Dgiital Kids are Changing the World- Going Global Conference 2008 Keynote: Michael Furdyk

(12/06/2008)

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heasulli:

Day 2 of Center for Innovative Education conference at Kean U. is about to start!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:00 heasulli

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[Comment From MichaelMichael: ]

TakingITGlobal YouTube channel (for the video I'm about to show and others): http://www.youtube.com/user/takeitglobal

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:00 Michael

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Michael:

More about TakingITGlobal: http://www.takingitglobal.org/about/

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:01 Michael

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Michael:

Preview of the new TakingITGlobal web site: http://www.tigweb.org/

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:01 Michael

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heasulli:

Mike's opening ideas: "Caring is Cool!"

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:04 heasulli

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heasulli:

Question: "What would you do if ANYTHING was possible???"

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:04 heasulli

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Michael:

The four students interviewed on this film were part of a project getting student ideas on the future of education we did with ISTE: http://www.takingitglobal.org/studentvoices/

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:04 Michael

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heasulli:

This video is VERY empowering-

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:08 heasulli

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heasulli:

The BEST way to predict the future is to CREATE it!- Alan Kay

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:09 heasulli

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Ann Oro:

He thinks learning BASIC programming when he was very young helped him with the trial, error, and failure.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:11 Ann Oro

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heasulli:

Seymour Papert: The Children's Machine- Rapid learning at a young age- Trial & Error help kids LEARN

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:14 heasulli

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Ann Oro:

This is a great talk for students. I'm looking forward to the podcast coming out. It's a great story of what is possible for a student to accomplish.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:20 Ann Oro

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heasulli:

Good Point Ann!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:21 heasulli

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9:24

heasulli:

Amazing concept- Toronto school system has a formal co-op program where students can get up to a FULL year of high school credit for demonstrating real-world learning! They have an advisory panel that decides the appropriate amount of credit

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:24 heasulli

9:32	How old were you when you got your FIRST computer? 0-5 ( 0% ) 6-10 ( 0% ) 11-15 ( 0% ) 16-20 ( 25% ) 21-25 ( 50% ) 26 or older ( 25% ) Saturday December 6, 2008 9:32

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[Comment From Rich WilsonRich Wilson: ]

When I was in college, using a computer meant typing out cards that were fed to a "mainframe" at Rutgers...the only computer in the state college system

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:34 Rich Wilson

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heasulli:

Rich- how many rooms did the computer take up?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:35 heasulli

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Rich Wilson:

I don't know...I was at TCNJ

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:35 Rich Wilson

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[Comment From SMeechSMeech: ]

Was your experience learning programming in that fashion valuable to you today?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:36 SMeech

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Rich Wilson:

No, I was terrible at it...it was the lowest grade i got in college

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:36 Rich Wilson

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Rich Wilson:

had I known it could lead to something like this, I would have paid closer attention!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:37 Rich Wilson

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heasulli:

But do you think it helded you at least understand better how computers "work"?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:37 heasulli

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heasulli:

sorry- "helped"?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:37 heasulli

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Ann Oro:

@SMeech I learned programming that way too. It was a good experience in patience, trial, and error.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:37 Ann Oro

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Rich Wilson:

I was much more interested in social justice issues and didn't see the connect

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:37 Rich Wilson

9:38

heasulli:

hind sight is 20-20, right?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:38 heasulli

9:38

Rich Wilson:

guess so

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:38 Rich Wilson

9:39

SMeech:

@Ann Oro -- Too often we don't appreciate learning for the sake of building analytical skills ... programming is one of them. We would rather waste kids time by going into the vast details of Andrew Jackson's past!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:39 SMeech

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Rich Wilson:

I have a list of kids to e-mail links to about this presentation

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:39 Rich Wilson

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Ann Oro:

The TakingITGlobal takes positive stories from around the globe and posts them.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:39 Ann Oro

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SMeech:

@Rich Wilson ... ah... but so many would rather have a text message because it is faster... but alas... can't do that!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:39 SMeech

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Rich Wilson:

hey, andrew jackson was an interesting guy...bigamy, duels, murders....

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:39 Rich Wilson

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SMeech:

@ann oro ... Isn't TIG it fantastic...

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:40 SMeech

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SMeech:

@Rich Wilson ... very interesting!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:40 SMeech

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Ann Oro:

@SMeech I had heard about it before, but this presentation is fantastic. Come back to the Kean site, the is an audio podcast being recorded. It is a very inspiring, energetic talk.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:41 Ann Oro

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Ann Oro:

Commit to a better world section of the site: walk vs. drive, supporting independent artists. There's a Facebook "Commit to a Better World" tool.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:42 Ann Oro

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SMeech:

@ann oro ... I am just strugling with getting teachers using it because it doesn't fit into their "Timeline" Focused curriculum...

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:42 SMeech

9:42

Rich Wilson:

this just gets more amazing by the second

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:42 Rich Wilson

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Rich Wilson:

@SMeech...or figuring out how it will be reflected on HSPA

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:43 Rich Wilson

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Ann Oro:

There is a series of youth guides to action with a process that is downloadable, open source, that helps to get teens ideas together before they get to work. Help strengthen through other teens best practices and lessons learned.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:43 Ann Oro

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Rich Wilson:

I work with NJEA...professional development...trrying to figure ways to share this info with our members

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:45 Rich Wilson

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Ann Oro:

@SMeech I wonder if there is a way to build an assembly around this. @Michael Furdyk - Is there a connection for school assembly types support?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:45 Ann Oro

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Ann Oro:

Another way to connect on the TakingITGlobal site is via special areas such as Human Rights or Climate Change with student created work, lesson, one stop shop for issues.

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:47 Ann Oro

9:48

heasulli:

artwork below is by Dominique Cardenas from TakinItGlobal Online Student Artwork Gallery

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:48 heasulli

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heasulli:

UN declaration: "We realize that young people are the earliest adopters of ICT (information & communication technology) & are the future of the workforce, therefore,they must be empowered as leaders & learners"

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:51 heasulli

9:52

Rich Wilson:

so, where does his sense of social justice rather than just entrepreneurship come from?

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:52 Rich Wilson

9:52

heasulli:

PARENTS!!! just a stab in the dark.....

You should ask him!

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:52 heasulli

9:54

heasulli:

Heard a good quote the other day from a business man/entrepeneur that he said he learned from his father- "We do not Live to Work, we work to GIVE". A nice spin on that common saying-

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:54 heasulli

9:54

Rich Wilson:

the NJ attorney general's office is working on a drop out prevention program, but i don't think they are thinking in these terms at all

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:54 Rich Wilson

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Ann Oro:

TakingItGlobal is taking part in game creation: Ayiti: http://tinyurl.com/3c7wrd

Saturday December 6, 2008 9:55 Ann Oro

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Ann Oro:

What was the title of the book and author "The Intelligence Challenge" slides?

Saturday December 6, 2008 10:01 Ann Oro

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Ann Oro:

Boys Adrift book also mentioned: http://www.boysadrift.com/

Saturday December 6, 2008 10:02 Ann Oro

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heasulli:

Mike ended with: "If young people were actively engages in all aspects of society, & thought of themselves as community leaders, problem solvers, role-models, mentors & "key" stakeholders...how would the world change?"

Saturday December 6, 2008 10:05 heasulli

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heasulli:

michael@takingitglobal.org

Saturday December 6, 2008 10:06 heasulli

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