“School 2.0 – Becoming the Lead Learner”

Significant changes are taking place in our society and cultures, largely driven by the participative and collaborative technologies of the Web. New technologies are re-framing expectations for teaching and learning, and we will examine the core opportunities and challenges that these changes pose for traditional education, as well as the importance of helping students “learn how to learn” and become self-directed. Web 2.0 and social media are also providing new opportunities for teachers to not only help shape new learning practices, but to become re-energized learners themselves–and to model that learning in significant ways to students.  We finish with a challenging action plan for educators as “lead-learners!”