"Knowledge is realizing the the street is one-way; wisdom is looking both directions anyway."

Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author, wrote a book in 2004 called "The World is Flat," describing the increasing connectivity and "flattening" of the world. Friedman says that in the last decade, the number of people who can complete, connect, and collaborate has exploded. 

"When I said the world was flat," Friedman said, "Facebook didn't exist--or for most people it didn't exist, Twitter was a sound, the Cloud was in the sky, 4G was a parking place, LinkedIn was a prison, applications were what you sent to college and for most people, Skype was a typo. That all happened in just the last seven years. And what it's done is taken the world from connected to hyper-connected. And that's been a huge opportunity and a huge challenge."

To address this new, hyper-connected world that we and our students are living in, the new technology committee at Lakehill is proud to present Technology Night on Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. All parents are encouraged to attend. Students are also encouraged to attend, although the program is best suited for students in fourth grade and above. The program will be presented by Chris Bigenho, Director of Educational Technology at Greenhill School and a doctoral candidate in Computer Education and Cognitive Systems in the department of Learning Technologies and Educational Computing at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Bigenho is a frequent speaker on the topic of education and technology at schools and conferences both across the United States and parts of South America.

The Technology Committee at Lakehill is comprised of teachers from all areas and divisions. Their goal is to help students, parents, and teachers be ready for the future and embrace the emerging technologies. The committee hopes to promote good digital citizenship and safety online while sharing information on Lakehill's computer usage policy and Atomic Learning.  

Second graders came face to face this week with the good, the bad, and the ugly...bugs! Beginning a year-long study of bugs at the ESC, second graders will be questioning what makes a bug good or bad, and why are some so ugly? While they are learning the wonders of mosquitoes, ants, ladybugs and more, the third graders will be investigating the plants on which those very bugs live. Insects will need to hold tightly as the third graders begin their studies by pressing flowers and leaves and taking a closer look at the plants insects call "home."

Take a look at the updates to our ESC Photo Album.