Comments on: NECC 2008 – Other notes from the ISTE Digital Equity Summit http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlie A. Roy http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html/comment-page-1#comment-12541 Charlie A. Roy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html#comment-12541 @Scott Thanks for sharing your notes from all these sessions. I couldn't make it this year and I find your notes to be very helpful. All the best. Charlie Roy @Scott
Thanks for sharing your notes from all these sessions. I couldn’t make it this year and I find your notes to be very helpful. All the best.

Charlie Roy

]]> By: Matthew WIlson http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html/comment-page-1#comment-12542 Matthew WIlson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html#comment-12542 "David Thornburg, Thornburg Center * Digital equity and space exploration * We need to go beyond teaching about STEM and help students see themselves in those jobs * There is a lot of beauty and joy in STEM" I'm surprised the work of FIRST Robotics (www.usfirst.org), and to a lesser extent the VEX system, has not come up in discussion. Both use robotics in a competitive environment to help kids learn about STEM and to see themselves in the fields on engineering, science and math. You should see what these kids and mentors do. They do exactly what Mr. Thornburg is asking for. “David Thornburg, Thornburg Center
* Digital equity and space exploration
* We need to go beyond teaching about STEM and help students see themselves in those jobs
* There is a lot of beauty and joy in STEM”

I’m surprised the work of FIRST Robotics (www.usfirst.org), and to a lesser extent the VEX system, has not come up in discussion. Both use robotics in a competitive environment to help kids learn about STEM and to see themselves in the fields on engineering, science and math. You should see what these kids and mentors do. They do exactly what Mr. Thornburg is asking for.

]]> By: Scott McLeod http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html/comment-page-1#comment-12543 Scott McLeod Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html#comment-12543 @Matthew: Cool! Thanks for sharing. I'll check 'em out! (FYI, Thornburg only had 5 minutes) @Charlie: I was wondering if anyone was reading these. Glad they're useful! @Matthew: Cool! Thanks for sharing. I’ll check ‘em out! (FYI, Thornburg only had 5 minutes)

@Charlie: I was wondering if anyone was reading these. Glad they’re useful!

]]> By: Joyce Pittman http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html/comment-page-1#comment-12544 Joyce Pittman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html#comment-12544 Scott your notes are extremely helpful and accurate. I hope that people will remember that as we move from digital equity to digital opportunity we also progress the debate of "content vs. context". Scott your notes are extremely helpful and accurate. I hope that people will remember that as we move from digital equity to digital opportunity we also progress the debate of “content vs. context”.

]]> By: Joyce Pittman http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html/comment-page-1#comment-12545 Joyce Pittman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/07/necc-2008-oth.html#comment-12545 Scott your notes are extremely helpful and accurate. I hope that people will remember that as we move from digital equity to digital opportunity we also progress the debate of "content vs. context". Scott your notes are extremely helpful and accurate. I hope that people will remember that as we move from digital equity to digital opportunity we also progress the debate of “content vs. context”.

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