Smartest+Person


 * Session 1 – When you’re not the smartest person in the room **

- Who are the smartest people you know? o Mentors o Colleagues o Classmates o Sister o Friends - Societal loss of community (has infiltrated our schools). - ‘We do what we do until we know better’ - Technology allows us to go BEYOND the walls of our classroom o Changes the answers to “Who is your teacher” – could be anyone now - (wallwisher.com) – Listed 3 people who were our teachers in the past month

- School is no longer constrained to how far the bus travels in the morning o No Walls - Learning is Social and Connected o Mentors from around the world mentored his students in his class o Teaching via Skype - Guest speakers from far away – skype, too - TED talks!!!! [|www.ted.com] - The common denominator with connected teachers is they are NETWORKED
 * Going Outside….**


 * Social networks may resolve the "loss of community" that many of us have experienced in the last few decades.
 * We have to move from the "mind your own business" learning to learning that is "immersive, mobile, and collaborative" and as teachers, be "connectors" first and "content experts" second.