Talking about teachers "Asking kids for help" as an important way to engage students. #edcampMSP — Michael Walker (@micwalker) October 12, 2013 I was having lunch today at EdCampMSP with some great folks from Byron, MN and Little Falls. Neil Adruschak was commenting on his experience with the Little Falls 1:1 iPad roll out . In year one, he got a call from a teacher, asking for help learning how to use Keynote on the iPad. Neil had never used it, and suggested that instead, the teacher ask his kids to show him how it was done. The next morning 25 out of 25 students showed up in his classroom, eager to share their knowledge of how to make a presentation in Keynote. A week later, the teacher called again, this time to learn how to use another product. Neil asked, "how did you learn to use Keynote?" "Oh, yeah!," said the teacher as he hung up. This year, teachers like the one above, who had highly engaged, motivated students in their classro...
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