I was an attendee at Minnesota e-Learning Summit 2008.
Dr. Michael Wesch from Kansas State University was the main speaker.
“A Portal to the Future of Education”
I attend many a conference and workshop about technology and teaching. Most everyone is saying the same thing: students are disenfranchised with the educational process, information is readily available, technology tools should be harnessed, etc. All are trying to make their way with these ideas myself included, Wesch's presentation was the first to really break through and harness the greater potential of technology in a complete way. The relevant, engaging, interactive learning that he is DOING made my hair stand on end. It is the type of teaching and learning that can change the world--it was learning CRANKED, (turned up on 10).
Can't go in to all of the details here in this blog post but will keep posting and expounding on it.
For a foundation connect with and acknowledge how information is Different now.
The following are the videos that launched Wesch to rockstar status on youtube.
The Machine is Us/ing Us
Information R/evolution
2 comments:
Michael - Thank you for posting and sharing UTube "The Machine is Using Us" and "The Information Revolution"- It gave me a whole new perspective on our fast-paced advanced technology. I am finally ready to get rid of the paper trail. You always have a way of getting information across in an understandable manner--even for me!
Love, Your adoring MOM
Michael,
This is really amazing! I never gave it much thought just how much the internet has evolved over the last decade! At this rate the machine will have learned so much from us that it will beging to design it's own code! For now, thankfully, we should utilize as much of this technology as possible to bring education to ANYONE who wants it, FREE OF CHARGE!! Wouldn't that be something? A world literacy rate of 90-100 percent could be possible and who knows how far we could advance if EVERYONE could communicate with ANYONE in ANY language! It really boggles the mind when one contemplates the endless ways of utilizing this technology.
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