This will be a fairly dense presentation with three topics rolled into one. I know that my audience can take it, because they are the Pinckney School District, near Ann Arbor, Michigan. The basic structure will be Telling the New Story. The district leaders who have invited me here saw the video of my presentation at NECC, and explicitly asked for that message.
They are also anxious in help their teachers know today’s children. They go by lots of names, but I call them the Millennials. Very few of our students have any conscious association with the 1900s.
Finally, this is a Web 2.0 district, or well on their way. All of the principals received training in producing a podcast this summer. So I’ll be rolling in some Web 2.0 concepts.
This presentation might be a little edgy, because of the topics, though if it can’t be included as part of the new story, then it probably isn’t relevant.
