Dream Keynote Presenter

Slides from my keynote at EdTech 2012 covering digital literacies today & what educators can do to increase digital literacy in classrooms.

danah boyd also known as Danah Michele Boyd, is an American social media researcher known for her public commentary on the use of social networking sites by youth

A more holistic approach to education is needed by transforming schools into culture-centred environments and enabling them to become foci of cultural life in their local communities.

Higgins (2011) 'Renewing the Republic'

"Mary Robinson 'has embodied the issue of human rights in respect of 'the other' - now it has become a part of herself."

'I have such a sense of what the world must take responsibility for - and by the world I don't mean some distant sources - I mean each of us.'

• Mary Robinson

Game designer, author, future forecaster, PhD. Jane's New York Times bestselling book is Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.

TED Talks In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

play is a state of being, "a way of engaging your soul in the world".

Learning as a game, deliberate deception of students to immerse them in learning; Helen Keegan's spotlight speech was a provocative story of learning at #PELeCON 2012.

"Exploring the Edges of Learning in a Middle School Classroom" - Report of research conducted in a middle school in the United States.

"In summarising his engagement with the world of education, Lord Puttnam has described his work and his vision in the following way:

“It has allowed me the opportunity to engage with people who, every day of their working lives, are attempting to mould the ‘building blocks’, the quality of which will determine our ability to secure the future".