1. Community of Learning
1.1. "Information communication plans"
1.1.1. Plans where the staff can develop plans based on what connections and relationships they want
1.1.1.1. Afterwards they can fit in technology to the plan
1.2. Outside school walls
1.2.1. Reach out to people around the district for resources
1.2.1.1. Librarians
1.2.1.2. Local colleges/universities
1.2.1.3. High school students (if elementary)
1.3. Internet
1.3.1. Teach students to discriminate between internet facts and fiction
1.3.1.1. Use internet to reach other people around the world
1.3.1.1.1. Blogs
1.3.1.1.2. Skype
1.3.1.1.3. Sharing files
2. Types of Connections
2.1. Semantic
2.1.1. Word, concept, idea that's not meaningful for what it is but how it relates with other words, concepts, ideas
2.2. Personal
2.2.1. Person finds their own meaning and significance (their identity) not just in "who they are" but in how they relate, connect, and contrast with other people
2.2.1.1. "To learn is to create meaningful relationships."
3. "This is not about technology. It's about understanding technology's impact on how students learn."
4. Education
4.1. Teachers
4.1.1. Game-Based Learning
4.1.1.1. Create a game students need to figure out how to play
4.1.1.2. Curriculum based
4.1.1.3. Part of the game includes connection with another person in a different country
4.1.2. Interactive classroom
4.1.2.1. iPads
4.1.2.1.1. Skype
4.1.2.1.2. Ability to create their own games
4.1.2.2. Individual Computers
4.1.2.3. Tablets
4.1.2.4. Let students have more of a say in their learning
4.1.2.5. Provide students with supplied to be interactive
4.1.3. Digital Immigrants
4.1.3.1. Some teachers are digital immigrants and some teachers used to be immigrants and are evolving into natives
4.1.3.2. Although hard, we need to "figure out and invent ways to include reflection and critical thinking in learning in digital native language."
4.2. Students
4.2.1. Digital Natives
4.2.2. Have a voice in curriculum and learning
4.2.3. Sharing information between other students
4.2.3.1. Google Docs
4.2.3.2. Presentations made digitally