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10 Things to Do With Laptops
Filed Under (featured speakers, macul08) by Janine Lim on 07-03-2008
by Gary Stager. Handouts Online. Recommended article. Who Should I Vote For?
Read Kevin’s post for a nice summary overview of Gary’s points and the 10 things.
Some of my favorite lines from the presentation.
- The Pentagon approaches the Internet with all the finesse and maturity as school districts. Regarding the Pentagon blocking 11 photo and video sharing sites. What about all the new ones created?
- I’m not at all sure we like democracy. Regarding wikipedia.
- Kids are the only abundant resource we have.
- Kids are persistent, resourceful, curious, patient. When they are engaged.
- A good prompt is worth a thousand words.
- We’re really bad at articulating the rationale for what we do.
My laptop battery died, so I didn’t get as many ideas written down as I wanted to. Be sure to check out Gary Stager’s website for additional challenging thinking. Don’t just eat up the most common thoughts being presented. Hear another side. Think deeper. Ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing.
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[...] Last week I attended some sessions by Gary Stager at the MACUL Conference. I blogged them both: 10 Things to Do with Laptops and Digital Democracy. While listening to the closing keynote, I also skimmed some of the articles [...]