Kudos to educationau for offering to host the May 2nd event titled "Learning In The 21st Century" as a positive spin off from the issues coming to a head with Al Upton's class blog closure. Now the event is not about Al's situation but is more a roundtable discussion as a starting point for moving forward. Acknowledgement must go to Alex Hayes who came up with the initial concept of an event and drove the TALO involvement but will be nursing his swollen knee as the discussion unfolds. Janet Hawtin has also been amazing, connecting all the dots and encouraging key people to have their say. Over a GMail chat the other night I negotiated an afternoon only visit to the event and a recorded contibution for the morning due to my classroom teaching commitments. As I type the just over 10 minutes of audio is uploading to my podomatic account and hopefully I'll link to it just before I head to bed.
Audio presentation for May 2 - click to download.
Sites mentioned or relevant to my presentation.
Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century
John Connell
Graham, great initiative and, as you say, kudos to Education.au for taking it on. I don’t think i will be able to pop in (for reasons other than time difference) but I wish you all well and look forward to hearing how it goes.
John
Alexander Hayes
Thanks Graham.
Your input was very valuable and appreciated.