Student-Centered+Environments

This was mainly about "blending" learning environments using blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other online tools.

Fact: 80% of colleges in the USA offer online courses (sorry, didn't hear source from presenter Jeff Utecht) There is a growth in enrollment because of online courses, and colleges love them because they are less expensive (no housing, electricity, etc.

Question to think about: Is technology in your district allowing teachers to 1. substitute learning? 2. augment learning? 3. modify learning? 4. redefine learning?

Technology is a "tool set", but has to shift to a "mind set" to be more effective.