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TechEd 2004 Keynote Speakers
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Ariella J. Lehrer, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Legacy Interactive
General Session, Monday, March 22, 2004
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
THE "JUST DO IT" GENERATION
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William J. Raduchel
Former CTO, AOL/TimeWarner
General Session, Tuesday, March 23
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEXT DECADE
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Dr. Jennifer James
Urban Cultural Anthropoligist
General Session, Wednesday, March 24, 2004
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: Telling The New Story
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Ariella J. Lehrer, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Legacy Interactive
General Session,Monday, March 22, 2004
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
THE "JUST DO IT" GENERATION
The “Just do it” generation is playing videogames; 90% of kids age 5-17, according to a new Education Department. study. Kids spend an average of 1 ½ hours each day playing on their console or PC. And it’s big business. This year videogames generated more money than movies at the box office.
How much do we know about their experience? What are they learning, or not learning? How does this experience change the way they process information? Are they less able to reflect, use their imaginations, pay attention in class? What can educators do about it?
William J. Raduchel
Former CTO, AOL/TimeWarner
General Session, Tuesday, March 23
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEXT DECADE
The relentless pace of technology change will continue for another decade or longer. How will society and our economy change as a result? What must education do?
Dr. Jennifer James
Urban Cultural Anthropoligist
General Session, Wednesday, March 24, 2004
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: Telling The New Story
Technology concentrates energy - the difference between a steam engine and a microchip. Progress is the concentration of energy. International communications technology has literally changed who we are by concentrating human energy as never before. This knowledge based commerce and contact has changed economics (the efficient use of available energy), demographics (who we work with and meet with) and ultimately culture (the stories we tell ourselves about the way things should be).
There is, in all human adaptation processes, a demographic (who will we work with) lag and a cultural lag (what stories are we willing to change). Cultural intelligence is the ability to recognize cultural myths, our own and those of others and replace them with current realities. Cultural intelligence is the ability to “unpack” the stories we have been told about who we are and what we do. Educators need to understand the balance between what technology can do and what human culture can accommodate. |
