I really enjoyed Reboot Britain yesterday. For all it's faults (and yes I could find plenty but I don't want to dwell on those), left me hooked and inspired. I was tweeting pretty hard all day so instead I've decided just to capture my twitter highlights, or Twightlights below as a mini record of what emerged from the day (my tweets were sometimes, but not always, verbatim) and in no particular order:
There are 5 core literacies [we must teach our children]: attention, participation, collaboration, crap detection & network awareness. – Howard Rheingold
We need confidence about our beliefs and ability to change stuff for the better. Smart governments work *with* people who then take responsibility and some power. – Lee Bryant
[We need] ecosystem economics but it's a fine line between perspective and platitudes – Julie Meyer
[Of new technology] men ask 'what does it do?', women ask 'what does it do for me?' – Joanne Jacobs
The media needs to learn to grow up and stop focussing on the narcissism of small differences – Jenni Russell
Politicians are hidden by walled gardens and hidden by moats. – Alberto Nardelli
We live in a world where a tiny pools [silos] of specialists make decisions that affect us all – Gillian Tett
I want to vote on the issues i care about not for a party i don't care about – er, Me
Real change never happens from the top down – Micah Sifry
Lot's of people, myself included, have asked where we go from here. It's an important question but not one I can answer right now. "Conversations first, the relationships, then transactions" is the principle I subscribe to and yesterday we had tonnes of conversations both on and off line so I am confident the relationships and transactions will follow. I for one will be participating with bated breath.
Finally, I particularly want to thanks Steve Moore, Rohan Gunatalike and Jess Tyrell who worked so hard on making the event such a success. And I also want to thank the Travelling Geeks who sprinkled their magic dust on the proceedings and hopefully got a flavour of the british buzz right now.
I love the fact that a bunch of people got fed up with the format and self organised a splinter group called Rebootrebootbritain.
And I also really enjoyed David Gauntlett's for doing playful lego models too. Here's mine by the way:
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And the pictures… Don’t forget the pictures! – http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/rebootbritain/ 🙂
The high points for me at these events are always the educators. The teachers on the front line who are faced everyday with the toughest, most unforgiving customers of all_ children. Teachers who manage to deliver (from within a stifling education system) some of the most innovative approaches to learning e.g Derek Robinson’s presentation.
erm….Robertson. Getting my ‘Dereks’ and my ‘Kens’ muxed dip.
How could I forget Ben. Yes great pics.
And Tina – I hear Derek’s presentation was great and can’t wait to watch it on the webcasts when they are up. Ta.