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First session of the day at EduBloggerCon. Description is:

But is there anyone interested in taking an hour to discuss the creation of a short list of talking points regarding the uses of the Read/Write Web in education? What key points should we be making? What key points CAN we be making? To whom should we be making them? What questions do we need to have answers for? How can we best package all of that? I know this sounds like the beginnings of a marketing campaign, but it might be worth a try…or not. Maybe we can start a wiki to dump ideas in beforehand?

Heh, we just went around the room and said their names. Afterwards, Warlick pointed out, “This is my aggregator!”

So the question is, what is the two minute elevator pitch?

Vicki is pointing out that if you talk to a politician, you have the opportunity to make one point. That’s it. You try to make two points, you’re toast. She thinks that we should be advocates for Internet Safety. Kids want to be safe, teachers want them to be saf,e but how do we do it when we can’t take any actions within the school environment?

Chris Sessums points out (credit to Warlick) that when you talk technology, you lose half the room. But if you talk about literacy, people can relate to it.

chris Lehman hates the terms 21st Century Workforce, prefers 21st Century citizen. The way we’re dealing with information is changing.

I can’t help but wonder where we’re really going here. Everybody wants change, but perhaps I’m just a concrete sort of person, I really want to know what specific changes people would like to see?

Responsible, ethical and safe use.

If schools don’t adapt to deal with a new world.

Classic Web 2.0 moment. Sheryl was making a point when her laptop started recieving a Skype call from someone in Tennessee who wanted to listen in on the conversation. Very cool.

Conversation is too good to keep blogging. Hopefully someone else has better notes. But it looks like I’m getting good audio recorded.

Vicki took some great notes. They can be found here, along hopefully with other peoples’ as well.

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