#eci831thoughts on

opennessmindsettransparencysharingaccessfreedom

techno-pedagogical philosophy

small tools loosely joined

contentcommunity as curriculum

personal learningyours affects others

discoveryprocedural vs. navigational

literacieslife long process

“...the set of abilities and skills where aural, visual, & digital overlap. These include the ability to understand the

power of images & sounds, to recognize & use that power, to manipulate &

transform them pervasively, & to easily adapt to new forms.”

(New Media Consortium, 2005, on ‘new literacies’)

• As we “move toward an environment of instant & infinite information ... we need to move from bring simple knowledgeable to knowledge-able.”

@mwesch

Michael Wesch

immersionfor understanding

networkscreate, share, learn

I am part of all that I have met.Tennyson (1842)

changeconversationadvocacyagency

... we’ve reached the point in our (disparate) cultural adaptation to computing and

communication technology that the younger technical generations are so empowered

that they are impatient and ready to jettison institutions most of the rest of us tend to

think of as essential, central, even immortal. They are ready to dump our schools.

(Cringely, 2008)

“what an incredible era to be young and talented.

(Cormier, 2008)

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