The K12 Online Conference that I chose to view was Engaging our Youngest Minds (http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=572).
What struck me here was its simple message about the essence of education. Even though this clip focused on the power of integrating technology into education, the main message for us as teachers was about focusing on engaging a student's passion.
Each child comes with a unique set of gifts and challenges and an innate sense of wonder. Our primary "job" as educators is really to help that child nurture his/her gifts and maintain that sense of wonder and curiosity.
As always, we need to continue to search for ways to enable our students to develop their passions while at the same time, help them build the skills and confidence they need to offer their skills/contribute to society.
The technology component may provide the "spark" -- becoming an enabler for our students' passions but the key for us remains: to discover the underlying passions and interests. How can we best utilize technology and other methodologies to engage our students to pursue learning passionately?
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