The document discusses the need for schools to transition from traditional, institutionally organized learning models to modern, self-organized models in light of today's abundance of information and connectivity. It argues that schools should focus on developing skills like curiosity, resilience, passion, creativity and collaboration rather than prioritizing content delivery. Nine qualities of "bold schools" are presented that emphasize learner-centeredness, inquiry-driven learning, authentic work, digital fluency, connectivity, literacy, transparency, innovation and provocation. Challenges to this transition are also acknowledged.
1. Bold Learning for Bold Schools
Making the Jump from Traditional to Modern Learning
Will Richardson
will@willrichardson.com
willrichardson.com
@willrich45
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14. Traditional Learning
(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)
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15. Traditional Learning
(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)
Vs
(Kids with Access, Connected Learners)
Modern Learning
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20. “The change we are in the
middle of isn’t minor,
and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
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21. 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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23. ...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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24. Which is Changing:
Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music...
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25. ABUNDANCE
THE Key Shift:
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26. ABUNDANCE
Institutionally Organized World
Self-Organized World
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27. ABUNDANCE
Part 1:
Rethinking “School”
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28. 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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45. 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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46. 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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63. 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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64. 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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82. “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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83. ABUNDANCE
To Sum it Up:
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84. ABUNDANCE
Means that our students can (must?) be the
central, organizing force in their own learning,
their own education, and, increasingly
their own careers.
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85. ABUNDANCE
Means that our students now need the skills
and dispositions to “design”our own
learning and careers.
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86. Question
So, what are the skills and
dispositions that our students now
need to succeed?
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87. Question
Discuss (if time)
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88. New Answer:
Curiosity
Resilience
Passion
Entrepreneurial Thinking
Empathy
Creativity
Collaboration
Inquiry
Networking
Communication
Critical Thinking
(and more)
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89. “The only competitive skill in the
long run is skill at learning.”
Seymour Papert
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90. New Reality
Schools need to be “different”...
not just “better.”
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96. Nine Qualities
1. Bold Schools are Learning
and Learner Centered
Students and teachers direct their own learning
and connect to their passions.
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97. Bold Move
1. Bold Schools are Learning
and Learner Centered
Pick one outcome and tell students to design their own path to that
outcome and their own assessment.
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98. Nine Qualities
2. Bold Schools are Inquiry Driven
Learning is focused around exploring answers to “big questions”
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99. Bold Move
2. Bold Schools are Inquiry Driven
Focus on “discovery” not “delivery”.
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100. Nine Qualities
3. Bold Schools Support Authentic Work
Students and teachers create real work for
real audiences and real purposes.
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101. Bold Move
3. Bold Schools Support Authentic Work
Let students create work that lives in the world, not in the classroom.
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102. Nine Qualities
4. Bold Schools are Digital
Students and teachers have access to
and fluency with technology.
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103. Bold Move
4. Bold Schools are Digital
Consider 1-1.Teachers first.
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104. Nine Qualities
5. Bold Schools are Connected
Students and teachers regularly learn
from and with people online.
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105. Bold Move
5. Bold Schools are Connected
Think of classrooms as having thin walls.
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106. Nine Qualities
6. Bold Schools are Literate
(by 21st Century Standards)
Students and teachers meet NCTE guidelines
for modern readers and writers.
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107. NCTE Literacies
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build relationships with others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
• 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
bit.ly/nctelit
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108. Bold Move
6. Bold Schools are Literate
(by 21st Century Standards)
Make literacy work a part of annual learning plans and evaluations.
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109. Nine Qualities
7. Bold Schools are Transparent
Students and teachers widely share best practices
and reflections on their learning.
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110. Bold Move
7. Bold Schools are Transparent
Create public online spaces that showcases teacher and student
practice and thinking.
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111. Nine Qualities
8. Bold Schools are Innovative
All learners are encouraged to “poke the box”
and experiment with practice.
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112. Bold Move
8. Bold Schools are Innovative
Support a “20%” type schedule.
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113. Nine Qualities
9. Bold Schools are Provocative
Conversations around change extend to parents, communities, and
local, state and national governments.
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114. Bold Move
9. Bold Schools are Provocative
Regularly share news about reform and learning with parents and
community members.
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115. Nine Qualities
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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