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"People learn through conversations"

"Easy to teach teachers to use technology. Difficult to get the teachers to shift control away from themselves to the kids."

"Tech robbed kids of the opportunity to make a contribution to their communities." How can I find a way to help kids contribute, via English class?

"Interdisc. Bauhaus created an amazing flow of ideas." How can we make our classes more interdisc.?

"Need authentic conversations locally and around the world"

"this gives students more of a choice to do the kinds of assignments they want to do, as opposed to just the teacher deciding." You would certainly need to check that they were doing challenging, relevant work.

All of these skills mentioned above are exactly what are essential in the 21st century workplace.

Concrete idea for how to answer the above, last question. He used a concrete example from a 3rd grade class: "Have the kids create a podcast every week of what they learned. Have a writer, producer, mixer, etc." Would you do that during class time or outside of classtime?

"Have an official Note Taker each class as well. Have the class as a whole review the notes to see if they are good/correct."

"Another solution: you need to be more reflective on the body of work that you are doing. What have I learned? Where have I been and where am I going?" How do you do this?

"Teach kids really good research skills. Have them look up assignments and related material from other teachers from all over the world." And then do what with them?

"One solution: have an official classroom researcher everyday in your class." The job would be to gather the websites that will be used connected to whatever it is you're studying? Is that right? Need more thought on this.

"Final Myth: Tech will make kids smarter. Actually it's a distraction. Creates more plagiarism and people wanting to get things done. Losing critical thinking." How can we use the enormous resources of the internet and at the same time increase critical thinking?

"Another myth: the internet will give people a range of ideas. The opposite is true. People search out their version of the truth, e.g. Fox News or Huffington Post." I find this to be incredibly true.

"It's a myth that tech will be the great equilizer in society. At least not for now." Why?