K12 Conference

I watched the presentation called “What Did You Do in School Yesterday, Today, and Three Years Ago?” The creator discussed how new technologies can be used by students in schools today. He noticed while on a college tour that the students were consumed by their technologies- he asked them what proof they had of going on this tour. Even though they had cameras, cell phones with picture and video, and mp3 players, they had not documented anything- the next day the students were much more interested and using their gadgets as a digital record of their tour. The creator of this video had a lot of ideas about how to get kids involved- using the internet for all kinds of things, have them watch podcasts or read blogs, make slideshows, etc. He thinks that students should have blogs over the course of their education to make note of their progress and because he says that paper is unnecessary. The only paper that he uses is usually scanned onto the computer so that all of his students can see it. "Portable learning" can be with kids everywhere- not just in the classroom.