Thursday, July 9, 2015

ISTE 2015 Alan November

This afternoon Ziz wanted to meet with me to see what I learned attending ISTE 2015.  At the last minute, he surprised me by asking if I would allow him to interview me on Periscope about it instead.  I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I said yes.  One of the  questions he asked is what was the best takeaway of the conference.  I immediately said Alan November.  Get to know him.  In my enthusiasm I said I would blog about his presentation, so I am keeping my word.

During Alan's presentation he asked:  Is technology making a difference?  Then he stated, If no, then your investment in technology is a million dollar pencil.

You may want to follow him on Twitter @globalearner@NLearning  or go to his website, November Learning Better yet go to his YouTube videos or TED presentation.

Involve to Solve:  to change learners - let students design their own problems
Involve not Solve:  beyond the lesson plan, let the students formulate their own questions.

I just found this great tool that goes along with Alan's tips:  Goggle Guide

Teach students to find the right questions in order to access the highest quality of information by maximizing the use of Wikipedia & Google to design good queries.  Searching a topic in the countries students are studying will give them authentic up to date information.  For example, if students are studying the Mali culture why not search the Irish Google site to get the best information.  Just put the topic, then the word site, colon and then the country code - culture site: ie

Here is a link to country codes:  Country Codes

Students would learn to get a perspective from a place they do not live.

Give students a piece of provocative information. Then ask how do you query that piece of information?

To be continued...