Blc smartest

When you’re not the Smartest Person in the Room How networked Learning Changes Everything Dean Shareski cc licensed ﬂickr photo by roujo: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/tekmagika/2212767080/ BLC Boston, MA July 2010

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Who’s the Smartest Person You Know?

Part 1... How did we get here?

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

The Elusive Terms

Individualized Instruction The Elusive Terms

Individualized Instruction The Elusive Terms Adaptive Dimension

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/devilarts/1347405206/ Isolated

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/2899350082/ Community Lost

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/worldbank/2760563132/ http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/stewf/393637161/ Mind Your Own Business Learning

We do what we do until we know better

cc licensed flickr photo by William Hook: http://flickr.com/photos/williamhook/2431704208/ cc licensed flickr photo by mediagraphics.com.au: http://flickr.com/photos/jamesr-aus/2734902982/ cc licensed flickr photo by joyrex: http://flickr.com/photos/joyrex/158814860/

Who’s your Teacher?

Task: Write down or think of 3 people who have been your “teachers” in the past month or so. Bonus points if they are more than 20 years younger or live in another country. Extra points if you post them here: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/blc10smart

“The longer we keep up the facade that school is the primary place of learning, the sooner it becomes irrelevant.”

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/katiew/320161805/ iew: http://ﬂickr.com/photos cc licensed ﬂickr photo by kat “How can we begin to move past an educational model that is tethered to time and place and move closer to learning that is immersive, mobile, collaborative, and social?” Educause

Part 2... Going outside

Networked Teacher Alec Couros

My Research Team circa 2007

Big Ideas of this Class

Big Ideas of this Class •Learning is Social and Connected • Learning is Personal and Self-Directed • Learning is Shared and Transparent • Learning is Rich in Content and Diversity • Learning Ought to be Fun

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Mentors

Teaching via Skype

“I could not put it in enough words how much I gained from this experience and how much I actually enjoyed it. Lorraine was a great person to work with and I learned a lot about what I wanted to do in my future classroom as well.”

1st Graders talk with a Geologist

Even From Here

“for teaching students about presentation, TED is my textbook” Clay Burell

Author Study with Dan Pink

The common denominator?

Task: Collect 1 or 2 images of weather around the world over the past few hours. Bonus points if you get some from other continents. More Bonus points if you get them from an individual in real time. email them to: see56very@photos.flickr.com

Part 3... Looking Inside

The smartest person in the room, is the room. Dave Weinberger cc licensed ﬂickr photo by torres21: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/torres21/484675706/

Who are they?

Who are they? Phillipe Cousteau

Who are they? Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald

Who are they? Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling

Who are they? Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling Menachem Begin

Who are they? Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling Menachem Begin Phil Mickelson

Who are they? Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling Menachem Begin Phil Mickelson My neighbour

“...the current generation of college student has no memory of the historical moment before the advent of the Internet, we are suggesting that participatory learning as a practice is no longer exotic or new but a commonplace way of socializing and learning. For many, it seems entirely unremarkable.” The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/courosa/2831891520

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/samwebster/3795409752/ http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656 What’s so good about face to face?

Homework at School

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/patjmoore/3336220827/ What’s so good about face to face?

How did you contribute to the learning of others? What did you learn from others?

Task Update http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/blc10smart http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/shareski/tags/blc10/ http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23blc10weather

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