between Megan Smith V.P. at Google, Milton Chen of the George Lucas =
Foundation, Wanda Martinez president of the New Tech Network, and =
Shelley Goldman, professor of ed. at Stanford University.=20
=93We are so comfortable with what we have today, we look for =
confirmation of our existing hypothesis. We look in the rearview mirror. =
The future either looks like the present or a lot like the past in most =
of our imaginations.=94
More about this session on my blog: http://collabcorner.blogspot.com=20
Jenni Swanson Voorhees
Sidwell Friends School
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From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Constantine, =
Norman
Sent: Sun 2/28/2010 6:41 PM
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Subject: Re: The most tweeted remark from the 2010 NAIS annual =
conference...
=20
We will start to learn when we abolish school.....
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> ... has to be a great quip by Pat Bassett in the session "The Power of
> Transformation: Disrupting your Institution to Make it Relevant."
>
> There are a number of versions out there of what Pat said, but they =
all are
> close variations of the following:
>
> "The death of education as we know it may lead to learning as we need =
it."
>
> A live blog of the session by Jason Ramsden is available here:
> http://bit.ly/dkfWZe
> (A huge thanks to Jason and others (http://bit.ly/d4Sz3K) for making =
the
> conference come alive for virtual attendees!)
>
> But back to Pat's interesting observation, which seemed to resonate so
> strongly with the edtech folks.
>
> I can imagine John Dewey smiling benevolently on hearing this =
statement. I
> can also imagine many Heads having a somewhat different expression.
>
> Curious what others think?
>
> Fred
>
> --
> Fred Bartels
> Thinking about learning as we need it here:
> http://eva2.wikispaces.com/
>
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Norman Constantine
Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA
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