Today was the first time I had heard Stephen Heppell speak live. I had watched him online of course but had never been in the same conference room - he was truly inspiring. His message and his mode of presentation was very engaging. He had a casual air about him and a tone of 'chattiness', referring, when he needed to, to files that he had just dopped on to his desktop for this presentation today.
His key message for me was two-fold. He spoke about the pace at which things are changing in the world and how this next decade is going to be one of the most rapid change yet. He spoke about how we don't know what is coming and that we can't accurately predict this. He has found that things he has predicted in the past have all happened but at much faster rates that what he would have thought.
He spoke about 'Bring your own Browser', rather than your own laptop or device.
His other message was about kids. It's their decade, it's their future - give it to them now. We need to place trust in kids and to believe that they are capable of great things. They need to own the learning and to have faith placed in them that they can progress their own understanding and become reflective practitioners in much the same way that we hope our teachers will.
He mentioned mobile phones and how by the age of 6, kids should know how to use these powerful devices. He said to get them into kids' hands and to do it now and to not give them hand-me-downs.
His final words - walk away from here and live it like you believe it.
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