Keynote for Innovative Learning for K-12 Conference in Richmond, BC, November 14, 2013

1. Innovation Thing
That
Everyone’s Talking About
Dean Shareski
ERAC
Vancouver, BC
November 14, 2013

2. WHO AM I?
IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED

3. WHO AM I?
IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED

4. WHO AM I?
IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED

5. IN CASE YOU FORGOT

6. HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DKUROPATWA/8972853954

7. WHY
do we need innovation?

8. WHAT
do we mean by innovation?

9. WHERE
do we see innovation?

10. HOW
do we get innovation?

11. The Dark Side
of innovation

12. WHY
do we need innovation?

13. Why Do We Want it? Or Do We?

14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgecouros/6173491562/

16. DISRUPTION

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaar/4284117075/

18. “When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his
spare time,
not because he hates you
but because he loves you,
then you got a problem.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaar/4284117075/

19. CHRIS AVENIR

20. CHRIS AVENIR
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for
the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation for
online behavior and that makes it
incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic
integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails
to meet the standard for academic rigor.

21. CHRIS AVENIR
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for
the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation for
online behavior and that makes it
incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic
integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails
to meet the standard for academic rigor.
Facebook is like Facebook

22. Do we want to make our
schools better or different?

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27. “MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
MAY BE THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT
RESULT OF LEARNING”
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28. INNOVATION
HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH
“BEST PRACTICE”

29. WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4

30. “My argument is not with educational research
but with the imperative of evidence-based
education policy. At its best, educational
research can provide important
insights into the relationship
between various social and cultural
variables and pedagogic outcomes.”
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4

31. But the principal problem educators face today is not the dearth of
educational research or a lack of evidence about ‘what works’, but
the increasing absence of any
opportunity for them to exercise
professional judgment and to learn the value of
rather
what Aristotle call phronesis – the virtue of judgment.
Experimentation in education should
be part of a teacher’s everyday life.
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4

32. WHAT
do we mean by innovation?

33. “...make changes in something
established, especially by
introducing new methods,
ideas, or products.”

34. “...make changes in something
established, especially by
introducing new methods,
ideas, or products.”
“...something that changes the
status quo”

35. What is it we can do with
technology we couldn’t do
before?

36. 25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995

37. 25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995

38. 25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995

39. 25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995

40. “NICE SUSPENDERS”

41. I WANTED TO INNOVATE SHOW AND TELL

42. I WANTED TO INNOVATE SHOW AND TELL

44. STEPHEN DOWNES

45. “
They are, of course, creative and imaginative and
effective. Now for the kicker: ten years ago, not
one
student in a hundred, nay, one in a
thousand, could have produced videos
like this. It's a whole new skill, a vital and important
skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the
perspective of creating but also of comprehending
video communication today,
”
STEPHEN DOWNES

46. FEBRUARY 6, 2005

47. WHERE
do we see innovation?

48. From Our
Champions

49. KATHY CASSIDY
KATHYCASSIDY.COM

50. In Isolation
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/FLIEGENDER/13721251

51. HTTP://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/WORLD/2013/NOV/07/GHANA-ACCRA-TECHNOLOGY-STARTUP-ROBOT

52. CLARENCE FISHER AND HEATHER DURNIN
IDEAHIVE.ORG

53. When Things Aren’t Working

54. CAROLYN DURLEY
HTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/

55. CAROLYN DURLEY
HTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/

56. CAROLYN DURLEY
HTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/
GRAHAM JOHNSON
HTTP://CANFLIP.CA/

57. Looking Outside Ourselves

58. HTTP://GENIUSHOUR.WIKISPACES.COM
@HUGHTHETEACHER @GALLIT_Z @ROBYNTHIESSEN @V_LESS

59. HTTP://GENIUSHOUR.WIKISPACES.COM
@HUGHTHETEACHER @GALLIT_Z @ROBYNTHIESSEN @V_LESS

60. By Asking Questions and
Listening and Collaborating

61. TECHBOOK
DISCOVERYEDUCATION.CA

62. TECHBOOK
DISCOVERYEDUCATION.CA

63. Instead of....

64. Learning About Australia...

65. Learning About Australia...
HTTP://FARM7.STATIC.FLICKR.COM/6204/6148483767_590AB1F2AF.JPG
Learn With Australia

66. Watching Movies

67. Watching Movies
Make Movies

68. Playing Games...

69. Playing Games...
Make Games

70. Instead of Psuedo Problems...

71. Instead of Psuedo Problems...
Learning That Matters

72. @SUZIEBOSS

73. HOW
do we get innovation?

74. How Do We Get More?

75. “INNOVATION IS NOT AN IDEA PROBLEM...
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MIKEHEDGE/8062149534/
IT’S A RECOGNITION PROBLEM”
DAVID BURKUS

76. HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/LIQUIDNIGHT/5686485176/
“WE DON’T NEED BUY IN, WE NEED OWNERSHIP”
TONY WAGNER

77. HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DIGIYESICA/503032870
“Is your toilet paper budget is bigger than
your R & D budget?”

78. Start using the word
“play”

80. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”

81. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
“As we watch the world move to a state of near-constant
change and flux, we believe that connecting
play
and imagination may be the single most important
step in unleashing the new culture of learning.”

83. Don’t be afraid of
“silly”

84. THE FIRST WEBCAM

85. THE FIRST WEBCAM

89. HTTP://USHAHIDI.COM/

90. CHRIS KENNEDY
SUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER

91. “
As a principal, the ‘tension’ was in wanting to be
encouraging of innovation, but also wanting to ensure, as
a school, we were moving in a common direction. As a
district leader, the ‘tension’ is more in trying to set direction
for the district but giving
the freedom and
flexibility to schools to each have their
own “signature” one that is informed
but rarely prescribed by the District.
”
CHRIS KENNEDY
SUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER

92. “DUH”

93. Leadership is key”
“
“DUH”

94. “THEY SAID THE SAME THING”
RANDY PAUSCH THE LAST LECTURE

95. “THEY SAID THE SAME THING”
RANDY PAUSCH THE LAST LECTURE

96. The Dark Side
of innovation

97. It’s Lonely

98. It’s a lot of PR
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/VIGGUM/2418269540

99. Increased Divide

100. Increased Divide

104. SHARESKI.CA
@SHARESKI