Takeaways from #NTAC12 Day One

It was a great first day for our planning track for Tri-Creek at the New Tech Annual Conference.  We started off the day with a great keynote speaker, were energized by knowing how far we actually are in the planning process of launching our New Tech Initiative in our schools, met some great folks going through the same process we are, and picked up some valuable strategies to implement in the literacy process.

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the day:

Kids must love their work to attain deeper learning #NTAC12
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

If you aren't standing on the edge, you are taking up too much space @Dennis_Littky #NTAC12
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

"If we didn't know there was such a thing as school, what would it look like."@dennis_littky Great thought to ponder.#NTAC12Thoughts?
— Kenneth Olson (@ken_v_olson) July 17, 2012

Kids say our schools are boring, we know it, and keep repeating it. #NTAC12
— Riley Johnson (@rmjohnson45) July 17, 2012

#Deeperlearning is the process of driving a student to want to engage and apply a topic on his or her own. #pblchat #pblchat
— Gerrit Geurs (@MrGeurs) July 17, 2012

@newtechnetwork Being able to answer the how and the why of a problem or a question #pblchat #ntac12
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

Deeper learning is something that we CAN'T see on a standardized test #pblchat #performancebasedtestingporfavor (sorry for previous tweet)
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

@brennemania I agree.... I also think we can use strategies to help foster that passion #pblchat
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

@newtechnetwork I think what most people understand or know the best is something they learned outside of school #pblchat
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

We are not taught to walk, we furniture surf and fall down a lot. As teachers we need to provide the sofa and carpet, help em up#pblchat
— Justin Buckner (@Bucknerclass) July 17, 2012

Deeper learning requires conversation, reflection, and above all passion. #PBLChat
— Jeff Brenneman (@brennemania) July 17, 2012

What is the New Tech Process? Check this out from @manornewtech #NTAC12 #TCSC edutopia.org/stw-project-ba…
— Joe Willmann (@jtwillmann) July 17, 2012

Day One was a great day and I'm excited to see what learning Day Two has in store for the Tri-Creek Team!