EduBloggerCon07 Reflections
Did we witness the death of PowerPoint today? Several sessions, several presentations, nary a PowerPoint in sight.
I felt like a small fish in small pond. This wasn’t a bad thing.
This (un)conference needs follow-up something bad, otherwise much of what we talked about will go back to being our own personal battles to bring technology into our schools.
Are we talking about technology (Web 2.0, read/write web) or are we talking about radically changing the structure of school and hiding it under the blanket of educational technology? Anyone else willing to follow me on the “It’s a takeover not a makeover†path?
I met some great people, some I crossed paths with in the blogosphere, some in Classroom 2.0, and some I would have never met otherwise. (Hi Kevin Honneycut, Chris Lehmann, Steve Dembo and so many others).
Steve Hargadon is an amazing person. Calm, but focused. Relaxed, but driven. Every person in education, that I have truly admired, has these characteristics. I’m lucky to have crossed his path.
Is there any chance that what happens at NCCE can follow what happened at EduBloggerCon07? Break out the PowerPoints and let’s see what happens.
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Belinda S. responds:
Posted: July 7th, 2007 at 10:59 am →
I’m with you on the “It’s a takeover not a makeover†path. Having a corporate business background, I’ve watched my school very much from an outsider’s perspective for three years now, and even with all of the technology we do have at our disposal (and the funds to obtain more/better;) it’s like watching a hamster running endlessly in the same exercise wheel.