An introduction to Boulder Digital Works.

1. BOULDER DIGITAL WORKS
START HERE. CHANGE EVERYTHING.

2. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES HAVE RADICALLY
CHANGED HOW WE LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.

3. REPETITION + AVOIDANCE OF ERROR = SUC
THEN:
REPETITION + AVOIDANCE OF ERROR = SUCCESS

4. THEN:
REPETITION + AVOIDANCE OF ERROR = SUCCESS

5. THEN:
INNOVATION + RISK= FAILURE

6. NOW:
THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

7. THE FUTURE IS
NOT WHAT IT
USED TO BE.
We now live in permanent beta. The pace of change
in the 21st century is continually accelerating.
A networked information economy is a reality.
The world is becoming more interconnected,
complex, and transparent.
The knowledge economy has a seemingly unlimited
need for intellectual property.

8. THINGS
HAVE
CHANGED.
TECHNOLOGY + CREATIVITY = DISRUPTION

9. 20th CENTURY = STEADY-STATE SYSTEMS
SCHOOL WORK SUCCESS.
change is the problem

10. 21st CENTURY = DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
the problem is the solution

11. WHAT
TO DO.
We must create learning environments that match
the speed and range of change happening in the
world around us.
Learning to learn is a necessity for thriving in the
21st century.

12. BOULDER DIGITAL WORKS
is dedicated to creating an agile
culture of learning.

13. WHAT
WE DO.
BDW is an evolving learning culture responsive
to the impact of emerging digital technologies.

14. WHAT
WE DO.
We explore the future of learning work and play in
the Web 2.0 socio-technical environment.

15. HOW AND
WHY
WE DO IT.
Given the rate of change in the 21st century
world, the life span of skillsets is compressing.

16. HOW AND
WHY
WE DO IT.
Mindsets and a dispositon to lifelong learning
and ongoing experimentation are increasingly
important.

17. HOW AND
WHY
WE DO IT.
We embrace wicked problems because the search for
solutions to them encourages (and even demands)
exploration and experimentation with new
combinations of systems thinking and divergent
thinking.

18. HOW AND
WHY
WE DO IT.
Understanding play is essential to understanding
how learning really happens.

19. HOW AND
WHY
WE DO IT.
Play is dynamic and improvisational so it
develops imagination, creative problem-solving,
and innovation.

20. THINGS
HAVE
CHANGED.
YOU CAN TOO.
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