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Presentation wiki

The documents for the presentation were created in google docs the two presenters worked on the documents in two different states and didn’t meet until half an hour before the presentation. Wikinomics can be downloaded from  itunes. There is a website for wikinomics

Openess, hearing , sharing and acting gloablly are the four premises that wikinomics is based upon. Technology (always connected, interactive), the net generation (always connected to each other and others away from them)

Used to be amazed when things were on the net now annoyed if not there.

Net gen ethics ; playfulness, openness, freedom, speed, balance, authenticity, innovation are what the net-gen values most.

We assume that students a re digital natives but can be limited in their use as they are only used to using it for social reasons not for higher level critical thinking skills. That is what school need to teach.

The world is flat Thomas L Friedman

Students should be involved in an appropriate collaborative project at each grade level. Gives ‘Student Voice’ collaborating for authentic audiences

Rotten Tomatoes and Snoaks???

Textbooks don’t work any more, they are out of date by the time that they are printed, they are too generic. There are textbooks available in wiki format which keeps them up to date called flexbooks.

Blending learning will occur more and more.

Twitter is huge and being used extensively by educators to share PD info some other twitter apps are twittervision which allows you to see where tweets are coming from. One teacher tweets the first line of a book each day and then you need to work out which book it is.