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Group Four

 * 1) Objective: What stood out for you in Alan November’s presentation? His being a strong advocate for using my space and instant messaging, etc.
 * 2) Reflective; How does the information given connect with your own experiences? Students are misusing what is on the Internet.
 * 3) Interpretive: What needs do you see resulting? We need a central curriculum/standard for all schools within the same school division.
 * 4) Decisional: What has to happen to address these needs with respect to the public you serve? What is your own role?


 * Key Points from the Alan November Presentation**
 * The real work for teachers isn’t so much about technology, as about redesigning assignments.
 * Rethink the Curriculum:
 * More demanding
 * More rigorous
 * More motivating
 * More global
 * We have to redefine reading
 * Reading on the Internet is a different skill set from reading print
 * People do not bring their critical thinking skills to the next mediun - Marshall McLuhan
 * We must teach children the architecture of the Internet... the structure of information
 * Once it’s on the Internet, it’s always on the Internet
 * Information on the Internet is in constant movement
 * There is any version of the truth on the Internet
 * Adults are no longer the primary teacher of the most powerful medium ever invented
 * Student assignments should be globalized
 * The wild and Wiki world of school work demands changes to assessment
 * Learning must start from within
 * First we make the media, and then the media make us. - Marshall McLuhan


 * Final Discussion**