Keynote Friday

Kathy Kassidy, from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan!
Authentic learning, from other children (in New Zealand) rather than from a book- an audience around the world, a global community.
Reading blogs, reading tweets: will this change the ability of children to hang onto their attention to read a whole book?
Instead of live visitors, experts, etc., or in addition to them, invite them to come in by Skype.
Photo galleries are a way for kids to record their learning.

Tom Barrett of NoTosh, on Being Curious

George's (his son's) questions tracked and recorded for six months. Like: can computers keep secrets?
"I used to think, but now I know" comes from things that have challenged us.
Other questions: if a pea had a brain, how big would it be? Why do old men scratch their beards when they,re thinking? What is the crumbliest thing in the world? Would you rather show your bottoms to the whole world, or eat a scorpion?
He much of the world can six year olds explain? Know? We need to maintain that constant gaze through apt he child's eyes.  KEEP QUESTIONING THE WORLD AROUND YOU- NEVER STOP- I want to put this up in my classroom.

Catlin Tucker: Disruption: Now What?
new Realities:
1. What we create is alive.  Using Googledocs keeps the learning current. Kids get real time feedback.
2. Information is everywhere.  Kids don't need to amass huge amounts of knowledge; they need to know how to find out, how to evaluate information. Crowdsourcing as a facet of learning.

3. Social media should be leveraged for learning.  This makes parents and other teachers anxious.  We have unprecedented ability to connect with others outside the classroom. If we teach them how to use it, they will use it richly. Story about Shakespeare sonnet, and learning/ asking all the questions she would have taught them anyway.
4. One student's contributions cannot replace creativity of the group. There is more than one source of information in the room. Take conversations online, where kids jump in who wouldn't necessarily add to a verbal conversation.
5. Our audience is global. It enriches creativity and quality if kids have a digital portfolio that they share with the world.  So many ways to record learning!

Alec Couros: Identity Matters
He has 38000 followers on Twitter.

Encourages students to create a digital identity!
Digital Dualism - augments reality
Context Collapse - snap chat, the U C Davis cop who pepper sprayed protestors.  You are always on ?Candid Camera
Positive digital identity - the difference between private and public identity
Social media is what humans crave as needs- to share, create, connect

Amy on the fly
History for music lovers on you tube.  What is the point of making something if you're not going to share it? What you get in return: connections, feedback, recognition. "Dare to make and share." French Revolution by Lady Gaga. A student wrote the lyrics.