k12online conference - classroom 2.0

I am watching a keynote for classroom 2.0. this relates to how teachers teach. It is not about the tools it is about the pedagogy, look at our teaching and how we teach.

Collaboration, the idea is about learning

Information is vital,we are not rote learning anymore, we need to promote information,
The relationship between the kids in the classroom, they need to see themselves as legimate creators of information, who are questionnaires of information, see if things are real, truth from fiction, bias, viewpoint...
to be a good citizen, a good thinker, no matter where you live..

Curriculum, we have a mandated curriculum, our relationship to the curriculum and what is in the curriculum, looking at the curriculum constantly and trying to decide what is important, what do they students need.

This is the first part of the video.

Tools in the classroom, blogging, RSS feeds, talk about information, collection of information, flickr, podcasting, voice threads, its about the tools. Classroom concerned with information, relationships, local and international. Internet based tools, These are free for teachers, students, they are what is helping to make learning interesting for students.

Relationships, factors, change in a classroom, change in power... they change the relationships between people. Changes the relationship between students and information.

Internet safety is important.

Tone set from the beginning of the year.

Change in classrooms

attitude, changing attitude towards classrooms and education. Not just us, but society, they have an idea on what classrooms should look like, and what happens, 20 years out of date.

redefining what happens in the classrooms.

thinking of classrooms as studios - lots of different things going on, some extra noise, could happen late at night. Vibrant spaces, lots of energy, both from the students and the teachers. A master, who is in charge of the space, not a typical teacher

Every classroom should be a global communications centre.

Learning is something we do together.

Will Richardson's blog... teaching today is a collective effort not an individual accomplishment, learning to is a collective effort not an individual accomplishment.

Why technology assessments suck, they focus on the skills, its about connections, learn from each other and see new things.

Education informatics....

We need a way to track kids activities in classes, what blogs they keep going back to?

Adjust our practices in our classrooms.