Student ProvocateursStudent ProvocateursHigh-Interest, Collaborative Learning,

Digital Action!

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tomorrows leaders will need to tomorrows leaders will need to be…be…

communicators (Friedman, 2006)

collaboratorsleveragersadaptorsexplainerssynthesizersmodel builderslocalizerspersonalizers

a genuine interest indicates a genuine interest indicates personal identification with a personal identification with a course of action (Dewey, 1913)course of action (Dewey, 1913)

perhaps digital literacy is the perhaps digital literacy is the key…key…

will students engage with social issues when they have film as a medium to provoke others?

embedded questionsembedded questions

cycles of action cycles of action researchresearch

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cycle 1cycle 1creating a setting for success

casey farm – setting and project focus

cycle 1 reflectionscycle 1 reflections

clear interest in SPexcellent partnerfunding helpedcreating the video

inspired

cycle 2cycle 2in the midst of it all

working directly with the students as the ‘expert’

cycle 2 reflectionscycle 2 reflections

students worked really hard

a reality check for us all

need for continued momentum

cycle 3cycle 3from ideas to action

filming the film

cycle 3 reflectionscycle 3 reflections

students felt successful

learned communication and collaboration

yes to doing this again – 100%

summative reflectionssummative reflections

we are preparing students for a future we cannot imagine

consider the fundamental skills of the future

solving a critical problem

students reported learning*◦how to work with

others in groups◦collaborate◦communicate◦and make a film

along the way

*skills identified by Jonassen and Rohrer, (1999), as characteristics of constructivist learning environments

nurture the futurenurture the future

imaginationintuitionpattern recognitionartistic expression

towards a future where individuality, creativity, adaptation, communication, collaboration, explanation and intuition are keys to success

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referencesreferences

Dewey, J. (1913). Interests and Efforts in Education. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company

Friedman, T. (2006). The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Jonassen, D. and Rohrer-Murphy, L. (1999). Activity Theory as a Framework for Designing Constructivist Learning Environments. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47, 61-79.

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brad@techforlearning.org

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