cate cianchetti

At the k12 Online Conference, James Folkstad, a professor at Colorado State University desribes the systematic change in our environment today.  He states that this ‘avalanche of change’ in technology requires us to have the necessary survival skills.  These survival skills are based on collaboration and collective action. We survive by decentralizing our actions, being bold, and taking risks.  Not being afraid to produce things we learn.

At CSU, his students are required to create blogs or digital stories and share them on a network.  When they’re creating agrigators, they’re producting powerful collaborations that are strong forces and should be shared with other networks to impact a larger space than just their own.  On these networks, students can post blogs, create internal groups, post pictures, and show movies.

http://k12onlineconference.org