The document discusses reimagining education through online and blended learning models. Some key points include: 1) Schools should incorporate more online courses and resources to allow students to learn independently and at their own pace. 2) Learning communities can be built through online collaboration tools like blogs, podcasts, and social media where students create and share resources. 3) By embracing online and collective learning models, education can move beyond traditional assessments and focus more on student ownership of their learning.

1. Alan November - Creating a New Environment of Teaching and Learning Mass Production line model of education Online Courses should be a requirement To Do List: Online Learning Center - not reference section plus educator who can teach kids to learn independently Food/drink helps people be social...people need this. Stanford - The American High School Online Students should be making resources for other students Schools need to be available to students - not the other way around Every kid has their own blog - RSS then delivers that infon to the teacher and the course *Evidence that learning continues beyond the "time" of your class Every class should have Learning Teams - podcasting, Tech Help, etc. epgy.stanford.edu Kids need more art and music David Pink

2. It's a Different Community Best learning model = face to face with online combo Students more likely to appreciate criticism from anonymous online contributor than face to face from teacher Building community? It's not one or the other! People NEED social interaction (lonely people die earlier!) High Tech High - San Diego blends this well OCOHOE - outside of Orlando

3. Accountablility How will/should assessment inform: Teacher Instruction Curriculum Student ability Now we consider/blame student ability/knowledge This is the power of the online course/system IT CAN do all of this. Are our core values are getting in the way? (Right or Wrong)

4. Parent RSS portals Their child's work comes to them from ALL classes Students doing online work moving more quickly through "curriculum" Who does the work? Why not everyone? What's wrong with collective intelligence in schools? Is it because we worry about the individual student missing something? And if that's the case, are they missing anything if we teach them how to access it through using the collective intelligence of others? Students need to OWN their learning

5. Why do we fear this? Is it because it's different ? Is it loss of control? Is it giving up our Core Values? Is it that WE DON'T GET IT? Is it that we might become obsolete in our current form?

6. What can teachers do? Play video games with kids Subscribe to a podcast (grammar girl) Comment on a blog "Shred" the internet layer by layer Have research teams - Flickr, YouTube, etc Do more things with parents - provide your blog feed to parents

7. So what are my core values?

8. LET GO