Although I'm not attending this conference, I do plan on keeping an eye on EduCon, a new conference, this year in Philadelphia, that is promoting itself as a 'conference and a conversation."
Instead of a tech conference, of which there are many, or an Educational Tech Conference, this conference is promising to be about the changes in education, a look at "School 2.0", which is in itself an interesting idea.
One of the ideas I've been promoting in the last couple of years is that the education system we are currently running is essentially the same since the industrial revolution. The internet, new technology, and new ideas of thinking about education should have had a larger impact on the education system, but so far, has not as much as it should. Yes, there have been changes, but we are still following much the same organization as we have for decades.
Hopefully the ideas in the EduCon conference are a sign of things to come.
If anyone does attend this, I'd love to hear your opinions about the conference.
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