It is with no small sadness that we close this year’s series of Arizona Conferences. This is the first time that I have spoken in a series like this, and it has been a unique treat to actually get to know the people, with whom I am working — and I can’t tell you how special that is to me.
At the first conference, I explored our children, describing ways that the are different from the children we were, decades ago. A couple of months ago we looked at what these children should be learning, in my case, suggesting a new literacy that springs out of the Three Rs, but reflect an information environment that has changed dramatically in the past ten to fifteen years.
Today, we are exploring Where our children learn, and I want to describe ways that the where, in terms of our information environment, is continuing to change, both dramatically, but also in some very interesting ways. These new changes not only affect our definitions of literacy, but also our definitions text books, librarians, information gatekeepers, work, learning, and what it means to be educated.
I hope that you enjoy the keynote and my following presentations, and I sincerely hope to have the opportunity to speak at your conference in the future.
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