4. OVERVIEW
I. How has learning transformed
in the Internet Age?
II. What are the implications
for our schools’ PD?
5. OVERVIEW
1. How has learning transformed
in the Internet Age?
II. What are the implications
for our schools’ PD?
III. What do we need to do today to promote
a new vision for PD?
6. “It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness...”
Charles Dickens
7. “It was the best of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
Charles Dickens
14. Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?
a) island location
b) volcanoes
c) monsoons
d) permafrost
15. Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?
a) island location
b) volcanoes
c) monsoons
d) permafrost
16. 2011 NY State Regents Exam for World Geography:
Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?
a) island location
b) volcanoes
c) monsoons
d) permafrost
25. ABUNDANCE OF...
Information
Tools
Opinions
People
Data
Resources
Media
More...
26. ABUNDANCE OF...
(Kids’ Version)
Games
Videos
Networks
Texts
Hangouts
(...and all sorts of other interesting stuff
they don’t have access to at school.)
27. ...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 Wesch
42. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
43. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
“This is the tsunami.”
--Richard DeMillo, Ga. Tech
52. “There’s no competitive advantage today
in knowing more than the person next to
you. The world doesn’t care what you
know. What the world cares about is
what you can do with what you know.”
Tony Wagner
59. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere
3. Data is Everywhere
60.
61. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere
3. Data is Everywhere
4. Networks are the New Classrooms
62.
63.
64.
65. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere
3. Data is Everywhere
4. Networks are the New Classrooms
5. Learning is On Demand
69. KEY QUESTIONS
Do our roles as educators change when these
“New Realities” exist?
70. Harder
Difficulty Problem
to Solving
Assess Critical
Thinking
Basic Skills
Content
Knowledge
Easier
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance
71.
72. Curiosity
Resilience
Courage
Passion
Harder Initiative to Learn
Entrepreneurial
Thinking Empathy
Inquiry Synthesis
Networking Creativity
Difficulty Problem
Collaboration
Problem
Connecting Finding
to Solving
Creating
Assess Critical
Thinking Participation
Solutions
Basic Skills
Sharing
Content
Knowledge
Easier
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance
73. “We are ‘optimizing the
measurable at the risk of
neglecting the immeasurable.’”
Justin Reich
74. The “Immeasurable” Curiosity
Resilience
Courage
Passion
Harder Initiative to Learn
Entrepreneurial
Thinking Empathy
Inquiry Synthesis
Networking Creativity
Difficulty Problem
Collaboration
Problem
Connecting Finding
to Solving
Creating
Assess Critical
Thinking Participation
Solutions
Basic Skills
Sharing
Content
Knowledge
Easier
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance
75. “We need to move beyond the idea
that an education is something that
is provided for us, and toward the
idea that an education is something
that we create for ourselves.”
Stephen Downes
99. “Getting to Know Your Computer: A Beginner’s Guide to
Understanding Your New Machine.”
“Getting to Know the Internet: A Beginner’s Guide to
Understanding the Power of the World Wide Web.”
Bill Ferriter