Edina Digital Age Learning

George Couros , creator of ConnectedPrincipals.com was the Tuesday Keynote at the TIES 2015 Conference  talking about " The Innovators Mindset , the title of his latest book."  George's definition of the Innovators Mindset is the belief that abilities, intelligence, and talents are DEVELOPED, leading to the creation of BETTER ideas! How do you leverage strangers? For our wedding photos, we tweeted, "Does anyone know of a good photographer in Edmonton?" My mom is turning 80 and she's just now learning to read and write, but she's open to learning. She texts him with Emoticons.  His dad came to Canada in his 20's with a 2nd grade education, and raised a family and went from a dishwasher to owning a restaurant, yet we complain about moving from Word to Google Docs!" "Transformational leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead!"  -Seth Godi...

George Couros, shared his thoughts on Digital Citizenship, and the importance of including Digital Leadership as part of the conversation. Right now, there is too much focus on what NOT to do! Look at opportunities! Every kid is going to be Googled! 16 year old kids are making $150,000/year making MindCraft videos! "Transformational leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a futher they'd like to create instead!" -Seth Godin  Communication is key!  How can you make sure that on graduation day, every student is "Well Googled" by his or her full name? He gave examples of a 14 year old in Australia who received job offers because of the video he made. And other students whose lives were ruined by their actions being posted online. And this one where a guy tweets about his flag football team needing players, and Kevin Durrant shows up. Too much of what we've been showing kids is about the creepy things...