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2008 Annual Conference Teaching and Learning Symposium
TEACHING AND LEARNING SYMPOSIUM Igniting the Renaissance at Your School: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Landscape The face-to-face conference is over, but the opportunity to discuss the topics is not! Please visit http://NAISnet.ning.com and join in the discussions, post your reflections, and engage in using these web 2.0 tools. The ning site is an educational networking platform which includes blogs, discussion boards, videos, podcasts, groups, personal comment walls, and friend connections. Please use it to make the learning from this conference more durable, and to help define concrete steps towards igniting the renaissnace in your school.
IAN JUKES has been a teacher, administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor, and keynote speaker. As the director of the InfoSavvy Group, he works extensively with school districts, businesses, community organizations, and other institutions to help shape preferred futures. Jukes is the creator and co-developer of TechWorks, the internationally acclaimed K-8 technology framework; together with Anita Dosaj was the catalyst behind the NetSavvy and InfoSavvy information literacy series; and is a contributing editor for both the Audio Education Journal and Technology and Learning magazine. His two most recently published books are NetSavvy: Building Information Literacy for the Classroom and Windows on the Future. First and foremost, Jukes is an educator. His focus has consistently been on the compelling need to restructure our institutions so they become relevant to the current and future needs of children. As a registered educational evangelist, his self-avowed mission in life is to ensure that children are properly prepared for their future rather than society’s past. Fasten your seat belts and strap on your cerebral flak jacket.
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