Sable+Rall

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 * Monday **


 * Big Idea:** Today's student is radically different and we must embrace both new and old teaching methods. Technology used to enhance imagination and creativity.
 * Teaching the Digital Generation: A New Face for Learning.
 * Creativity 2.0: The Quest for Meaning, Beauty, and Excellence
 * Lifelong Kindergarten: Keeping Imagination and Creativity in the Learning Process
 * www.CommittedSardine.com, "The Digital Generation", "The Digital Diet"


 * Tuesday **


 * Big Idea:** The Global Classroom/Community/Relationships and Higher-Order Thinking and Engaged Products from Teachers and Students.
 * Empathy: The 21st Century Skill
 * Beyond Catch Phrases: Digital Age Practices for Real Classroom Teachers.
 * www.novemberlearning.com, Epals, loticonnection.com/iste2010, loticlassroom.com


 * Wednesday **


 * Big Idea:** Tools and Educational Models to re-think projects, classrooms, and schools
 * Wisdom of Crowds: The Truth About Content-Driven Collaborative Learning
 * Re-Visioning High School for the 21st Century: Moving Beyond Technology
 * google for educators, photoshow, global school.net, iSchool (NYC)

Two all-encompassing themes I realized from this conference are 1. today's student is absolutely NOT the same student of previous generations and will never be (nor should be) and 2. the classroom no longer can or should be an isolated space because there are too many technological tools to link it to a global classroom/community.
 * Implications for your Classroom **

As a foreign language teacher, I plan to investigate things like Skyping for Epals. I also plan on reworking my lesson plans because students are no longer satisfied with slower input of data due to their 24/7 exposure to input. I also plan on more projects where they investigate the target-language world-at-large (through technologies) both for things that interest them as well as for cultural relevance and cultural literacy.