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connected learning

What would it mean to think of education as a responsibility of a distributed network of people and institutions, including schools, libraries, museums and online communities? What would it mean to think of education as a process of guiding youths’ active participation in public life that includes civic engagement, and intellectual, social, recreational, and career-relevant pursuits? How can we take advantage of the new kinds of intergenerational configurations that have formed in which youth and adults come together to work, mobilize, share, learn, and achieve together? What would it mean to enlist in this effort a diverse set of stakeholders that are broader than what we traditionally think of as educational and civic institutions?

Full Participation -- learning environments, communities, and civic life thrive when all members actively engage and contribute.

“Teachers show up at large, industry-driven conferences feeling more than a little like middle school students at their first dance. They want to be there so badly but they are completely confused as to how they fit in and what role they should adopt,’’ Shawn Rubin of EdSurge wrote in a column after last year’s festival.

a willingness to learn how to imbed technology’’ into classrooms,

immersed in the digital world and wants make sure teachers are ready to meet students in

I was wondering what kind of quote I could open this review with, something about the critical nature or effective communication of images, but one that kept coming to mind was this: "I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it." ~ Chuck Norris