Theory+and+Our+Learners

=Theory and Our Learners=

School and 2.0 Technology
This was one of the most powerful presentations I have seen in a while. The presenter was extremely passionate.Here he is being interveiwed about technology in education and how schools need to change: media type="youtube" key="RUWzQYLqLLg" height="344" width="425"

I had to leave early to help on the floor, but here is the intro to what I saw: media type="custom" key="3430758"

New Media Literacy
Due to new technologies there are new skills that our students need to have. These are new media literacy. I learned many new terms that are very relevant. Here is the [|presentation]. There is also a research site dedicated to the new media literacies http://newmedialiteracies.org/. The "Google Generation" is here and we need to teach them how to get information that is reliable.