The Multichronic Classroom

ANTHONY FONTANA BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY [email_address]

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The Digital Divide:

Access

Race

Socioeconomic status

Geography

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Participation gap: Unequal access of youths to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare them for full participation in the world of tomorrow. (Jenkins) G3N M

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Edward T. Hall described culture as communication based on perceptions of time:

Monochronic : Term for linear cultures (America)

Polychronic : Term reserved for non-linear cultures

Schedules have “taught us to think linearly, rather than comprehensively.” Hall (1977)

POLYCHRONIC Email (Asynchronous) Text Messaging (Bisynchronous) Verbal conversation (Synchronous) MONOCHRONIC Verbal conversation

Monochrons:

Expect answers

 Listen, take notes, memorize, and test

Linear, task oriented

 Prefer convergent methodologies

 Show up on time, expect to leave when finished

Polychrons:

Find answers (they don’t wait)

Apply information

Non-linear, multitaskers

Prefer divergent methodologies

Commit to relationships

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Polychrons Monochrons { } How does one accommodate: The note taker The constant txt msger The Googler

Create a learning environment

In and out of the classroom

Optimize learning outcomes

Research, conceptualize, formulate and execute

Provide channels of content transfer most familiar to the student

Engage not entertain

I am trying to create a classroom for both the Polychron and the Monochron! THE MULTICHRONIC CLASSROOM

Web 2.0 Ideology:

 Create

 Collaborate

 Communicate

 Interact

Multichronic Ideals :

 Create

 Collaborate

 Communicate

 Interact

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Multichronic Ideal:

 Create

Create Write, Photograph, Document Blog

Increases student’s use of vocabulary

replaces traditional journal

Increases awareness of elements & principles in art history and visual culture

Presents student with a virtual space to critique, revise, and express their ideas

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Multichronic Ideal:

 Collaborate

Collaborate Revise, Refine, Build resource libraries Wiki

Allows students to document and own the information they are given

Open and free for future classes

Artworks and examples have purpose, meaning

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Multichronic Ideals:

 Communicate

Communicate Network, Join groups, Friend Facebook

Gives students access to each other on a larger scale

Updates are quick and easy

Resources can be documented and shared

Better than email!

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Multichronic Ideals:

 Interact

Interact Ask, Respond, Relate Second Life

Students see something familiar

Gaming/ Virtual worlds

Able to visit the work without going anywhere

Able to talk to the artist

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