Student Engagement Conference
Our school district has an annual summer conference. It is called the Student Engagement Conference and it is taking place today and tomorrow. There is a ton of exciting sessions. We heard Marc Pensky speak this morning. He is a talented speaker with many great ideas. This quote from him sums it all up. I am paraphrasing from his keynote this morning.
We used to teach kids how to tell time by looking at the sun. Now we have a machine (clock) that makes it much, much easier. Now when teaching kids to tell time, we teach them how to read a watch.
I thought this was a wonderful point. Many educators are hesitant to embrace new technologies for the fear of abandoning the traditional way. I do not think we can afford to block new technologies as this is what our kids will be expected to know in the future. We did it with watches, so we can do it now! I am off to a session on teacher conferencing.
