Student+Engagement

Student Engagement and Technology
(Fall AEA/SSG conference - Whistler Oct. 22-24, 2009)

Welcome to the wiki page for the conference presentation on Student Engagement and Technology. Hopefully you will get some time to watch the videos again or work with one of the tools of the read/write web that Will Richardson discussed in his book.


 * Goals**:
 * to facilitate a thought-provoking and inspiring session for administrators
 * to stimulate discussion about how we can optimize technology in our schools to engage students
 * to challenge assumptions about teaching and learning

To set the stage for the session, each Family of Schools team received the book, **Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom** by Will Richardson. Chapter 9 - **What It All Means** is available here. Some of the questions we were asking are:
 * How do we prepare our students for this fast paces future?
 * What will the future look like?

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 * Slide Show** (from conference**)


 * Ongoing dialogue** - please go to the **Discussions Tab ** and continue the conversations we started at Whistler...
 * What steps are necessary to engage students and teachers with technology?
 * Where do we start? What can we do next week in schools?
 * Who are the other players we need to assist? How can we involve them?