Spotlight presentation at the ISTE 2012 conference in San Diego, July 26, 2012.

1. The Steep Unlearning Curve:
Rethinking Schools, Classrooms and Learning
Will Richardson
will@willrichardson.com
willrichardson.com
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2. todaysmeet.com/iste2012
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#isteunlearn spa

3. “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

4. CHANGE

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

6. Scarcity

7. Scarcity
ABUNDANCE

8. ...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

9. ABUNDANCE OF
Information
Tools
Opinions
Teachers
Data
News
Resources
Media
“Schools”
More...

10. “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

11. WHAT CHANGES?

12. WHAT CHANGES?
For Schools?
Classrooms?
Teachers?
Learning?

13. In a world of
ABUNDANCE

14. In a world of
ABUNDANCE
What do we have to
UNLEARN?

15. Discuss and add to chat.

16. My Top 3 Things to Unlearn:

17. My Top 3 Things to Unlearn:
Delivery

18. “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

19. My Top 3 Things to Unlearn:
Delivery
Competition

20. “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

21. My Top 3 Things to Unlearn:
Delivery
Competition
Assessment

22. “If we don’t assess
what we value, we will end up
valuing what we assess.”

23. UNLEARNING

24. UNLEARNING
Understand: The contexts for change

25. UNLEARNING
Understand: The contexts for change
Feel: Anger, grief, excitement

26. UNLEARNING
Understand: The contexts for change
Feel: Anger, grief, excitement
Reflect: Look at your own learning practice first

27. UNLEARNING
Understand: The contexts for change
Feel: Anger, grief, excitement
Reflect: Look at your own learning practice first
Act: Innovate

28. UNLEARNING
Understand: The contexts for change
Feel: Anger, grief, excitement
Reflect: Look at your own learning practice first
Act: Innovate
Connect: Engage others

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33. “Education consists mainly of
what we have unlearned.”
Mark Twain

34. THANKS!
Will Richardson
will@willrichardson.com
@willrich45