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it still lags far

behind the ideas of those creating the technology we use

create learning environments in our classrooms that are predicated on where the “visionaries” see the reality of technology existing down the road.

we need to design them around the act of learning.

if we listen now, letting this discussion lead in the process of rethinking schools, we just might make a major leap forward.

“windows that you carry

“portable portals” will “remake both book publishing and Hollywood”

what are we doing to provide them process knowledge to creatively integrate new tools of this sort into their learning lives?

‘universal book’

contextual innovation will not come from faster chips or wireless networks.

The weird thing about the iPad is that it has landed us 180 degrees from where we thought we were heading

apps, apps, apps

This vision is forming while we teach kids about folders and keeping their work organize

as discourse moves from the page to the networked screen, the social aspect of reading and writing move to the fore.

To succeed, publishers will have to embrace multimedia and community-building.

But that is what “IS” not what will “BE

are we taking those things that have been put in our hands (or at least could be) and designing spaces and opportunities to launch our students forward?

the power of a new form of hardware, the tablet:

Google believes that the operating system should be nearly invisible.

hrome-powered netbook

Web apps.’

what should school be

What should it look like?

What will we do when the open-source mindset hits the educational system full force?

had the freedom to develop ideas and interests without constraints will challenge a system that wants to categorize and organize them and then define their learning for them

rethinking school and discovering its purpose in our society today:

e learner at the center

students will decide what they want to learn; when, where, and with whom; and  they will learn by doing.

have we really made strides that would allow school to propel students along the trajectory suggested above?

4. How do we keep the answers from 1 – 3 from becoming the entrenched status quo?

“unlearn what we have learned”

and start learning a whole new way

study, imagine, and move creativity and innovation forward;

to aggressively challenge each other and become the type of “critical collaborative” we ask our students to become in the classroom.

orate communication in the business school at the Singapore Management University, said

students’ learning improved when they embarked on wiki projects.

least 15 year

wiki teams and allowing them to contribute from home and at their own pace works great.”

decentralization of the work was one of the advantages of using wikis.

go on to the wiki and edit the information ourselves.”

For More Students, Working on Wikis Is Part of Making the Grade