Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Hangin’ out with MPS

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I had the pleasure of spending last Friday morning with the Minneapolis Public Schools Technology Planning Steering Committee. Coleen Kosloski, Director of Information Technology Services, gave me the task of energizing the group and giving them some things to think about.

We started with Karl Fisch’s Did You Know? presentation. I then talked for a little over half an hour about the changes we’re seeing in American society, essential workplace skills for the 21st century, Web 2.0, gaming, and other fun stuff. If you’re interested, here are the materials from the session:

Did You Know?

My PowerPoint presentation slides

Podcast of my presentation (35 Mb; 37:40 with intro)

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