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Steve Dotto

April 23rd, 2009

can’t compartmentalize your life.  Teachers can’t be on facebook because bad things can happen..”well tough tarts”  that’s part of your life now.

Web 2.0

  • disruptive technology.  about doing things differently.
  • move from content consumer, to content publisher, all about engagement and collaboration
  • Is it disruptive?tools that are created don’t know how they will be used.
  • if we don’t master the technology, the technology will amster us.  You need to gain total ownership.

poor babyboomers:-)  Not used to change thrust into a word of change.

Lose your culture because of changes in staffing.

Flexibilty in the work schedule increases staff satisfaction.

Boomers constipated with knoweldge;-) great quote!

If we are going to go and ask for the information, then we have the responsibilty to contribute and evaluate. this will be usefule for the 21st century skills curriculum for the 8/9 school.

We are the moral guides of our society, and we need to participate and engage not leave it to your children to deal with it on their own. (use this for our parent training development)

Service, and responsibilty will keep and attract clients.

Cyber Risks:  (Cyber Safe DVD:  Find it)

  • all teh risks we’ve had in the real world.  WE just need to decide how to deal with it online.
  • soical networking adds a new danger to our youth “bad judgment”  Tevor Franklin has branded himself with this.  What options has he taken away? WHose job is it to tell Trevor not to do this.  It is our job, why we have to engage fully into the digital world.  How will it impact the rest of his life (metadata…tagged) Business building the research tools to find all teh dirt on everyone.
  • Things that mcrosoft found on Facebook (because they didn’t close their profiles to the public.  How would they be a candiditate be us.
  • No longer what goes on the road stays on the road.

Digital tatoo!

Gain that social contract that we own our image.  You cannot just take pictures of me.

No pictures!  Gain ownership of your digital tatoo!

Resource kit!  online at learnnowbc.ca Get it for PAC!

Gives parents a voice at the table.

Overcoming SAcred Cows!

No closed networks in schools.  Teaching them rules of engagement  Part and parce of being an adult.  We need to take break donw the walls.

WE have to be willing to sacrifice, to break down teh sacred cows in education. All of this will cahllenge us.

own the technology!

Be safe, but be there!(ask your kids to help you)

Use the tools

Recruit!  It’s our responsibilty to be there:-)  Learnnowbc facebook page.

Great, informative entertaining closing keynote!

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