DML2015 Ignite Talk - Gabrielle Lyon
Channel: Connected Learning Alliance
Date: 18/06/2015

What The Heck Was The Wacker Manual And Why Should I Care? (Spoiler alert: This is not about weed wacking.) You may have heard about Daniel "make no little plans" Burnham's 1909 Plan for Chicago; it was the plan for making Chicago great in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire. Guess what? There was a student guide to the Plan that was required reading for ALL Chicago students for nearly 30+ years beginning in 1911. It was called the Wacker Manual and it just may be the original "connected learning" youth manifesto... intrigued? come to this Ignite Talk!