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    Good morning. My name is Dr. Scott McLeod. I’m the Director of CASTLE, the only university center in the country dedicated to the technology leadership needs of school administrators.

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    1. 100% Proficiency on Old Skills? A candid conversation about the demands of NCLB and preparing students for the New Economy Dr. Scott McLeod January 26, 2007 www.scottmcleod.net/CAREI
    2. The Times They Are A-Changin’
    3.  
    4. Technology is changing us
      • This is about our way of life. An historical analog would be the Industrial Revolution, but compressed into 15 years - not played out over a century. Hang on - this will be quite a ride.
      • - Joseph S. Kraemer
    5. Globalization
      • Economic and cultural
      • The World is Flat , Thomas Friedman
      • The Flight of the Creative Class , Richard Florida
    6.  
    7. The Rise of the Creative Class
    8.  
    9. Importance of creativity
      • Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind
        • Can someone overseas do it cheaper?
        • Can a computer do it faster?
        • Is what I’m offering in demand in an age of abundance?
      • Relationships, collaboration, creativity, innovation, problem-solving, pattern detection, synthesizing, adding value
    10. Are schools focusing on the right things?
      • No generation in history has ever been so thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.
      • - David Warlick
    11.  
    12. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
    13.  
    14. The Not-So-Hidden Revolution
    15. Revolution
      • Web 1.0 v. Web 2.0
      • Putting the power in the hand of the users
        • Collaboration
        • Creativity
        • Disintermediation
        • Reach
    16. Web 2.0 A quick tour
      • Wikis
      • Blogs – me , the big guys
      • Podcasts ( audio , video )
      • YouTube ( online video )
      • Flickr (online photo)
      • Delicious (social bookmarking)
      • Digg
      • Google Maps mashups
      • MySpace
      • MMORPGs
      • Video game mods
    17. Web 2.0
      • Interconnected
      • Collaborative
      • Personalized
      • Autonomous
      • Freewheeling
      • Empowering
    18.  
    19. Are schools teaching the right things?
      • While we teach whatever we teach at school, the kids go home and learn the skills they need to survive and prosper in an interconnected global economy.
      • - Clarence Fisher
    20. Video games
      • Brain-rotting waste of time or high-octane learning environments?
      • Kids who can’t sit still in class for five minutes can be mentally locked in for hours at home playing video games
      • “ Engage or enrage me” (Prensky)
    21. Jump Start 2nd Grade
    22. Millie’s Math House
    23. Kid Phonics 2
    24. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
    25. Stranglehold
    26. Star Heritage: Ship of Ages
    27. Digital natives, immigrants, & refugees
      • http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/10/21/beyond-the-digital-native-immigrant-dichotomy/
    28. Avoiding Irrelevance
      • 14,383 school districts
      • 95,726 public schools
      • + 29,273 private schools
      • =
      • 125,000 schools
    29. Irrelevance, part 1
      • Our intelligence tends to produce technological and social change at a rate faster than our institutions and emotions can cope with. . . .
      • - Gwynne Dyer
    30.  
    31. Irrelevance, part 2
      • When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.
      • - Jack Welch
    32. Irrelevance, part 3
      • They say, “We can’t handle this much change.” I say, “Your [relevance is] in jeopardy. What choice do you have?”
      • They say I’m extreme. I say I’m a realist.
      • - Seth Godin
    33. We need to somehow change faster
      • No one jumps a 20 foot chasm in two
      • 10 foot jumps. – Miguel Guhlin
    34. What schools can’t do
    35. What we need
      • leadership
      • v.
      • management
    36. What we need
      • anticipatory
      • v.
      • reactionary
    37. What we need
      • future-oriented
      • v.
      • compliance-oriented
    38. Change is hard
      • What does it mean when something changes how it’s always been?
      • - Liz Phair
    39. Thank you!
      • Dr. Scott McLeod
      • Director, CASTLE
      • University of Minnesota
      • www.schooltechleadership.org
      • www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
      • www.scottmcleod.net/contact
      • www.scottmcleod.net/CAREI

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