1. Learning in a Networked World
For Our Students and For Ourselves
Will Richardson
will@willrichardson.com
willrichardson.com
@willrich45
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Tuesday, February 19, 13
11. Traditional Learning
Politicians, Parents,
Communities, Educators
Crisis of Contexts
Tuesday, February 19, 13
12. Traditional Learning
Politicians, Parents,
Communities, Educators
Crisis of Contexts
Modern Learning
Kids with Access,
Connected Learners
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13. Traditional Learning
Politicians, Parents,
Communities, Educators
≠
Modern Learning
Kids with Access,
Connected Learners
Tuesday, February 19, 13
14. Traditional Learning
Delivery
Politicians, Parents,
Communities Educators
≠
Modern Learning
Kids with Access,
Connected Learners
Tuesday, February 19, 13
15. Traditional Learning
Delivery
Politicians, Parents,
Communities Educators
≠
Modern Learning
Modern Learning
Discovery
Kids with Access,
Connected Learners
Connected Learners
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19. “The change we are in the
middle of isn’t minor,
and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
Tuesday, February 19, 13
20. ABUNDANCE
750,000 Apps
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
4.5 Years of YouTube video per minute
16,000 Tweets per second*
5 Billion Internet Connected Devices
Etc...
*Japan’s 2012 New Years Celebration
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22. ...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
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23. Which is Changing:
Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music...
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24. ABUNDANCE
Key Idea:
Institutionally Organized World
Self-Organized World
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25. ABUNDANCE
Part 1:
The Future of Schooling
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26. Discussion
Define “learning”
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27. Learning Is...
creativity
passion to know
application of knowledge
inquiry
seeing patterns
posing and answering questions
understanding the world
acquiring knowledge
curiosity
finding and solving problems
making something
understanding something you previously didn’t understand
making connections
changing your perspective on something
synthesizing ideas
adding new knowledge
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28. "Productive learning is the learning
process which engenders and reinforces
wanting to learn more. Absent wanting
to learn, the learning context is
unproductive or counterproductive."
Seymour Sarason
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29. New Reality
Teachers are everywhere
Classrooms are everywhere
“School” is everywhere
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40. “What does a middle school algebra teacher do
if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations
within a couple of hours?”
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59. 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.
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60. 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
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69. Learning Is...
creativity
passion to know
application of knowledge
inquiry
seeing patterns
posing and answering questions
understanding the world
acquiring knowledge
curiosity
finding and solving problems
making something
understanding something you previously didn’t understand
making connections
changing your perspective on something
synthesizing ideas
adding new knowledge
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70. ABUNDANCE
Part 3:
The Future of Work
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80. “Looking to the future of work, one could
sum up the anticipated impacts in a single
word: More. More intensity. More pressure.
More change. More risk. But also, more
opportunity. More engagement. More
transparency. More impact.”
Yvette Cameron
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81. ABUNDANCE
Means that we are now the central,
organizing force in our own learning, our own
education, and, increasingly our own careers.
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82. ABUNDANCE
Means that we now need the skills and
dispositions to “design”our own
learning and careers.
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83. New Question:
What do students need to learn in
school at a moment when they can
learn so much without us?
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84. New Question:
And:
What is the value of school (and
classrooms and teachers) at a
moment where we don’t need
school to do school?
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86. New Answer:
That which cannot be
“Khanified.”
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87. New Answer:
Curiosity
Resilience
Passion
Entrepreneurial Thinking
Empathy
Creativity
Collaboration
Inquiry
Networking
Communication
Critical Thinking
(and more)
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88. “The only competitive skill in the long run is
skill at learning.”
Seymour Papert
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89. New Reality
Schools need to be “different”...
not just “better.”
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90. “The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot read
and write, but those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
Alvin Toffler
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97. 9 Qualities of Bold Schools
(classrooms, teachers)
1. Learning Centered
2. Inquiry Driven
3. Authentic Work
4. Digital
5. Connected
6. Literate
7. Transparent
8. Innovative
9. Provocative
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98. NCTE Literacies
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build intentional cross-cultural connections and relationships
with others so to pose and solve problems collaboratively
and strengthen independent thought
• 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 environments
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100. “Dots in Blue Water”
South Adams HS, Berne, IN
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101. “Dots in Blue Water”
1. Authentic Problem/Question
“How can we purify water for people in Haiti?”
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102. “Dots in Blue Water”
2. Student Directed Teams
Research, Development, Marketing, Community “Investment"
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103. “Dots in Blue Water”
3. Real Product/Real Audience
Teachers and students travelled to Haiti to install their devices.
5 systems = clean water for 8,000
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104. “Dots in Blue Water”
Notes:
-Aligned to standards
-Interdisciplinary
-Student-centered
-Technology-rich
-Innovative thinking
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