Keynote+Wesch

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- **Opening Session – Keynote – Dr. Michael Wesch – Kansas State University** - We need to create _ in our classroom: (Knowledge-ability) o Communication o Thoughtfulness o Creativity o Empathy § They are ALL CONNECTED - By doing the above, you make the change from Meaning-Seekers to Meaning-MAKERS within your students - When media changes, relationships change
 * Cultural Anthropologist**

- The search for identity is happening in a world saturated with media - Students NEED ‘critical thinking’ – even if to just take on the onslaught of media - Web 2.0 isn’t just linking information, it’s linking PEOPLE

- User-generated content – Doritos tapped-in to this for the super bowl o Didn’t want to allow just ANYONE to create – Chevy Tahoe syndrome o Cost for the winning video was $12.79 for the User

- Type PWN in url in front of youtube.com to get a link to DL the mp4

How do we get away from a strict/forced classroom? 1- Engage REAL PROBLEMS (don’t start w/ the technology) – has to go beyond the classroom…that the teacher doesn’t know the answer to 2- Engage the real problem WITH students – teacher becomes a student again 3- Harness the RELEVANT tools Examples: 2- Reading assignments in Etherpad…”go read everything we need to know to solve this problem” – everyone reads a bit and updates in Etherpad b/c everyone reads a little and reads something different 3- Students blogs – can blog anywhere they want (as longs as it has an RSS) which is then put into a Yahoo Hype(pipes?) 4- Students do interview questions for a project on YouTube to get more responses 5- Each student creates a 5min video which will then all be compiled to be a real paper/real project that was previously collaboratively written/edited via a GoogleDoc
 * 1-** **The Syllabus for the course is on a wiki and editable by anyone**
 * a.** **Goals/what we want to achieve**
 * b.** **Can go back and edit in the schedule**
 * i.** **Updates are emailed to students – WebPaint.com__**

Goal in the classroom should be to teach GLOBAL EMPATHY.

In the classroom: part 1- engage with real problems part 2- with students part 3- harness the relevant tools (*)

Use technology in meaningful ways, not just to use technology.

Technology alone is not the answer.