Today I am at the #MOREnet2015 Conference. This is a local conference sponsored by MOREnet.
It has started as a pretty typical conference. A nice building, Union Station in St. Louis, random breakfast food, lots of fruit, and an opening keynote, laughs, slides, and stories. This time the keynote was by Tony Vincent. He cracked some warm up jokes and dove into his profound presentation. It was about Powerful Projects. You really should check it out. I was deeply inspired by the use of authentic projects that help students have a real audience, gain ownership, and make something meaningful. This is what we should have all students working on in school. This is what school is about.
A buddy of mine stated it well, "It's not about the tools..., it's all how you use them" - Greg Lawrence We are all learners and learning is not perfect. We should continually seek for those tools that are helpful but use them in helpful ways.
It has started as a pretty typical conference. A nice building, Union Station in St. Louis, random breakfast food, lots of fruit, and an opening keynote, laughs, slides, and stories. This time the keynote was by Tony Vincent. He cracked some warm up jokes and dove into his profound presentation. It was about Powerful Projects. You really should check it out. I was deeply inspired by the use of authentic projects that help students have a real audience, gain ownership, and make something meaningful. This is what we should have all students working on in school. This is what school is about.
A buddy of mine stated it well, "It's not about the tools..., it's all how you use them" - Greg Lawrence We are all learners and learning is not perfect. We should continually seek for those tools that are helpful but use them in helpful ways.
