Culture, Networks and Engagement

CULTURE

What Does Support Look Like?CELEBRATE RISK TAKING

AFFILIATION

students connected by passion

NETWORKS

YOU CONNECT AND BUILD NETWORKS

Think diffusion not replication

Independent Contractors

Focus on a Few Things

PEER RECOGNITION

OR SOCIAL CONNECTION?

Teachers

Schools

DistrictsGovernmen

ts

• Will make it easier for students...

• Will make it easier for teachers...

• Will make it easier for schools...

• Will make it easier for districts...

To be FLEXIBLE

What are the new opportunities that the curriculum offers when

it comes to engagement?

HOW DOES DIGITAL CHANGE

THINGS?

SELF-RELIANCE

CRITICAL THINKING

INQUIRY

CREATIVITY

PROBLEM-SOLVING

INNOVATION

TEAMWORK

COLLABORATION

CROSS-CULTURAL

TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY

CONNECT

What could be

DO OLD THINGSBETTER

“Students today depend too much upon ink. They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.”National Association of Teachers, 1907

DO NEW THINGSYOU COULDN’T DO AT ALL

“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me ‘A faster horse.’”

Henry Ford

What many want for their children is the benefits of digital learning

Relevant, connected, unlimited

HOW IS TECHNOLOGY BEING USED TO HELP ENGAGE

STUDENTS IN WAYST THAT WERE NOT POSSIBLE

WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGY?

So . . .

If we want this for kids what about adults?

TEDx

Ignite

EdCamp