taking on the challenge of 21st century teaching & learning

Dr. Alec Couros NESD Teacher’s Convention 2012August 2012

Taking on the ChallengeOf 21st Century Teaching & Learning

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Dr. Alec Couros NESD Teacher’s Convention 2012August 2012

Taking on the ChallengeOf 21st Century Teaching & Learning

Dr. Alec Couros NESD Teacher’s Convention 2012August 2012

What’s the Deal with All of this Social Network & Tech Stuff, What Does It Have to Do With Education, and How Can I Start To Understand & Use It In My Classroom

Digital Citizenship

Digital Identity

21st Century Literacies

Virtual Communities

eLearning

Digital Citizenship

Digital Identity

21st Century Literacies

eLearning

Virtual Communities

[twitter] “Blockbuster offers glimpse of movie renting past” http://youtu.be/3TrPwOrf4sM [/twitter]

Source: Pew Internet, 2009

“Napster ... “schooled” users in the social practice of

downloading, uploading, & sharing digital content, which, in turn, has

contributed to increased demand for broadband, greater processing

power, and mobile media devices.”

[twitter] “The state of music online: Ten years after Napster” http://bit.ly/NpYFzF [/twitter]

new affordancestools, content, networks

new possibilitesremix, connected learning, activism

where to startcommunication, expression, identity,

networks, transparency

new affordances

tools

Source: Pew Internet, 2012

[twitter] “Networked Learners” (Presentation) from Pew Internet http://bit.ly/O1DGiL [/twitter]

Source: Pew Internet, 2012

Source: Pew Internet, 2012

Source: google.com/think/insights

[twitter] “The Mobile Movement” - Slideshare by Google http://slidesha.re/KpBZ13 [/twitter]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html

Political Rallies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html

Classrooms

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luc/2944876508/sizes/o/

The Subway

JB Concert

photographed by George Couros

Washrooms?

[twitter] “Toilet Texting, Bathroom Browsing on the Rise, Study Says” http://huff.to/GB8Rx1 [/twitter]

2012 Horizon Report - http://nmc.org

“Mobile devices & apps are increasingly valued asimportant learning tools in K-12. Once banned fromthe classroom, mobile devices & apps have become

such compelling tools that schools are beginningto rethink standing policies, and some are evenbeginning to implement “bring your own device”

(BYOD) programs.”

[twitter] 2012 K12 Horizon Report http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf [/twitter]

TextText

[twitter] “26 Internet Safety Talking Points” from @mcleod http://couros.ca/x/1ai [/twitter]

content

[twitter] Search the Commons using CC Search http://bit.ly/vLEhnI [/twitter]

[twitter] “Massive open online course” from Wikipedia http://bit.ly/uwa88Q [/twitter]

@drtonywagner

“Today knowledge is free. It’s like air, it’s like water...

There’s no competitive advantage 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.” (2012)

[twitter] “Creating Innovators: Why America’s Education System is Obsolete” http://onforb.es/IbCc6L [/twitter]

[twitter] “US teen invents advanced cancer test using Google” http://bbc.in/SM9XdR [/twitter]

networks

Howard Rheingold

• “Understanding how networks work is one of the most important literacies of the 21st century.” (2010)

Network Literacies

http://www.anduro.com/calgary-mayor-race.html

Politics

Text

[twitter] Read how social media played a role in Mayor Nenshi’s Campaign http://bit.ly/JnjFQt [/twitter]

Kindness in Networks

[twitter] “Web community photoshops a happy memory” http://couros.ca/x/1cw [/twitter]

slide by Dean Shareski

“My best attempt, I only removed the tubing, left colors and levels alone. I am sorry for your loss.”

slide by Dean Shareski

“I color corrected the skintones a bit as well.”

slide by Dean Shareski

“minor lighting, a 6 x 4 crop for printing in standard size & removed some of the background. well done fellow redditors !!!!”

slide by Dean Shareski

“Fixed the chair”

slide by Dean Shareski

“Sorry for the late help. I went for simplicity. Enjoy - and I hope you remember her well.”

slide by Dean Shareski

Two Billion

Predators

Two Billion

Teachers

Two Billion

Collaborators

Two Billion

Co-learners

Two Billion

Mentors

21st Century Learning Networks

21st Century Learning Networks

[twitter] PLE Diagrams http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams [/twitter]

new possibilities

remix

http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601144842/sizes/l/in/photostream/

[twitter] “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture” http://couros.ca/x/1cx [/twitter]

[twitter] “Forest Gump in One Minute, One Take” http://bit.ly/kXvpT [/twitter]

[twitter] “Obama singing ‘call me maybe” #remix #mashup http://bit.ly/MuNnZZ [/twitter]

[twitter] Kutiman’s ThruYou project - remix at its best http://thru-you.com/#/intro/ [/twitter]

“I’m New” by Kutiman

[twitter] From Kutiman’s ThruYou project - I’m new http://couros.ca/x/7n (e.g., of a digital essay?) [/twitter]

[twitter] Scary 'Mary Poppins' Recut Trailer http://couros.ca/x/1cy [/twitter]

[twitter] Countdown (Snuggie Version) [Comparison] - YouTube http://bit.ly/SMeeQm [/twitter]

What’s your background in video

editing?

I just do it for fun. I’m self-taught.

How long did it take to film and edit?

I started in November, but then I had to start from scratch a couple months

afterwards, so I spent months and months on it.

slide by George Couros

[twitter] Meet the Guy Behind the Snuggie Version of Beyonce's "Countdown" - Popdust http://bit.ly/LGv56N [/twitter]

[twitter] Beck’s new ‘album’ to be released as unrecorded sheet music http://couros.ca/x/1cd [/twitter]

connected learning

[twitter] Google Chrome - Make It Happen http://couros.ca/x/1cz [/twitter]

[twitter] “Example of social learning - ‘help with bowdrill set’” - http://youtu.be/JuFsDN8dsJU [/twitter]

[twitter] “Learn How To DANCE - Hip Hop (Time Lapse)” http://couros.ca/x/dy [/twitter]

“To answer your question, I did use Youtube to learn how to dance. I

consider it my ‘main’ teacher.”

“10 years ago, street dance was very exclusive, especially rare dances like popping

(the one I teach and do). You either had to learn it from a friend that knew it or get VHS

tapes which were hard to get. Now with Youtube, anyone, anywhere in the world can

learn previously ‘exclusive’ dance styles.”

[twitter] Audri’s Rube Goldberg Monster Trap http://couros.ca/x/1cc [/twitter]

slide by Dean Shareski

activism

[twitter] “Nine-Year-Old Food Blogger Documents Disappointing School Lunches” via @gcouros http://couros.ca/x/1d0 [/twitter]

[twitter] “Martha Payne's Popularity Serves Scottish School Council Just Desserts” via @gcouros http://bit.ly/MspuCk [/twitter

Martha shows every facet of great learning: real world change, making the environment around her better,

sharing her thinking with the world, having a conscious for the world beyond her immediate horizons, and

robustness in the face of incredible media and social media pressure.

slide by George Couros

[twitter] “Students can change the world - when we get out of the way” - http://couros.ca/x/wz [/twitter]

Crowdfunding

[twitter] "Viral Philanthropy: The Impact of Crowdsourced Compassion" couros.ca/x/z5 [/twitter]

how to get started

1Embrace New Communication Tools

(Appropriately)

[twitter] “Louis C.K. Tells Conan Why He Hates Twitter” http://couros.ca/x/1d3 [/twitter]

“If you can crack the problem of engagement – not just ‘are you paying attention?’, but ‘are you fascinated by this?’ – if you can crack engagement in deep learning then you’ve cracked 21st century schooling.” (Berrill, 2012)

[twitter] “The engaging school: A handbook for school leaders” http://bit.ly/Mn6rWi [/twitter]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emiliodelprado/225161313/

2Experiment With New Forms of Expression

1Consume, Create, Remix & Share

[twitter] “Kids Snippets: Salesman” http://bit.ly/PgEOCS [/twitter]

[twitter] “AFI’s Screen Education Handbook” http://bit.ly/QGM5q3 [/twitter]

3Teach Digital Citizenship/Identity

[twitter] “Google Chrome’s Dear Sophie Ad” http://couros.ca/x/7t [/twitter]

“81% of children under two currently have some kind of digital dossier or footprint, with

images of them posted online.”

Across all countries, children reach a “social media maturity” at about age 11.

“More than half (51% of 6-9 year olds use some sort of social network (e.g., Webkins, Club Penguin. 58% of parents admit they aren’t well informed about soc. networks.”

Easily Copied

Viewable by MillionsEasily Edited

Instantly Shared

The World is Watching

http://www.flickr.com/photos/palinopsiafilms/6359719991/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3356252350/

photographed by George Couros

[twitter] “The Vision (Our ePortfolio Project)” http://goo.gl/nbDZW [/twitter]

4Connect & Learn Via Social Networks

[twitter] Sask. School Orgs & Educators on Twitter - Add Yours http://bit.ly/GW9OnE [/twitter]

[twitter] “Some Educational Hashtags” http://bit.ly/7jRl6J [/twitter]

5Make Learning Visible

slide by Dean Shareski

[twitter] “The Learning Project” http://bit.ly/vbXU7q [/twitter]

slide by Dean Shareski

[twitter] Things To Come: Dean's Guitar Lessons http://bit.ly/uaUslt [/twitter]

slide by Dean Shareski

[twitter] “PS22 Chorus perform ‘The Fighter’” http://couros.ca/x/1d4 [/twitter]

[twitter] “PS22 Chorus performs with Gym Class Heroes” http://couros.ca/x/1d5 [/twitter]

concluding thoughts

(Joichi Ito)[twitter] In an Open-Source Society, Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants http://couros.ca/x/eg [/twitter]

@barrywellman

“The developed world is in the midst of a paradigm shift both in the ways in

which people and institutions are connected.

It is a shift from being bound up in homogenous “little boxes” to surfing life through diffuse, variegated

social networks.” (2002)

[twitter] “Little Boxes, Glocalization, and Networked Individualism” http://bit.ly/KwAUNX [/twitter]

[twitter] “4th Grade Girl’s First Ski Jump” http://couros.ca/x/ry [/twitter]

“Meaningful change ain’t gonna happen for our kids if we’re not willing to invest in it for ourselves first. At the heart, it’s not about schools…it’s about us.”

- Will Richardson

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3732230674/

[twitter] “No Quick Fix” http://bit.ly/nLviC2 [/twitter]

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“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born

in another time.” ~Tagore