TGS Strategic Planning - Technology

Rushkoff identifies the five main ways we're struggling, as well as how the best of us are thriving in the now: 4. Digiphrenia - how technology lets us be in more than one place - and self - at the same time. Drone pilots suffer more burnout than real-world pilots, as they attempt to live in two worlds - home and battlefield - simultaneously. We all become overwhelmed until we learn to distinguish between data flows (like Twitter) that can only be dipped into, and data storage (like books and emails) that can be fully consumed.

Interesting decision made by Maine to go with HP rather than Apple next year.

"One of the best services Google+ provides to its users is called " communities ". Any Google Plus user can easily create and host his/her community on the cloud and in a matter of few clicks.For us in education we can use this service to create a community for our class. In this virtual space, you will get to share with your students resources, links, and also get them to participate and contribute in it. You can also create class events with dates, location, and more details and share them with your students and their parents as well. Needless to say that you can use Google Hangout right from your community to hold video conferences with your students."

I love how David Truss has set this out so clearly and shares 7 Ways to Transform Your Classroom 1. Inquiry 2. Voice 3. Audience 4. Community 5. Leadership 6. Play 7. Networks

David Truss is a colleague and innovative leader now based in Vancouver and Principal of the Inquiry Hub. . I love hearing about how he is implementing inquiry learning across the curriculum! Would love to visit this school one day!

Reviewing the Common Sense curriculum for digital citizenship. There is something for everyone in here.

Long (about 12 min) but diverse comments and opinions from across the globe from education ministers and other education leaders about what education is today.

Free book download from the Asia Society

"What we are missing in education is not the resources -- but the creativity to make the most of the resources we have."

"The "Policy guidelines for mobile learning" developed by UNESCO seek to help policy-makers better understand what mobile learning is and how its unique benefits can be leveraged to advance progress towards Education for All. UNESCO believes that mobile technologies can expand and enrich educational opportunities for learners in diverse settings. Yet most ICT in education policies were articulated in a pre-mobile era and they do not seek to maximize the learning potentials of mobile technology. The rare policies that do reference mobile devices tend to treat them tangentially or ban their use in schools. Today, a growing body of evidence suggests that ubiquitous mobile devices - especially mobile phones and, more recently, tablet computers - are being used by learners and educators around the world to access information, streamline administration and facilitate learning in new and innovative ways. Developed in consultation with experts in over 20 countries, UNESCO's "Policy guidelines for mobile learning" have broad application and can accommodate a wide range of institutions, including K-12 schools, universities, community centres, and technical and vocational schools."

All the videos played at the Beyond Laptops gathering at Yokohama International School April 2013