Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wesley Fryer

IgniteOKC – Ubuntu Netbooks for All Learners – Now!

I’ve submitted a proposal for the January 14th IgniteOKC event, titled “Ubuntu Netbooks for All Learners – Now!” Here’s the session description:

Every learner in our classrooms today needs immediate access to mobile, wireless technologies, along with opportunities to learn how to use these tools in powerful, constructive ways. Learning today should not be limited to a consumptive activity followed by periodic regurgitation. Instead, students as well as teachers should continually act as co-learners and co-creators of content for local audiences as well as the global stage. Clay Shirky correctly observes technologies don’t get socially interesting until they become technologically boring. The commoditization of digital learning devices is essential (but not sufficient) for digital learning equity and the learning revolution. In this presentation we’ll examine how netbook computers and the free, open source Ubuntu operating system can empower a new generation of digital learners in Oklahoma adept at the three C’s of 21st century literacy: Creating, Communicating, and Collaborating.

Please take a few minutes and cast your vote of support for my presentation suggestion! 🙂 Also, if you’ll be or can be in Oklahoma City the evening of January 14th, register now for a free ticket for the IgniteOKC event!

No this is not my boyfriend's computer

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