June 4, 2009 Edutopia webinar: "Engaging the Digital Generation: Insights from Kids, Teachers, and...

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Host: Amy Erin Borovoy, coordinating producer, Edutopia video.Presenters: Nichole Pinkard, Founder, Digital Youth Network and director of Innovation, University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute and Vicki Davis, Teacher, blogger, and IT director at Westwood SchoolsToday's students use digital media in ways hardly imaginable just a few years ago, revolutionizing how kids create, collaborate, and teach one another. Join us for a stimulating discussion with innovative educators, parents, and students from the Digital Generation Project as they share practical tools and strategies for engaging the digital learner.

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ENGAGINGTHE DIGITAL GENERATION

Insights from Kids, Teachers, and Parents

Webinar ID: 837-901-689 | Dial-in: (916) 233-3087 | Code: 154-139-249

WEBINAR PROTOCOLS

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•AUDIO • Listen online, or dial in: (916) 233-3087; code: 154-139-249• Attendees are muted

•USEFUL INFO• Webinar ID: 837-901-689

• Q & A • Use the discussion page: edutopia.org/webinar-discussion-june-2009

• Recordings • Recordings of the webinar will be emailed to all attendees

• Problems? • Call 1 (800) 263-6317 (U.S. & Canada)• Email gotowebinar@citrixonline.com

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NICHOLE PINKARD

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Preparing Youth To Become Productive and Engaged Citizens In the Year 2015 and Beyond

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Invented Post 1991

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WiMAX

Smartphone

Print

Oral

Modes of Teaching and Learning

Cinema

Graphics

Games

Multimedia

Simulations

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RethinkCore Assumptions about

Learning

What should we learn?

How should we learn?

Where does learning take place?

How should we demonstrate what we have learned?

Who are our learning partners?

•Learning opportunities no longer geographically bound

•School as a node in a student’s learning portfolio

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SCOOP JACKSON Jalen’s father

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VICKI DAVIS

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20flickr.com/photos/prittibaby/477057343

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My Class FrameworkXX

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Accountability:Every studenthas their own ID!

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http://westwood.wikispaces.com/2008_2009_A_notes

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4. Create Audio5. Create Video4. Create Audio5. Create Video

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Flatteningyour classroom

6. CollaborateGlobally

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Every studentlearnsdifferentlydifferently!

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• Submit your questions on the June Webinar discussion page: edutopia.org/webinar-discussion-june-2009.

• We will choose the most common questions to address.

• For all unanswered questions, we encourage you to continue the conversation after the webinar on the discussion page above.

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Q & A

• To contact or find out more about Nichole Pinkard, visit the Digital Youth Network, at iremix.org.

• To contact or find out more about Vicki Davis, visit her blog at coolcatteacher.blogspot.com.

• To continue the discussion online, visit edutopia.org/webinar-discussion-june-2009.

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• If you know other educators who would like to be a part of Edutopia, refer them to edutopia.org/join.

• Stay tuned for our upcoming webinar in August about education grant writing.

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING