T+L 2009 November 2, 2009
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Conference Sessions.trackback
Last week I had the pleasure to attend the NSBA T+L 2009 Conference. I spent much of my time on the vendor floor trying to see if there was anything I should know about. I was surprised at the number of vendors who provide district/school/teacher web sites these days. Someone must be making money off of that market. One of the highlights from the vendor floor was the opportunity to meet Moby, the robot from Brainpop. He didn’t have much to say, but if you know Moby, that’s to be expected.
Moby
I attended a session from Steve Hargadon from Elluminate He reviewed some of the trends in technology and their impacts on education. Some of his conclusions include:
- Must use Linux to afford the OS for ubiquitous computing.
- Must start using collaborative tools including open source software.
- Must provide real world authentic audience environments for students.
Steve Hargadon
I also attended a session from David Thornburg who brought his depth of historical perspective to provide us with the insight that we need to be preparing for the transition from smart devices to smart networks. We’ll need a lot more bandwidth if we want to provide our students with the sort of access and tools they will need, not necessarily an expensive laptop and individual computing power. The computing power will come from the network.
David Thornburg
Where was the conference? I would love to be able to see Moby!
Thanks for sharing the information and links.
Jennifer Watson
The conference was in Denver, so I didn’t have far to go to get there!