Social Structures in Learning:
Creative Enterprise and Technology
Karen Frostig, Associate Professor,
Lesley University and Visiting Scholar, Brandeis University
Kabren Levinson, Student, Social Philosophy,
Bard College and Podcaster, http://nerdnewsradio.com

- Formalism to Constructivism
- Modernism to Postmodernism
- Ideology to Interrogation
Issues of Authority

TRADITIONAL:
Technique Driven/Discipline Centered
- Lessons determined by the teacher in advance.
- Curriculum stands on its own, separate from the
classroom.
- “Art Demos” set up the teacher as the authority.
- Technique as an “add-on” rather than a skill.

PROGRESSIVE:
Inquiry Driven/Student-Centered
Classroom culture is developed through inquiry:
- Who are the students?
- Where is their community?
- What matters in their lives?

Models of Education:
- Constructivism
- Essential Questions
- Critical Consciousness
- Dialogic Education

Assemblages

Classroom as Community
The “what-how-why-who” questions

Education
+
Technology

Education

Technology

Educational/Academic
Technology

My Project
- Educational technology program
- Move the school forward
- Explore emerging technologies
- Classroom 2.0

Why?
- Education has been left behind
- Technology is moving, Education is not
- IT is not EduTech
- School’s mission: strong community values

Individual Technologies
- Blogs (Wordpress, Tumblr)
- Wiki’s (PBWiki, Wikispaces)
- Twitter (http://twitter.com)
- Google Apps for Education

My Recommendation
http://kabren.wikispaces.com/rec-tech
EduTech should be a top priority.
- Academic Technology Supervisor
- Rethink IT, rethink tech mission
- Individual Technologies (Blogs, Wiki’s, etc)
- Teachers should not be afraid to ask for help

CONCLUSION:
Curriculum and Imagination
“Developing curriculum is a creative
process. it is sketched, formed, and
enacted, as well as written, and
continually changes as it is
implemented, criticized, and revised.”
--Paul Duncum (2001)

Four educational messages
for children
1. You are a human being
2. Your home is planet Earth
3. You are a citizen of a multicultural society
4. You live in an interrelated world.
--Melanie Davenport (2000)

Contact
You can find this presentation online at:
http://kabren.wikispaces.com/hawaii09
karen kabren
karen.frostig@gmail.com k@kabrenlevinson.com
http://karenfrostig.com http://kabrenlevinson.com
http://twitter.com/frostig http://twitter.com/kabren