EDUCATIONAL SHIFT
Old Model: Scalable Learning/Efficiency• learning a set of skills
New Model: Participating in Knowledge Flows• learning how to learn and participate in knowledge
flows
EDUCATIONAL SHIFT
Today’s students live in a multimodal world
Students learn in three spheres:• 1. Academic• 2. Interest Driven• 3. Peer Culture
Students build context and content
EDUCATIONAL SHIFT
Students construct new contexts • 1. Remixing existing structures into something NEW• Ex) Movie:
• students edit sound track, saturation, images• Alters not only what you see but what it means
EDUCATIONAL SHIFTS
Play= progenitor of culture and innovation• Rooted in Montessori and Dewey
Through play, students find new
ideas/solutions/epiphanies
In world of play, students can fail until getting it right
EDUCATIONAL SHIFTS
In a world of constant change, modern students must
blend epistemologies Knowing
Making Playing
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
1. Teacher= Mentor/Coach/Facilitator
2. Students produce more content than YOU
3. Class= OPEN PORTAL to the world
4. Amplify Students’ Interests & Voices
5. Connected Educators= Leaders of Social
Learning• Utilize Local/ Global Resources and Experts• Create Authentic Learning Experiences & Opportunities
TECHNOLOGY
Promotes culture of continuous inquiry
Connects students to global community
Enables students to publish to the world• Publishing no longer the end; it’s the beginning
(of discussions and deeper reflection)
TECHNOLOGY
College of William & Mary: T-PACK • Technology Pedagogical Content Knowledge
“attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge.”
(http://tpack.org/)
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
John Seely Brown
Suzie Boss
Darren Cambridge
Bruce Dixon
Will Richardson
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Jackie Gerstein
Jane Krauss,
Renee Moore
NOTABLE SITES:H T T P : / / T E A C H E R L E A D E R S . T Y P E P A D . C O M / T E A C H M O O R E /