping list....
28 Feb 2012 - 10:45:14

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
We do too! Everyone has learned to build the shopping list.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:50:20

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>RaMona
I was thinking the same thing Kerry about 3d environments. That would be so cool!
28 Feb 2012 - 10:50:36

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
Has anyone thought of skyping for pd purposes?
28 Feb 2012 - 10:51:32

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
children need to learn how to learn
28 Feb 2012 - 10:55:04

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
Flexibility, adaptability, process info quickly
28 Feb 2012 - 10:55:20

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
children need to learn how to adapt to change
28 Feb 2012 - 10:55:23

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6a9cdadefe95287cf73aadd4bd953ac8' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Paula
Kids need to know efficient ways to seek or search for information as they need to know it.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:55:25

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>RaMona
Kids should learn to be critical thinkers and problem solvers.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:55:34

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
children need to learn information management
28 Feb 2012 - 10:55:57

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Jackie
Which information helps answer specific questions.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:56:03

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Doug Ullrich
We can
28 Feb 2012 - 10:56:32

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
They need to understand that the sky is the limit! What is available and the possibilities that exist within the information environments.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:56:37

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eeabed047d46d3907df6664b88989937' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>gloss
kids need to learn where to find information and the tools/skills to manipulate and reconstruct it it
28 Feb 2012 - 10:56:58

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Doug Ullrich
We can't predict the future but we can predict many of the types of jobs our students will have...
28 Feb 2012 - 10:57:16

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Jackie
That it's good to be skeptical and ok to be wrong as you seek answers
28 Feb 2012 - 10:57:33

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
They need to learn to sift through mountains of information.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:57:47

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kathy
Our kids need to learn how to learn and how to move quickly to adapt and keep moving forward in an ever-changing environment.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:58:14

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kathy
Our kids need to learn how to learn and how to move quickly to adapt and keep moving forward in an ever-changing environment.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:58:15

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Doug Ullrich
They need to learn how to be flexible... and how to work..
28 Feb 2012 - 10:58:19

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
learners need to know how to distinguish between reliable and unreliable information
28 Feb 2012 - 10:58:22

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Karen
Need to know how to find the information and how to use it; how to communicate
28 Feb 2012 - 10:58:37

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Rebecca
They need to learn how to quickly adapt to change.
28 Feb 2012 - 10:59:18

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Karen
Need to know how to solve problems they encounter
28 Feb 2012 - 11:01:23

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c15e9e5b83b8ee668bbf59a41e0bcf28' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Diana
learners need to apply their learning globally
28 Feb 2012 - 11:01:55

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
just a thought...we restrict ourselves and others by our limiting beliefs and limitations to technology
28 Feb 2012 - 11:09:52

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eeabed047d46d3907df6664b88989937' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>gloss
artist will ironically leverage technology to construct new meaning
28 Feb 2012 - 11:10:47

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6a9cdadefe95287cf73aadd4bd953ac8' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Paula
As educators we are still trying to place a box around our learners. We expect far less than they are capable of producing for us
28 Feb 2012 - 11:14:58

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
I'm thinking of my son. He spent Sunday afternoon editing video.
28 Feb 2012 - 11:17:26

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
Far more time on that than a paper due the next day.
28 Feb 2012 - 11:18:39

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
how do we as educators shift teacher paradigms and limiting beliefs around the use of technology in the classrooms of today?
28 Feb 2012 - 11:28:33

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
we must change
28 Feb 2012 - 11:29:55

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Karen
Need to change our teaching ways!
28 Feb 2012 - 11:30:15

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
we need to think differently about the way we, ourselves, approach teaching and learning
28 Feb 2012 - 11:30:16

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Jackie
What a paradigm shift for educators!
28 Feb 2012 - 11:30:46

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6a9cdadefe95287cf73aadd4bd953ac8' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Paula
we are sitting in the eye of the storm, things are occurring all around us. We need to be ready to engage our learners very differently
28 Feb 2012 - 11:31:07

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
we must act quickly and effectively
28 Feb 2012 - 11:31:09

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
As educators the expectations for kids of today and tomorrow has to be "malleable" enough to let each express themselves uniquely
28 Feb 2012 - 11:32:03

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
I love this idea of working with information rather than technology.
28 Feb 2012 - 11:32:04

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Rebecca
We need our learners to guide our teachers in this paradigm shift.
28 Feb 2012 - 11:32:18

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eeabed047d46d3907df6664b88989937' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>gloss
All instruction should be directed at accessing, interpreting, and reconstructing information in a social context in order to re-create
28 Feb 2012 - 11:32:53

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
Educators have to let accountability/expectations include unique, expressive and creative efforts
28 Feb 2012 - 11:33:18

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
a huge concern is information overload!
28 Feb 2012 - 11:38:02

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
Critical Questioning is a key skill for kids of today and of the future
28 Feb 2012 - 11:40:21

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Maggie
Ethics is huge!
28 Feb 2012 - 11:42:49

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Jackie
How to use a digital platform to connect, collaborate, communicate with others.
28 Feb 2012 - 11:48:42

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
As educators how can we promote/facilitate collaborative traction experiences so kids learn from each other?
28 Feb 2012 - 12:20:13

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>RaMona
Do you think that the answers weren't there or did it just take too long to find the answers?
28 Feb 2012 - 12:32:09

RaMona
Trailer example is a great problem based learning example
28 Feb 2012 - 12:41:25

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
Problem based learning - strategy games like w-of-w require kids to be dedicated to follow through an experience/process over time
28 Feb 2012 - 12:48:53

Lisette
these are clearly examples of critical and higher order thinking....
28 Feb 2012 - 12:49:05

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
fearless teachers and teaching!!!
28 Feb 2012 - 12:50:26

Yvette
Grammar is learning to use tools to construct meaning to impact understanding
28 Feb 2012 - 12:51:41

Yvette
Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!?
28 Feb 2012 - 12:59:12

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
is that possible?
28 Feb 2012 - 12:59:44

Yvette
Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!? Got to figure that out.
28 Feb 2012 - 13:02:40

Yvette
Embedding a google doc in epsilen?!? Got to figure that out.
28 Feb 2012 - 13:02:50

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
are there constraints in epsilen?
28 Feb 2012 - 13:09:10

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ff08e862d45447345f64608781cabb' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Yvette
what a concept...."designing mistakes"...love it!
28 Feb 2012 - 13:13:25

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad8a4b7693f027e2c5a5dc4c2efdbf' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lisette
What do you get from certainty? Possibilities challenge mystery
28 Feb 2012 - 14:11:57

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
Uncertainty=a chance to solve problems
28 Feb 2012 - 14:32:10

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
Good thought - connecting to a personal learning network. How do we find our networks?
28 Feb 2012 - 14:33:39

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Kerry
Answer - Technorati
28 Feb 2012 - 14:40:34

Kerry
Teacher lesson planning has to be just-in-time and connected- daily
28 Feb 2012 - 14:55:35

Kerry
Thankful to have been here today!
28 Feb 2012 - 15:14:03

Kerry
awesome opportunities are before us!
28 Feb 2012 - 15:15:39

Kerry
This was insightful, inspiring, and eye-opening. Lots to think about. I'm grateful to be here.
28 Feb 2012 - 15:26:28

Kerry
Thank you for all the information you shared with us today. Definitely a new way of looking at how I teach others.
28 Feb 2012 - 16:00:54

Kerry
Thank you, David, for helping us think and process the world as we are trying to understand it!
28 Feb 2012 - 16:19:56
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