After some general introductions and thanks to the institutions sponsoring this year's conference, we started off with our keynote, which was given by Brenda Laurel of Sun Microsystems. Brenda is a “designer, researcher and writer” according to the program notes. She's got a background in Theatre, which is good, and has published on human-computer interactions.<\/p>\n
Brenda can break things by looking at them.<\/p>\n
Brenda argued that computing is like writing – it's ubiquitous and should no longer be considered separate from educational activities. Brenda's had experience with girls and technology, and while there's something “sexy” about computer nerds, and we love them, we need people who use computers like they use language, like they use movement. When we look at today's kids, they are already competent.<\/p>\n
It's not technology that drives them. It's community. Brenda recommends Millennials Rising<\/i>. Students today are social innovators, content creators, and change agents in a socially responsible way.<\/p>\n The best way to get things done is to have a vision of the future that's ambiguous enough to allow the details to change but articulated enough to share with everyone. Get the vision, then imagine the technologies that support that vision.<\/p>\n Brenda presented a process model that can be used across disciplines to talk about change.<\/p>\n \nProcess Model<\/b><\/p>\n How do we engage the world? <\/p>\n \nIn the end,it's not about comptuers. Learning what you need to know to follow your dream to change the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Technorati Tags: nmc2006<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After some general introductions and thanks to the institutions sponsoring this year's conference, we started off with our keynote, which was given by Brenda Laurel of Sun Microsystems. Brenda is a “designer, researcher and writer” according to the program notes. … Continue reading Envisioning the Future With<\/font> Media Technologies<\/h3>\n
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