william brennan, ed.d keynote address- technology and learning in perspective
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Technology and Learning: Putting it all in Perspective
Na#onal Junior Honor Society Induc#on Ceremony
Keynote Address by William Brennan November 27, 2012
Why does this maPer?
Today’s Kindergartener • Born in 2009 • Will graduate HS in 2024 • Will graduate college in 2028
• Re5re in 2068
Today’s HS Senior • Born in 1995 • Will graduate HS in 2013 • Will graduate college in
2017 • Re5re in 2057
What does this mean?
• We have to recognize that all of us grew up in a par#cular era, one that civiliza#on has never seen before.
• We built ins#tu#onal prac#ces that prepared us to live in a period of rela#ve stability -‐ where skills lasted a life#me.
• Moving from the Informa#on Age to an Age of Networked Intelligence.
Final Thoughts • For genera#ons we have been about making things faster, shorter,
smaller à efficiency. • We’re in an age where everyone has Facebook, most people have smart
phones and TwiPer, and everything moves super quickly. • With that being said, we’ve started to depend more on technology and
less on personal interac5ons with others. • Although we have this amazing influx of informa#on at our finger#ps, it’s
more important to appreciate the real-‐life friendships that you will make throughout your #me in middle school and into high school, college and beyond.
• Con#nue to be kind, compassionate and loving to one another at home, at
school, at work, and in every interac#on throughout the day.
Just stop and think for a second about all that we have been through in the last month. There are powerful
messages here.
What did you do when there was no TV?
What did you do when there was no XBOX?
What did you do when there was no CELL PHONES?
What did you do when there was no INTERNET?
Did you meet ne
w neighbors?