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Tinkering and Technology
Before this all slips my mind, I wanted to post some thoughts about the conversation I led at Educon 2.2 last weekend called Tinkering Towards Technology Fluency. I had a few slides prepared, and a general list of things I … Continue reading
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Tagged bricolage, educon, Educon22, fluency, games, gender, James Paul Gee, mastery, Papert, technology, technology literacy, tinkering, Turkle
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Tinkering Towards Educon
I’ll be heading to Philadelphia later this month for the Educon conference. This is a terrific small conference held at the Science Leadership Academy about education and change. Educon is famous for having “conversations” not “presentations.” This means that the … Continue reading
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Tagged bricolage, conference, constructivism, educon, Educon22, session, SLA, technology, tinkering
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Educon 2.2 - Call for Sessions
Educon 2.2 will be held in Philadelphia, PA January 29-30, 2010. You should come! I’ve written about this conference before - Educon 2.1,“I’m the luckiest teacher in Philadelphia” (reflections on Educon 2.0), Educon 2.0 – What is Student Voice. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged educon, Educon22, leadership, Science Leadership Academy, SLA, technology
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