07.01.08

ConNECCting

Posted in Learning at 11:45 am by Chris Champion

Two days into NECC and I’m finding that many of the “sessions” presented fall short of my expectations.  Perhaps EduBloggerCon ruined NECC for me?  It seemed like EBC was about examining, discussing, and debating the problems and issues that surround educational technology.  It was an exchange of ideas – and in the spirit of NECC Keynoter James Surowiecki’s concept of The Wisdom of Crowds, the input that a diverse group of teachers, teacher educators, technologists, and otherwise-employed bloggers could give meant that there was more than experts with obvious answers to problems.

So as I listen to experts speak this week, I’m starting to crave the dialog and perhaps even conflict that would come about by a discussion rather than a presentation.

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