learning on the brain conference

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Why School?rethinking teaching and classrooms for modern learners

Will [email protected]

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Friday, November 15, 13

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“We can’t be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion.”

~Margaret Wheatley“Willing to be Disturbed”


Educators should be

more confused than ever.


My biases:


/is is the m1t

disruptive moment ever in education.


But, this is also the

most amazing time to be a learner.


Schools are the

most important institutions

in our communities.


But, schools and educators need to be

“different” not “better.”


We can

no longer want for our kids

the same education that we ourselves had.


CHANGEFriday, November 15, 13

Scarcity


ABUNDANCEFriday, November 15, 13

“The change we are in the middle of isn’t minor...and it isn’t optional.”

~Clay ShirkyNYU


5 Billion App Downloads2.5 Billion People

2 Trillion Webpages5 Years of YouTube video per minute

Est. 1 billion photos uploaded each day 20145 Years of all IP video per second

100,000 Tweets per minute12 Billion Internet Connected Devices by 2015

ABUNDANCE


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Media Politics

JournalismMedicine

BooksBusiness

Music

Abundance is Changing:


In a

Learningcont3t...


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A world marked by “ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere, from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate and publish.”

~Michael WeschKansas State U.


...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere, from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate and publish.”

~Michael WeschKansas State U.

School?


...all of which demands

a new narrativefor learning and schooling.


/is is

hard.


(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)

Traditional Learning


(Kids with Access, Connected, Networked Learners)

Vs

(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)


Modern LearningFriday, November 15, 13

DeliveryVs


Modern LearningFriday, November 15, 13

DeliveryVs

Discovery

Modern Learning



Modern Learning

Vs

What you want me to learn.



Modern Learning

Vs

What you want me to learn.

What I want to learn.



Modern Learning

Vs

4me and place



Modern Learning

Vs

4me and place


Anytime, anywhere, anyone


Modern Learning

Vs

Just in case



Modern Learning

Vs

Just in case


Just in time


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From an institutionally organized education...Friday, November 15, 13

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...to a self-organized education.bit.ly/1fGtNqY


THE Disruption

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Ladies and gentlemen...


Ladies and gentlemen...“education” is leaving the building.


And remember:


And remember:

this is not an option


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This Should seriously confuse us.


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What is an “Education?”


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What is “Literacy?”


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What is the Role of School?


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What IS the role of a teacher?


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What do we assess?


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And Most importantly...


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what do our kids need to flourish in this new world?


In an abundant, self-organized world...

What’s more urgent?


Content

knowledge

information


Creativity

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

Communication

Computing

Connections

Continual Learning

change mindset

ORContent

knowledge

information



...Learning is personal.


“It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about letting learning happen.”

~Sugata Mitra$1 Million TED Pr5e Winner



...Learning is globally networked.



...Learning is continual.


Top “Learning” Tools 2012

582 voteshttp://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/


http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/


...Learning is create-ive and authentic.


“MIT wants to attract students that are ‘already solving problems and building, playing and creating, engaging in

projects they love doing.’”



...literacy changes


• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems

collaboratively and cross-culturally • Design and share information for global communities to meet a

variety of purposes • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of

simultaneous information • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex

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NCTE Literacies



...We prepare kids for many paths.


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...we prepare kids for an uncertain 7ture.


“If you’re talking 100 years, there’s no doubt in my mind that all jobs will be gone, including creative ones. And 100 years is not far in the future — some of our children will be alive in 100 years.”

~Hod LipsonCornell


Routine = main tasks require following explicit instructions and obeying well-defined rules.

Nonroutine = flexibility, problem solving, or creativity.bit.ly/1fekE67


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Our kids need us to help them excel in this world...


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...but that means “different,” Not better.Friday, November 15, 13

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This Can’t be about content.


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This has to be about curiosity.


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This has to be about wonder.


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This has to be about passion.


THE big question:


Can we as educators make decisions about...


CurriculumBudgetTechnologyAssessmentStaffingInfrastructurePedagogySchedulingSupport


...without deep personal experience in the connected, computing-filled learning world in which our kids will live?


Right Now, we need to be:


LEARNERS FIRST


LEARNERS FIRSTTeachers Second


What important, authentic work have you created with computers and shared with the world?


And, how are you connected to other learners from around the globe who share your passions?


What if professional development looked less like this...


...and more like this instead:


“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

~Eric Hoffer“/e True Believer”


what new narrative will we write with them?Friday, November 15, 13

[email protected]@willrich45

willrichardson.com

/anks!




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