LearningConversations

Living and learning with new media: summary of findings from the digital youth project

This blog post includes a link to great video called "Positively Autistic" that talks about turnign around our thinking - instead of thinking of our "deficits" can we start looking at our "assets" instead? And how does that change our parenting or teaching?

An amazing story of an autistic girl and how she learned to communicate through her art. It inspires me because her parents recognized her gift and supported her in developing the positive instead of seeing where she "lacked" due to her autism. We can all learn a lesson in parenting from this family!

This video shows how our children interact with technology - and have come to expect that kind of interaction! It's no less natural to them to use their technology than it is for us to pick up a pen to write.

Very thought provoking video that makes you question our societal assumptions, our economy, our hidden beliefs and curriculum. What do we really need to teach our children?

Top Videos to showcase to administrative leaders

A great video to show how students today learn.

excellent interview about collective learning, learning communities, etc...

How failure leads to success

I know what is within me, even if you can't see it yet.\nI will become what I know I am.

Because the people who are crazy enough the think that they can change the world are the ones who do!

Positive Organizational Scholarship. Includes great tool for self evaluation under POS Teaching Materials/teaching tools - called the "Reflected Best Self Exercise"

The listing of presentations from the 2008 K12 Online conference - great to use for pro-d discussions!

A video about how parents can help create great schools.

Empowering students to prevent violence in schools. Created by students (Kyle Barrett: University of Illinois and Bobby Barrett: Cary Grove High School) for ...