Amazing (really!) Stories of Openness
Every session I’ve attended here at Open Ed 2009 has—seriously—been great. I will surely recognize many here specifically in days and weeks to come. But I have to refer you to Alan Levine’s Amazing Stories of Openness without delay because it speaks for itself and should really give you a jolt of electricity, reminding us what this education game is really all about.
The video of the session is great too, because Alan is always engaging and funny. At the end of his presentation he made a comment to the effect that he “didn’t really know what these stories led to.” But that’s the beauty of the shared experiences: they don’t lead to anything. In the same way that we don’t have conversations at a table (or tell stories around a campfire, virtual or not) and wonder where they will lead. Those stories are the destination… those experiences are what it is about.