Reflections from BUILDING LEARNING COMMUNITIES Boston 2007 School 2.0

We are moving on… No longer the INFORMATION AGE We are in the CONCEPTUAL AGE Why is this IMPORTANT? Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

CREATIVE WORKERS INNOVATIVE THINKERS PROBLEM SOLVERS Business Leaders Looking for:

CREATIVE WORKERS

INNOVATIVE THINKERS

PROBLEM SOLVERS

Competition is a global conversation Leadership and vision matters Re-thinking pedagogy is essential Other countries are making significant investments in learning objectives Major Conclusions: Keith Krueger: Reinventing K-12 Education to Make a Difference

Competition is a global conversation

Leadership and vision matters

Re-thinking pedagogy is essential

Other countries are making significant investments in learning objectives

Design Story Symphony Empathy Play Meaning Multiple Personalities Let's Get Back to the Kids: ESSENTIAL APTITUDES Dr. Yong Zhoa: Digital Citizenship & Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

Design

Story

Symphony

Empathy

Play

Meaning

Multiple Personalities

It’s About the BRAIN… Left hemisphere controls right side of the body; right hemisphere controls left side of the body Left side is sequential; right side is simultaneous Left side specializes in text; right side specializes in context Left side analyzes detail; right side synthesizes the big picture Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

Left hemisphere controls right side of the body; right hemisphere controls left side of the body

Left side is sequential; right side is simultaneous

Left side specializes in text; right side specializes in context

Left side analyzes detail; right side synthesizes the big picture

DESIGN Classic whole-minded aptitude A combination of utility and significance Create something beautiful, whimsical or emotionally engaging Ford: Not big V-8’s – but harmony and balance Butterfly Ballots in Palm Beach County FL: Bad design but won election Georgetown Univ. Study: If teachers, students and approach remained the same, improving a school’s physical environment increased scores by 11% The NEW 6 SENSES: Essential Aptitudes Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

DESIGN

Classic whole-minded aptitude

A combination of utility and significance

Create something beautiful, whimsical or emotionally engaging

Ford: Not big V-8’s – but harmony and balance

Butterfly Ballots in Palm Beach County FL: Bad design but won election

Georgetown Univ. Study: If teachers, students and approach remained the same, improving a school’s physical environment increased scores by 11%

STORY Stories are easier to remember because stories are how we remember. Narrative imagining is the fundamental instrument of thought Facts are available “Free” What matters is the ability to place to place in context and to deliver them with emotional impact The NEW 6 SENSES: Essential Aptitudes Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

STORY

Stories are easier to remember because stories are how we remember.

Narrative imagining is the fundamental instrument of thought

Facts are available “Free”

What matters is the ability to place to place in context and to deliver them with emotional impact

SYMPHONY The ability to put together the pieces See relationships between seemly unrelated fields Invent something new by combining elements nobody else thought to pair Positive negative space Velcro: burrs on dog The NEW 6 SENSES: Essential Aptitudes Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

SYMPHONY

The ability to put together the pieces

See relationships between seemly unrelated fields

Invent something new by combining elements nobody else thought to pair

Positive negative space

Velcro: burrs on dog

EMPATHY The ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s position and to intuit what someone else is feeling Not sympathy – but feeling with someone Anthrax – 2 cases The NEW 6 SENSES: Essential Aptitudes Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

EMPATHY

The ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s position and to intuit what someone else is feeling

Not sympathy – but feeling with someone

Anthrax – 2 cases

PLAY Southwest Airline’s Mission: “People rarely succeed at anything unless they are having fun doing it!” In US video game business is larger than the motion picture industry Percentage of college students that have played a video game = 100% Aspects of video gaming resemble aptitude of Symphony: spotting trends, drawing connections, discerning the big picture The NEW 6 SENSES: Essential Aptitudes Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

PLAY

Southwest Airline’s Mission: “People rarely succeed at anything unless they are having fun doing it!”

In US video game business is larger than the motion picture industry

Percentage of college students that have played a video game = 100%

Aspects of video gaming resemble aptitude of Symphony: spotting trends, drawing connections, discerning the big picture

Meaning Shift from “Materialist” values toward “Postmaterialist” priorities – self-expression and the quality of life. Growing recognition that spirituality – not religion necessarily – is a fundamental part of the human condition Spirituality in the workplace didn’t hinder organization – it helped it reach their goals. Meaning. Purpose. Deep Life Experience. The NEW 6 SENSES: Essential Aptitudes Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind

Meaning

Shift from “Materialist” values toward “Postmaterialist” priorities – self-expression and the quality of life.

Growing recognition that spirituality – not religion necessarily – is a fundamental part of the human condition

Spirituality in the workplace didn’t hinder organization – it helped it reach their goals.

Meaning. Purpose. Deep Life Experience.

Communicate Differently: IM, chat Share Differently: Blogs, webcams, camera phones Buy and Sell Differently: eBay, Craigslist Exchange Differently: music, movies, P2P Meet Differently: chat rooms Coordinate Differently: workgroups KIDS: Marc Prensky: Don’t Bother Me, I’m Learning

Communicate Differently: IM, chat

Share Differently: Blogs, webcams, camera phones

Buy and Sell Differently: eBay, Craigslist

Exchange Differently: music, movies, P2P

Meet Differently: chat rooms

Coordinate Differently: workgroups

Evaluate Differently: Epinions, Amazon Learn Differently: interests them Report Differently: Moblogs, Flickr Socialize Differently: MySpace, Friendster Grow Up Differently: explore and transgress – test the limits KIDS: Marc Prensky: Don’t Bother Me, I’m Learning

Evaluate Differently: Epinions, Amazon

Learn Differently: interests them

Report Differently: Moblogs, Flickr

Socialize Differently: MySpace, Friendster

Grow Up Differently: explore and transgress – test the limits

Do we have a Problem-Solving Framework? Do we TEACH Problem-Solving? Everywhere! Do we teach PROBLEM-SOLVING (Creativity) ?

Do we have a Problem-Solving Framework?

Do we TEACH Problem-Solving?

Everywhere!

Can someone overseas do it cheaper? Can a computer do it faster? Am I offering something different that satisfies the non-material, transcendent desires of an abundant age? If Not… Future will Depend on YOUR Answer to These Three Questions:

Can someone overseas do it cheaper?

Can a computer do it faster?

Am I offering something different that satisfies the non-material, transcendent desires of an abundant age?

“ What’s On Your Mind?” “ What Story Would You Tell?” “ What Do You Want the World To Know?” “ What Contribution Did You Make Today?” “ Who is Doing the THINKING WORK? Ask Our Students AND Ourselves:

“ What’s On Your Mind?”

“ What Story Would You Tell?”

“ What Do You Want the World To Know?”

“ What Contribution Did You Make Today?”

“ Who is Doing the THINKING WORK?

Authentically Engaged Self-Directed Learning Project-Driven Instruction Independent Problem-Solving Collaborative Learning Community Relevant Content Making Contributions: Connected & Global What is SCHOOL 2.0? What is our challenge?

Authentically Engaged

Self-Directed Learning

Project-Driven Instruction

Independent Problem-Solving

Collaborative Learning Community

Relevant Content

Making Contributions: Connected & Global

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