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1. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
2. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010
OMG!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
3. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010
OMG!
THE BARBARIANS ARE
AT THE GATE!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
4. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010
OMG!
THE BARBARIANS ARE
AT THE GATE!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
5. THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2010
OMG!
THE BARBARIANS ARE
AT THE GATE!
. . . . OH, WAIT, IT MIGHT
BE THE MESSIAH
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Harvard Inn, Cambridge, MA
By John Wilpers (johnwilpers@gmail.com)
7. We are going to talk about
the continuing revolution
in literacy and media . . .
and what new/digital media
means for society and
especially for you
(teachers, students,
schools)
9. Before we tackle how one
Egyptian diety created
written language . . .
10. Before we tackle how one
Egyptian diety created
written language . . .
. . . and how that led to literacy
and ultimately to Instant
Messaging and Twitter and what
looks like the end of the
literate world as we know it . . .
11. Before we tackle how one
Egyptian diety created
written language . . .
. . . and how that led to literacy
and ultimately to Instant
Messaging and Twitter and what
looks like the end of the
literate world as we know it . . .
. . . let me establish my bona fides
16. Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Editor of an international
newspaper group;
17. Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Editor of an international
newspaper group;
Editorial writer at the
Boston Globe;
18. Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Editor of an international
newspaper group;
Editorial writer at the
Boston Globe;
Creator of AOL’s Digital City
in Boston, other cities
19. Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Editor of an international
newspaper group;
Editorial writer at the
Boston Globe;
Creator of AOL’s Digital City
in Boston, other cities
Launched my own new
media consulting company
20. Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Editor of an international
newspaper group;
Editorial writer at the
Boston Globe;
Creator of AOL’s Digital City
in Boston, other cities
Launched my own new
media consulting company
Launched more free dailies
than any U.S. editor;
21. Three decades in media:
18 jobs in 38 years including:
Editor of an international
newspaper group;
Editorial writer at the
Boston Globe;
Creator of AOL’s Digital City
in Boston, other cities
Launched my own new
media consulting company
Launched more free dailies
than any U.S. editor;
Plus, I hold a teaching degree!
23. More importantly, I also have almost two
decades of experience in “professional” theater
24. More importantly, I also have almost two
decades of experience in “professional” theater
25. More importantly, I also have almost two
decades of experience in “professional” theater
I’ve played “Mother Ginger” (the big gal) in The Nutcracker in Boston for 15 years.
37. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
38. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
39. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
40. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
41. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
42. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
43. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
44. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
45. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
46. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
47. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
48. Ever since Thoth’s little invention . . .
. . . literacy (the creation, consumption, distribution, and mastery
of critical information) has been in constant flux
55. Every new development along the
way was met with critics who
decried the latest “advance” as the
end of the world as they knew it
56. Every new development along the
way was met with critics who
decried the latest “advance” as the
end of the world as they knew it
What if critics got their
wishes and the literacy
revolutions never
happened?
67. We’d still be using tablets . . .
. . . just not iPad tablets
68. We’d still be using tablets . . .
. . . just not iPad tablets
70. Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
“Reading List” on a tablet
71. Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
“Reading List” on a tablet
A real one
72. Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
“Reading List” on a tablet
A real one
Here it is
73. Just for fun, I tried recreating
Carolyn’s Leadership Summit
“Reading List” on a tablet
A real one
Here it is
And here it is as a new media document
75. Recommended Reading/Viewing for Leadership Summit 2010
We came across much of this in the process of preparing The Summit, particularly the new-media session. Some is fun.
Some is serious. All is thought provoking. Try to review most of this before July 6. Enjoy and please feel free to add to
our list! Why not start a discussion “Forum” of favorite books, YouTubes, blogs Twitters, etc. on our Ning site?
General
• TED TALKS: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s
• Dan Pink: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395
• A white paper/manifesto community – readers approve proposals (on a mission to spread important ideas and
change minds)
http://changethis.com/page/show/frequently_asked_questions
New Media Trends & Implications
• YouTube: Search for Flutter: The New Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s
• Feeling the Heat: The Brain Holds Clues
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395
• Our ‘Deep Reading’ Brain: Its Digital Evolution Poses Questions
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102396
• Fortune Magazine ((Feb 11, 2010): The Future of Reading, by Josh Quittner
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/09/technology/tablet_ebooks_media.fortune/
• Epicenter Study: Rumors of Written-Word Death Greatly Exaggerated
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/reading-expands-study/
• Roll-Up Computers and Their Kin
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/weekinreview/27bilton.html?_r=2
New Media & Education
• National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) & Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/future/2020learning
(Also see IDA Perspectives, Vol 36, No.1, “2020 Learning Landscape: A Retrospective on Dyslexia”)
• 140 Characters Conference (April 20-21, 2010) Social Media & Education: (Jeffpulver.com; nyc140conf.com)
You may not have time for all these, but they’re worth dropping into and sampling to get an idea of h some
ow
educators are using and thinking about Twitter. How much value? You be the judge.
1. Social Media & Education: Principal at a school in Philly that focuses on new media
http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1aecd658a6cd39eb2362
2. Real-Time Communication & Education: Panel
http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f1ce381cf1f9184a807a
3. Real-Time web & Education #2
http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=076c0ed5e054e2c3ed94
Kyle B. Pace: Teaching K-12 teachers about technology infusion (@kylepace)
Steven W. Anderson: Technology educator, blogger, co-creator of #edchat (@web20classroom)
Eric Sheniger: Principal of New Milford HS (NJ) (@NMHS_Principal)
Tom Whitby: Professor of English in Secondary Education (@tomwhitby)
4. The Twitter Kids of Tanzania
http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=098c3bdd707c30a687d7
th
5.twitter and Animal Farm (and some 8 graders)
http://www.ippio.com/view_video.php?viewkey=88d976ebce9d8fb3db81
George Haines, Technology Teacher, St. Philips and James School (@online73)
• World!s free virtual school – video university
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Books
• Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (Forrester)
http://www.forrester.com/Groundswell/index.html
• Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (Hubspot)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470499311?ie=UTF8&tag=getfound-book-
20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470499311
Cowen: Updated 7/2
100. How about the internal combustion engine?
Transforming tool or instrument of death?
101. How about the internal combustion engine?
Transforming tool or instrument of death?
We don’t reject the car; we try to use it wisely
103. To give the new media critics
their due, digital media is
awash in bad stuff, offensive
stuff, dangerous stuff
104. To give the new media critics
their due, digital media is
awash in bad stuff, offensive
stuff, dangerous stuff
Short stuff, mindless
nuggets, a reading
wasteland
Editor's Notes
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Currently, I work with newspapers, magazines, online news organizations to incorporate hihg-quality bloggers in their print and online products to increase their reach, relevance and revenue.
Currently, I work with newspapers, magazines, online news organizations to incorporate hihg-quality bloggers in their print and online products to increase their reach, relevance and revenue.
Currently, I work with newspapers, magazines, online news organizations to incorporate hihg-quality bloggers in their print and online products to increase their reach, relevance and revenue.
Currently, I work with newspapers, magazines, online news organizations to incorporate hihg-quality bloggers in their print and online products to increase their reach, relevance and revenue.
Currently, I work with newspapers, magazines, online news organizations to incorporate hihg-quality bloggers in their print and online products to increase their reach, relevance and revenue.
The Egyptians: author of all works of science, religion, philosophy, and magic. The Greeks: the inventor of astronomy, astrology, the science of numbers, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, civilized government, the alphabet, reading, writing, and oratory.
The Egyptians: author of all works of science, religion, philosophy, and magic. The Greeks: the inventor of astronomy, astrology, the science of numbers, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, civilized government, the alphabet, reading, writing, and oratory.