Blog Juice for Educational Technology

I can remember the excitement that we felt and expressed at the NC State Department of Public Instruction, when we heard that Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS Institute, was starting a tech-rich independent school in Cary — Cary Academy.  A paradoxically traditional looking campus, Cary Academy has sense distinguished itself for its instructional use of ICT, it’s careful selection of faculty from around the world and the spirit of innovation, that does not seem to have faded, as they recent initiated a 1:1 program issuing tablet PCs to their students.

That Cary Academy has its own Wikipedia article says a lot.

I’ve been asked to speak to the faculty today, a singular honor, and one that leaves me humbled — and just a little nervous.  My topics will revolve around the new web, also known as Web 2.0, and contemporary literacy.  The basic structure that I will wrap my presentation around is three conditions that are converging in our classrooms, and when realized and harnessed,  can turn classrooms into learning engines, and consequently instill in students a learning lifestyle.