Every few weeks, Julie Lindsay gathers a few teachers at Qatar Academy to discuss learning and technology. Most people who read this blog, all two of you, probably already know Julie, but if you don’t she is an excellent member of any learning network, and I suggest you read her blog and follow her on Twitter.
Unfortunately, I don’t have much to say about these meetings at this time, but please check out the wiki for more information on what we have discussed and a list of the guest speakers, which have included Gary Stager, Kim Cofino, and recently David Warlick. Not a bad list, thanks Julie!
It has been a pleasure to attend these meetings and learn from, not only the “experts,” but the members of the group who attend the meetings as well.
I am writing this post to firstly thank Julie and secondly to share this video:
As I mentioned earlier, I don’t have much to say about it as this time, you can read Julie’s post for a more comprehensive overview, but I have had one thought that lingers in my head since we spoke:
Curiosity + discovery= Learning
Jabiz, you are a valuable member of our 21st Century Learners meetings and I appreciate your positive comments and sharing what we are doing further. The opportunity to explore, be curious, discover and thereby learn is open to any age, gender, occupation and race. What I really love about our meetings is that we have educators from K-12 and tertiary, we have administrators, coordinators, teachers from a variety of education systems and curriculum areas and they ALL leave after 3 hours saying they have learned something!