Our Students - Our Worlds Classrooms for the Future Teaching & Learning in a New Information Landscape

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Prepared to work in straight rows, performing repetitive tasks, under close supervision.

Three Converging Conditions Three converging conditions, that are redefining what it is to educate and to be educated…

&quot;How Much Information.&quot; School of Inormation Management & Systems . 2000. Regents of the University of California. 13 March, 2001. <http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/summary.html>. David Warlick • The Landmark Project • http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/

For the first time in history Our job as educators Is to prepare our children For a future That We can not clearly describe.

Three Converging Conditions Preparing students for a future we can not clearly describe. 1st converging condition…

Did you know that …If Wal-Mart was a country, it would now be China's eighth-biggest trading partner…? Did you know that …UPS ships 13.5 million packages a day… At any given moment, 2% of the world's GDP is in the back of a UPS delivery truck? Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

Did you know that …If Wal-Mart was a country, it would now be China's eighth-biggest trading partner…?

Did you know that …UPS ships 13.5 million packages a day… At any given moment, 2% of the world's GDP is in the back of a UPS delivery truck?

Did you know that … in 2003, Chinese students graduating with engineering degrees represented 46% of all graduates. In the US it was only 5%. Almost half of NASA’s 18,146 employees are over 50 years old. NASA Employees over the age of 60 out number those under 30 By a margin of 3 to 1

Did you know that … in 2003, Chinese students graduating with engineering degrees represented 46% of all graduates. In the US it was only 5%.

Almost half of NASA’s 18,146 employees are over 50 years old.

NASA Employees over the age of 60 out number those under 30

By a margin of 3 to 1

Richard Florida says… Lose 500,000 manufacturing jobs Gain 200,000 Science & Engineering jobs 400,000 creative arts jobs (visual arts, music, drama, culture, & entertainment) Florida, Richard. The Flight of the Creative Class. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Lose 500,000 manufacturing jobs

Gain 200,000 Science & Engineering jobs

400,000 creative arts jobs (visual arts, music, drama, culture, & entertainment)

He’s not investing in the technology! He’s investing in the Story!

Our Children are Different They were born after The Reagan era The Persian Gulf War The walkman Most of them were born after The breakup of the Soviet Union Tiananmen Square Compact Discs had been around for a decade. They have never Played Pac Man or Pong Listened to an 8-track Purchased a vinyl album Seen a TV with less than 100 channels Heard “Where’s the Beef?”, “I’d walk a mile for a camel”, or “de plane, de plane.” They’re Smart & Connected and very few have any formative recollection of the 20th century

They were born after

The Reagan era

The Persian Gulf War

The walkman

Most of them were born after

The breakup of the Soviet Union

Tiananmen Square

Compact Discs had been around for a decade.

They have never

Played Pac Man or Pong

Listened to an 8-track

Purchased a vinyl album

Seen a TV with less than 100 channels

Heard “Where’s the Beef?”, “I’d walk a mile for a camel”, or “de plane, de plane.”

A Story from a Techie Children believe that.. “… everything is clickable, Khosla, Vinod.&quot;ITConversations.&quot; Vinod Khosla: In Conversations with John Battelle. Web 2.0 Conference, San Francisco. 5 Oct 2005. Audio Archive. 25 Nov 2005 <http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail796.html>. even their parents.” Vinod Khosla Founding CEO of Sun Microsystems

Children believe that..

“… everything is clickable,

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Three Converging Conditions Preparing students for a future we can not clearly describe. Preparing children who are accustomed to a rich & deep information experience 2nd Converging Condition…

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Video Games Got Game by John Beck & Mitchell Wade The Kids are Alright: How the Gamer Generation is Changing the Workplace by John Beck & Mitchell Wade What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning! By Marc Prensky How Computer Games Help Children Learn By David Williamson Shaffer

Got Game by John Beck & Mitchell Wade

The Kids are Alright: How the Gamer Generation is Changing the Workplace by John Beck & Mitchell Wade

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee

Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning! By Marc Prensky

How Computer Games Help Children Learn By David Williamson Shaffer

Games consist of Roles & Rules David Williamson Shaffer Epistemic Games University of Wisconsin

Games consist of Roles & Rules

Video Game Computer Audio Images Actors Video Editing Software Machinima

We see information as a product They see information as a raw material Duss, Leslie. &quot;Reading.JPG.&quot; Leslie Duss' Photostream. 21 Mar 2006. 28 Jul 2007 <http://flickr.com/photos/leslieduss/150799155/>. Harris, Steve. &quot;Always Here.&quot; Steveharris' Photostream. 9 Sep 2006. 28 Jul 2007 <http://flickr.com/photos/sharris/238772338/>.

Web 1.0

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 http://wikipedia.org/

Web 2.0 Davis, Matthew. &quot;Congress 'Made Wikipedia Changes'.&quot; BBCNews 9 Feb 2006 12 Nov 2006 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4695376.stm>.

Heidigoseek, &quot;AADL - New Books.&quot; Heidigoseek's Photostream . 20 Mar 2006. 13 Nov 2006 <http://flickr.com/photos/heidigoseek/115581765/>. Althouse, Ann. &quot;September 11th News.&quot; Ann Althouse's Photostream . 11 Sep 2005. 13 Nov 2006 <http://flickr.com/photos/althouse/42300120/>. Who am I to trust? Who’s going to be my gatekeeper?

What does it mean to be literate today? Reading? Arithmetic? Writing? David Warlick • The Landmark Project • http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/

Reading?

Arithmetic?

Writing?

Three Converging Conditions Preparing students for a future we can not clearly describe. Preparing children who are accustomed to a rich & deep information experience Preparing children in a new and dynamic information landscape 3rd Converging Condition…

Anderson, Chris. &quot;The Long Tail.&quot; WIRED Magazine Oct 2004. 17 Mar 2005 <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html>. The Long Tail

Student bloggers… Feel part of a global community, Exhibit a sense of responsibility, Are empowered learners, particularly special needs students. Blogging has given my six and seven-year olds a window to the world. They see themselves as part of a global community --a community that shares ... This international audience gives my students a purpose and they are motivated to do their best writing on their blog. Kathy Cassidy I worried about making my students’ developing language skills available to a wider audience – but I needn't have. They are developing their own voice and with a greater degree of responsibility. Paul Harrington Without a doubt the children that find their voices first and carry the most enthusiasm for blogging are my special needs children . Students who would agonize over a sentence are writing prolifically about their lives. (…the improvements in writing are steadily making their way back to paper and pencil!) Elsie

Student bloggers…

Feel part of a global community,

Exhibit a sense of responsibility,

Are empowered learners, particularly special needs students.

Responsible Learners

What does it mean to be literate today? Reading? Arithmetic? Writing? David Warlick • The Landmark Project • http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/

Reading?

Arithmetic?

Writing?

What does it mean to be literate today? Reading? Arithmetic? Writing? Exposing truth Employing information Expressing ideas compellingly David Warlick • The Landmark Project • http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/

Reading?

Arithmetic?

Writing?

Exposing truth

Employing information

Expressing ideas compellingly

Ethics Ethics Ethics Spam ..cost the world $50 billion dollars in 2005 (U.S. $19b). Expected to double in 2007. According to the Copenhagen Consensus We could bring HIV/AIDS under control for less than $35 billion. Jennings, Richi. “Spam and Other Email Threats: Market and Technology Update.” Ferris Research. 8 Jun 2007. Ferris Research. 9 Jun 2007 <http://www.ferris.com/>. Kerr, Roger. “Hard-Hedaded Spending Decisions not Cold-Hearted.” BusinessROUNDTABLE. 2 Jul 2004. New Zealand Business Roundtable. 9 Jun 2007 <http://www.nzbr.org.nz/documents/articles/articles-2004/040702Copenhagen.htm>

Spam

..cost the world $50 billion dollars in 2005 (U.S. $19b).

Expected to double in 2007.

According to the Copenhagen Consensus

We could bring HIV/AIDS under control for less than $35 billion.

What does it mean to be literate today? Reading? Arithmetic? Writing? Exposing truth Employing information Expressing ideas compellingly Ethics Ethics Ethics David Warlick • The Landmark Project • http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/

Reading?

Arithmetic?

Writing?

Exposing truth

Employing information

Expressing ideas compellingly

Ethics Ethics Ethics

Our Classrooms are Flat From the perspective of their information experience, our students are more literate than we are! Lenhart, Amanda and Mary Madden. &quot;Teen Content Creators and Consumers....&quot; Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2 Nov 2005. Pew Charitable Trust. 9 Aug 2007 <http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Content_Creation.pdf>. 57% of teenagers have produced original digital content and published it. Learners Learners Curriculum, Content & Teachers Gravity Gravity Learners Learners Curriculum Content Teachers

Content today is the dominant thing. But one thing that I can say, is that … it is going to be the company that can grow and maintain audiences (not content). Khosla, Vinod.&quot;ITConversations.&quot; Vinod Khosla: In Conversations with John Battelle. Web 2.0 Conference, San Francisco. 5 Oct 2005. Audio Archive. 25 Nov 2005 <http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail796.html>. Vinod Khosla Founding CEO of Sun Microsystems

Content today is the dominant thing. But one thing that I can say, is that

… it is going to be the company that can grow and maintain audiences (not content).

Energy from Intrinsic Need To… Work in responsive environments Communicate Share personal experience & identity Form & participate in communities Ask questions Accomplish Invest themselves Safely make mistakes Earn audience and attention Audience Chat, &quot;Our Students • Our Worlds.&quot; Miami Country Day School. Multipurpose Room, Miami. 14 Aug 2007.

Work in responsive environments

Communicate

Share personal experience & identity

Form & participate in communities

Ask questions

Accomplish

Invest themselves

Safely make mistakes

Earn audience and attention

Preparing children who are accustomed to a rich & deep information experience Preparing children in a new and dynamic information landscape Three Converging Conditions Preparing students for a future we can not clearly describe. Teach Students to Teach Themselves Pay attention to students’ information experiences Rethink the basic Skills “redefine literacy”

Not just literacy! But learning literacy !

Not just skills! But habits!

Not just lifelong-learning! But learning lifestyle …

Bottom Line? so we shouldn’t be preparing children for a future of security. Instead, we should prepare them for a future of opportunity … and that’s done differently! The future is not secure,

Thank You!