Learning without boundaries sd43 focus day

Brian Kuhn
Manager of Information Services
School District 43 (Coquitlam)
www.sd43.bc.ca
Learning Without Boundaries
Coquitlam School District 43 – Sep. 23, 2011
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bkuhn@sd43.bc.ca

"In times of change learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer

Student advocates for diverse sources

3.6 B people on earth
First computer chess tournament
0 (yes zero) personal computers sold
0 e-mails sent
0 blog posts
0 Facebook users
BG (before Google)
1970
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1970

Sep. 14, 2011 around 8:17pm
6.99 B people on the earth
247,656,889 personal computers sold this year
600,315 TVs sold today
4,436,362 cell phones sold today
2,235,474,965 internet users on earth
294,777,286,923 e-mail messages sent today
3,439,422 blog posts today
181,296,322 tweets sent today
750,000,000 Facebook users
3,039,715,201 Google searches today
http://www.worldometers.info/

Connect anywhere!
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Devices are small, powerful, and everywhere
Kindle

Devices are small, powerful, and everywhere
Internet… wireless everywhere…
just like oxygen
being connected is not optional
just like breathing…
Kindle

“With the exception of alphabets and number systems, the Net may well be the single most powerfulmind-alteringtechnology that has ever come into general use...
…At the very least, it’s the most powerful that has come along since the book.” The Shallows (kindle 1991)

“Printing gave humanity the written word. The Web makeseveryoneapublisher.Printing enabled the distribution of knowledge. The Web provides a platform fornetworkinghuman minds…
…Printing allowed people to know. The Web enables people to collaborateand to learn collectively.” Macrowikinomics (kindle 566)

“Teaching young people how to scrutinize, validate, and put things in context will be among the toughest tasks for educators.” Macrowikinomics (kindle 4390)
“the true test of rigor is for students to be able to look at material they’ve never seen before and know what to do with it.” 21st Century Skills (kindle 241)

“The history of the modern world is a history of ideas meeting, mixing, mating and mutating” Rational Optimist (kindle 3806)

“Prosperity, or growth, has been synonymous with moving from self-sufficiency to interdependence” Rational Optimist (kindle 608)
“The more knowledge you generate, the more you can generate. And the engine that is driving prosperity in the modern world is the accelerating generation of useful knowledge.” Rational Optimist (kindle 3466)

“The characteristic feature of a piece of new knowledge, whether practical or esoteric, …
…whether technical or social, is that you can give it away and still keep it.” Rational Optimist (kindle 3766)

“if we can foresee that technology is likely to have a highly disruptive impact on our economy in the coming years and decades, then we really need to start thinking about that well in advance.” Lights in the Tunnel (kindle 208)

Who are our students?

What is your vision for how technology enables Personalized Learning?

What does the future hold?
“technology is not just advancing gradually: it is accelerating”,The Lights in the Tunnel, Kindle location 227
“If you make some very logical, and even conservative, assumptions about where technology is likely to lead in the coming years, much of the conventional wisdom about what the future will look like becomes unsupportable”,The Lights in the Tunnel, Kindle location 222
Connect  Share  Learn  Try

Student says critical thinking is key

“If at some point, machines are likely to permanentlytake over a great deal of the work now performed by human beings, then that will be a threat to the very foundation of our economic system. This is not something that will just work itself out. This is something that we need to begin thinking about.” Lights in the Tunnel (kindle 217)

“It’s always very dangerous to use the word ‘impossible’ where technology is concerned.”
Lights in the Tunnel (kindle 2193)

http://www.singularity.com

“But because we’re doublingthe rate of progressevery decade, we’ll see the equivalent of a century of progress—at today’s rate—in only twenty-five calendar years.” The Singularity is Near (kindle 442)
“Most long-range forecasts of what is technically feasible in future time periods dramatically underestimatethe power of future developments because they are based on what I call the ‘intuitive linear’ view of history rather than the ‘historical exponential’ view.” The Singularity is Near (kindle 429)

How do you think exponential changes in technology will impact learning and teaching?

Learning with Technology Strategy from 2005-6
Learning, teaching
and leading
is enhanced through effective and meaningful use of technology
Exemplars
Learning
Staff
Development
Equitable
Access

my43
Internet Services… wikipedia, youtube, google, skype, twitter, del.icio.us, RSS feeds, news, Google Earth, Maps, BCeSIS, research, Facebook (social networking)
animation
Learning
activities
Assessment
&
Feedback
Learning
Resources
calculating
video
Discussion
board
wiki
my site
Professional
personal
News /
Announcements
Virtual
Classroom
alerts
blog
writing
blog
Information Sharing
School Intranet
Destiny Library
Public websites
Leaves, pay,
Jobs
wiki
School Web Site
E-mail, Calendar, Contacts
Document Management
District
Intranet
It is a platform, a digital ecosystem
Log-in once – it knows who you are
Built on Sharepoint, incorporates Office, Outlook – familiar tools
Connect open source, Web 2.0, commercial, custom – imagine…
Integrate HR, Finance, Payroll,… the back-office exposed…

Technology Powered Learning + Teaching

Learning Today

Parents and Students can access all recommended, licensed, and free online resources…

Students hand-in assignments electronically, self assess, and receive assessment / feedback from teacher
Middle School Explorations Class

Grade 12 English Assignment

Grade 11 English Student e-Portfolio

Grade 12 English Assignment

Grade 4/5’s Hand-in / Assessment

Middle School Hand-in & Assessment

Middle School Computer Explorations

“Organizations can succeed and even thrive in this new environment by embracing the five principles of wikinomics:…
Flickr – langwitches # 4343432434
…collaboration, openness, sharing, integrity, and interdependence.” Macrowikinomics (kindle 593)

Student Learning Tools

Personalized Learning

The Future… District – School – Teacher – Student – Parent Web Spaces
Public Internet
District Intranet
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District Website
School Intranet
my43
School Website
Virtual Classrooms
my43
Teacher Website
Student Space
my43
Parent Space
my43

What capabilities do you see being required in a digital environment or platform to support Personalized Learning?

“imagine, as a student, that you could not only read about what it is like to be a scientist, an architect, an artist, an entrepreneur, or an engineer, but also collaborate with fellow students in a safe virtual environment to recreate that experience for yourself.” Macrowikinomics (kindle 2907)

Dr. Barab (principle researcher)'s current work involves the research and development of rich learning environments, frequently with the aid of technology, that are designed to assist children in developing their sense of purposeas individuals, as members of their communities, and as knowledgeable citizens of the world.

Student takes us on a quest…

“The full-immersion visual-auditory virtual-realityenvironments, which will be ubiquitous during the second decade of this century, will hasten the trend toward people living and working wherever they wish.” The Singularity is Near (kindle 1779)

Teacher describes the Open Internet Test

“Answering questions like ‘When was the War of 1812?’ is a useless skill in an always-on Wikipedia world.” Linchpin (kindle 789)
“We’ve been trained since first grade to avoid mistakes.” Linchpin (kindle 1108)

Student’s plan for the Open Internet Test

Game Changer Tools

“Late in the 1800s, during the Industrial Revolution, business leaders began complaining about all these rural kids who were pouring into the cities and going to work in our factories. Business leaders said that these kids were no good, and that what they needed was an educational system that would produce "industrial discipline.” (paraphrase: show up, be on time, follow rules), Alvin Toffler

“How does that system fit into a world where assembly lines have gone away? It doesn't. The public school system is designed to produce a workforce for an economy that will not be there. And therefore, with all the best intentions in the world, we're stealing the kids' future.”, Alvin Toffler

Designing Moody Middle 2014

Student leads a discussion

Teacher Librarian Included

Tyler’s Loving School in 2016
Individualized Learning Plans
Small learning communities
Personal and team learning spaces
Learning Facilitators / coaches
Cross-curricular
Project based
3D video and holographic messaging
Interactive learning slates
Interactive 3D holographic video chat
Global learning communities
No-touch / multi-touch learning glass surfaces
Student learning teams
Self-directed learning
Interdependent learning

What resonated with you about the ideas found in the 2016 scenario about Tyler with respect to Personalized Learning?

and supportive Parents…

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