Elluminate Live – When Night Falls
From the 2007 K12 Online Conference – the culminating event.
I enjoyed listening to a discussion on how – not just the classrooms are becoming flat, it’s the whole world. People are moving around the world and able to keep their jobs through telecommuting/flat work environments. It really brings to light the fact that 21st century technology is not something imposed on schools just because – it’s what will be expected of our graduating students.
What is being seen though is that there is becoming too big of a disconnect between what students are graduating knowing and what companies are expecting. Schools need to do a better job of keeping up!
I have to admit that I really enjoyed the Elluminate sessions that I participated in, whether it was live or not; there is a lot of positive, powerful energy. I can imagine there would be some sessions that aren’t so one sided, but for these it made it exciting and a lot of fun.
Having sat in on a few Elluminate sessions, both live and recorded – I feel like that is such a simple and easy way to bring groups of students together around the world – with a good moderator or two – it seems like it could provide for some really powerful discussions.
Just a parting note on the K12 Online conference – One great benefit of the conference is having all of the sessions available online to revisit – there is sooo much to take in and it’s nice to be able to take time and absorb it all and to then be able to go back and revisit the sessions. Okay I also have to mention the flat environment – the sharing and collaborating of people around the world is amazing.
