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  Tami Brass

  Five Big Ideas For Educators
  Author: Gary Stager, Executive Director of the Constructivist Consortium and host of Constructing Modern Knowledge | June 4th, 2009
  
  I have been asked why an educator working in a 1-to-1 context should consider attending Constructing Modern Knowledge (CMK), July 13-16, 2009 in Manchester, NH. One look at our eclectic and accomplished faculty might lead some to wonder what they have in common.

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  • 1) Expand the vision of
    how computers may be used to empower learners
    
  • If your students only use their laptop to look stuff up or for routine language arts activities you are getting a very low return on investment.
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  • • While it may be true that laptops may be used to more effectively or efficiently teach what we had always hoped kids would learn, the real power lies in the opportunity to learn and do new things in new ways unthinkable without ubiquitous computer access.
      
    • 2) Make learning more thoughtful
    • The question of evidence, or "How do we know what we
      know?"
      
      

      
      

      
      The question of viewpoint in all its multiplicity, or "Who's
      speaking?"
      
      

      
      

      
      The search for connection and patterns, or "What causes
      what?"
      
      

      
      

      
      Supposition, or "How might things have been different?"
      
      

      
      

      
      Why any of it matters, or "Who cares?"
    • 3) Teachers as learners
    • It's an agreed upon cliché that teachers should be lifelong
      learners, but what does that really mean?
    • 4) The critical importance of student
      leadership
    • utilizing student technology knowledge to improve
      their school and community through student-led teacher professional
      development, tech support and tech certification via peer mentoring.
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      5) We stand on the
      shoulders of giants
    • Educational transformation is not a concept. It requires
      action. Additionally, meaningful school reform requires a thorough
      understanding of a theoretical basis for change, highly developed skills, a
      sense of the possible and things you may do immediately to drive progress. This
      should address the why, what and how issues every educator struggles with.
• 18 Jun 09
  

  John Turner

  Five Big Ideas For Educators
  Author: Gary Stager, Executive Director of the Constructivist Consortium and host of Constructing Modern Knowledge | June 4th, 2009
  1) Expand the vision of how computers may be used to empower learners
  2) Make learning more thoughtful
  3) Teachers as learners
  4) The critical importance of student leadership
  5) We stand on the shoulders of giants
  
  

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