The last few days have been shrouded in secrecy. The reason for this is that I have been
attending my first Apple Distinguished Educator conference in Bali, and it was
the single most valuable professional development I have ever attended. The reason for the secrecy is in fact because
there were over 300 educators in attendance for five days, each carrying an
average of three Apple devices, and security was tight. In addition there have been a few
announcements that we still need to stay tight-lipped about – none of which are
trade secrets but they will involve further announcements to other ADEs around
the world.
I have come away from this
with many things, including an incredible amount of insightful comments about a
wide range of topics, and a profound sense of community amongst fellow
ADEs. Many topics discussed had very
little to do with Apple products themselves, such as Challenge-Based Learning,
the SAMR model, TPack and flipping the classroom. The conversations I had will have many direct consequences on our recent 1:1
iPad trial with students and many teachers, and for that alone I am
grateful. It truly did open my eyes to
the notion that there are thousands of other teachers in the world who are also
pushing boundaries and coming up with new models of assessment and teaching and
learning and ways of integrating technology into the classroom. Inspirational stuff.
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