Vintage+Videos

This set of videos is meant to illustrate how "imagineering" from over 25 years ago is still well beyond the educational experiences for our students in most of our schools yet today. "Thinking differently" has to become our standard operating mode and not be branded as an "outlier" (Malcolm Gladwell). As Cory Doctorow (the Canadian science fiction author) said, "abnormal is so common, it's practically normal". During this conference, and particularly following this conference as you begin the real work in your home district, follow the words of Kurt Vonnegut - //"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center”//.
 * The video collection:**

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 * Videos:**
 * From 1984 - have we freed our students from the numbing experience of 100% teacher-directed learning?
 * From 1987 - has the prediction of a personal "knowledge navigator" for teachers and students allowed us to capture the power of networked resources yet?
 * Without "thinking differently", more investment in educational technology will not necessarily improve student achievement and engagement.


 * More recent topical videos:**
 * Mobile Learning Institute - A 21st Century Education
 * Sir Ken Robinson - Do Schools Kill Creativity? TED Conference, 2006
 * Collaborative (social) media - do you have any idea of how many people are working, playing, and communicating online together?