Ep 42 The Lighting of the Fire- Part1

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Episode 42: The Lighting of the Fire- Part 1

“Education is not the filling of the pail, but, the lighting of the fire.”

William Butler Yeats

 Reality check: This 2 part episode gives more of the Teachers’ Podcast  vision of today’s education.

Being so much more than merely filling the bucket of student minds with quantities of set facts.  Mark and Kathy explore Science Education, Informal Learning Centers, Virtual Culture Quests, and more.They start out by acknowledging the recent NECC Conference, the annual event that redefines the field of EdTech year in and year out.

Links to resources and items mentioned  in this episode:

• NECC links + NECC Programs
•  Article from eSchool News- “Study: Students Want More Online Learning!” http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=59508

NECC Links

• Program (Keynotes)

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/keynotes.php

• istevision network (videos, etc.)

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/glance/ISTEvision_network.php

• iste Connects (blogs, etc.)

http://www.isteconnects.org/

• NECC Ning

http://necc2008.ning.com/

Converge Magazine- Spring 2009 http://digitalmag.govtech.com/CVG/CVG_Mag_May09.pdf

• Article: Mission Interactive (starts on page 24) Informal Learning Centers

Resource

• My Culture Quest
  

  http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=931&journeyid=238

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