Telling the New Story Technology is the fire, Around which we tell our stories -- Laurie Anderson Painting a New Vision for the 21st Century

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Preparing a Workforce, that could work… In straight rows Performing repetitive tasks Under close supervision

Preparing a Workforce, that could work…

In straight rows

Performing repetitive tasks

Under close supervision

For the first time in history, our jobs are to plan and prepare for a future that we can not clearly describe. 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

Leadership: Being Master Mozart or Michael Jordan Being Creative Albert Einstein or Steven Spielberg Telling a Compelling New Story Gandhi, Martin Luther King Nelson Mandela / Slobodan Milosevic Dr. Jennifer James

Being Master

Mozart or Michael Jordan

Being Creative

Albert Einstein or Steven Spielberg

Telling a Compelling New Story

Gandhi, Martin Luther King

Nelson Mandela / Slobodan Milosevic

A New Story – 1967 Doris Cope Freshman Civics Teacher Cherryville Senior High School Says, “ By the year 2000, we will all have our own computer!”

A Compelling new story must have three essential elements! James Compelling Story Must fit the market place & fit the future. Must resonate to deeply held values. Must be able to model the story.

Compelling Story

Must fit the market place & fit the future.

Must resonate to deeply held values.

Must be able to model the story.

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 … Non-native English-speakers now outnumber native speakers three to one? Did you know that …The number of English-speakers in Asia now exceeds the combined populations of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain? Power, Carla. &quot;Non-native English-speakers now outnumber native ones 3 to 1. And it's changing the way we communicate..&quot; Newsweek International Edition 7 Mar 2007 13 Apr 2007 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7038031/site/newsweek>. http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/

Did you know that … Non-native English-speakers now outnumber native speakers three to one?

Did you know that …The number of English-speakers in Asia now exceeds the combined populations of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain?

Did you know that … in 2003, Chinese students graduating with engineering 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 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) When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. – Anais Nin 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!

“ What we’ve got at GM now is a general comprehension that you can’t run this business by the left, intellectual, analytical side of the brain. You have to have a lot of right side, creative input. We are in the arts and entertainment business, and we’re putting a huge emphasis on world-class design.” Robert Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development Chief General Motors Daniel Pink

“ What we’ve got at GM now is a general comprehension that you can’t run this business by the left, intellectual, analytical side of the brain. You have to have a lot of right side, creative input.

We are in the arts and entertainment business, and we’re putting a huge emphasis on world-class design.”

A Compelling new story must have three essential elements! James Compelling Story Must fit the market place & fit the future. Must resonate to deeply held values. Must be able to model the story.

Compelling Story

Must fit the market place & fit the future.

Must resonate to deeply held values.

Must be able to model 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.”

:Sry u didn’t c him? :No lol :I lmao :wombat :bb? :224 W aste o f M oney B rains a nd T ime The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. – Gloria Steinem

How our Students Learn? 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 Competitive • Risk Taking • Sociable • Believe in the role of luck • Self-confident • More/Less Globally Aware? •

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

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/>.

A Compelling new story must have three essential elements! James Compelling Story Must fit the market place & fit the future. Must resonate to deeply held values. Must be able to model the story.

Compelling Story

Must fit the market place & fit the future.

Must resonate to deeply held values.

Must be able to model the story.

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

Did you know that …Google now processes approximately 1 billion searches a day. Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Should we be amazed that Google is processing this many searches. Or amazed that we’re asking this many questions?

Did you know that …Google now processes approximately 1 billion searches a day.

Sifry, David. &quot;The State of the Live Web, April 2007.&quot; [Weblog Sifry's Alerts] Apr 2007. Technorati. 23 Oct 2007 <http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html>.

When we have new questions, where do the new answers come from? Something That somebody Said yesterday Images from http://flickr.com/creativecommons

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That somebody

Said yesterday

A Story from a Techie 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).

Eli Lilly’s InnoCentive (http://innocentive.com/) project brokers corporations (i.e., Boeing, Dupont, Procter & Gamble) with problems-solvers for ornery scientific challenges. “ We actually found the odds of a solver’s success increased in fields in which they had no formal expertise.” -- Karim Lakhani

The Nature of Information has Changed Networked Digital Overwhelming

Networked

Digital

Overwhelming

The Nature of Information has Changed Participatory Reader Directed People Connecting (More)

Participatory

Reader Directed

People Connecting

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It’s My Information Never underestimate the power of a million amateurs With keys to the factory! – Chris Anderson 2006

Work in responsive environments Communicate Share personal experience & identity Form & participate in communities Ask questions Accomplish Invest themselves Safely make mistakes Earn audience & attention New Information Landscape Unpredictable Future Audience Chat, &quot;Our Students • Our Worlds.&quot; Miami Country Day School. Multipurpose Room, Miami. 14 Aug 2007. David Warlick • The Landmark Project • http://handouts.davidwarlick.com/ Info-Savvy Students

Work in responsive environments

Communicate

Share personal experience & identity

Form & participate in communities

Ask questions

Accomplish

Invest themselves

Safely make mistakes

Earn audience & attention