Keynote speaker George Couros from a school in Canada, a
principal who models connected learning as the new way to lead students and get
them engaged in the classroom:
Learning happens when we create, Creating is Learning.
If we don’t consider people literate if they can read but
not write; why would they be literate if we can consume information but not
create it?
Video idea: what
questions would you like to ask yourself at the end of the year? Film the students at the beginning of the
year, then have them mash those up
Blog as the digital portfolio for students
Calines arcade video from YouTube cainesarcade.com
Cardboard games – pacmac example - students creating as way of learning, not
just to demonstrate learning.
Innovation week – school shuts down for a week. Students submit proposals to build projects,
then work on them for a week, bring materials or gathering them, and build real
world projects
SMART car example – twitter message that he saw a bird poop on
a smart car, and it totaled it. Company
created an infographic showing how much bird poo it would take to total a smart
car, which became a Viral positive message
184 days of learning – what did you learn today? Showing the entire organization as a learning
organization – copy and paste what someone had learned.
Google is the new business cards
Jeremiah Anthony twitter westhighbros – positive compliments
to people who are feeling bad, or who have done something great. Way to create positive vibes within a
community. “Sincere” complements – real. Student population creating different way of
interacting, counteracting bullying and cyberbullying via positive actions like
“pay it forward”.
Kids change the quality of their work when you give them an
audience. They will defy expectations if
you give them an opportunity (audience).
CONNECT with each other, connect with the kids, connections
as a way of learning, sharing ideas, creating
Georgecouros.ca
Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity
