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PETE & C Monday, February 22, 2010 Keynote Speaker – Sir Ken Robinson; author of //__The Element__// The education ‘system’ is out of alignment with our students and how they learn. We can’t argue about raising standards, but which ones and how? Get down to the basics. Education, the things you can’t get rid of the students and teachers. Don’t put anything in that causes distractions. Question the obvious. Think differently. With a 50% drop out rate, you have a generation of people who are unengaged and don’t know what they are to do. Raising standards is not the same as standardizing. We are standardizing our education system. Think about the difference between Zaget restaurants (criteria to meet for an outstanding restaurant) and ‘standardized’ fast food. Which would you rather eat at? Every student is different and they have different needs and should be treated differently. Allow students to be in “their element”. Being good at something is not enough. You need to love what you are doing, passion. We need to create the opportunities for students discover and unearth their element. We are organic, not linear. With the right conditions everyone can flourish.

Session AL07: Element Educators – a Web 2.0 book study Ning.peteandc.org -- search element Elementeducators.wikispces.com enGuage 21st century skills / Route 21 The book discussion met monthly, introduced on technical element each month and went very slowly. Started with wikis. Moved to blogs, social bookmarking, google docs, Ning, and Skype. Meeting was only one hour each month with ‘play’ time built in. By introducing so many technologies, it allowed people to hook on to what interested them and got them familiar with more.

Session BL04: Grant writing A Lot of work…note are on the wiki

Session CL04: On Track for Reading Success A program that focuses on early learners. Cheap, but not that great.

Session DL30: Technology enhanced literacy and learning Tellforpeteandc.pbworks.com (wiki)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Keynote: Chris Lehmann Read //__The School and Society__//, by John Dewey Create citizens NOT a workforce. Accountability is external / responsibility is internal. Responsibility trumps accountability. You must teach children to think!