The Questions They Won’t Ask
In talking to Shelley Blake-Plock today, I continued my habit of ripping quotes from people and saving them for later. From Shelley, I got this gem today:
We are probably the last generation that will make the distinction between being online and not being online
This was stated in response to a question I asked that I felt obligated to ask given the company in the room and their relative knowledge levels of social media and its use in the classrooms. My question was as follows:
A Foray into the Paperless Fray
Today we were fortunate to Skype in Shelley Blake-Plock into a lunch-hour session in our high school. Blake-Plock, the driving force behind the recent paperless push by educators on Earth Day, spoke to our staff about his classroom design, philosophy, and practice in a 45-minute session today.
When I originally contacted Shelley last week to inquire as to whether or not he would be willing to talk to my staff, he jumped right in, and he didn’t disappoint. What impressed me most about him as I listened to him