Bold Schools

From “Old School” to “Bold School”An Exploration in Change Will Richardson will@willrichardson.com willrichardson.com @willrich45

GOALSPush Your ThinkingPush Your Practice Push Your Action

“It was the best of times, it wasthe worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...” Charles Dickens

CHANGE

“The change we are inthe middle of isn’t minor and it isn’t optional.” Clay Shirky

Scarcity

ScarcityABUNDANCE

ABUNDANCE OF... Information Tools Opinions People Data Resources Media More...

ABUNDANCE OF... (Kids’ Version) Games Videos Networks Texts Hangouts All Sorts of Other Interesting StuffThey Don’t Have Access to In School

...WHICH IS CHANGING Media Politics Journalism Medicine Books Business Music...

...WHICH IS CHANGING ...Education

...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere,from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate and publish.” Michael Wesch

...WHICH IS CHANGING Examples

ABUNDANCEWill Change Us.

ABUNDANCEWill Change Us.Is Changing Us.

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carcity SAbu ndan ce bit.ly/MZmNDy

carcity SInformation ≠ Education Abu ndan ce bit.ly/MZmNDy

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NEW REALITIES1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere

NEW REALITIES1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere 2. Teachers are Everywhere

NEW REALITIES1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere 2. Teachers are Everywhere 3. Data is Everywhere

NEW REALITIES1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere 2. Teachers are Everywhere 3. Data is Everywhere 4. Networks are the New Classrooms

NEW REALITIES Individuals (Apprenticeships)

NEW REALITIES Individuals (Apprenticeships) Groups (Classrooms)

NEW REALITIES Individuals (Apprenticeships) Groups (Classrooms) Networks (VLEs)

“Networked Individualism”

NEW REALITIES1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere 2. Teachers are Everywhere 3. Data is Everywhere 4. Networks are the New Classrooms 5. Learning is On Demand

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CHANGE

KEY QUESTIONSWhat is the primary value of school when these “New Realities” exist?

KEY QUESTIONSWhat is the primary value of school when these “New Realities” exist? -or-

KEY QUESTIONSWhat is the primary value of school when these “New Realities” exist? -or- What happens when we no longer need school to do school?*

KEY QUESTIONSWhat is the primary value of school when these “New Realities” exist? -or- What happens when we no longer need school to do school?* * (As it is currently deﬁned)

BE BOLD

NINE QUALITIES 1. Learning Centered 2. Inquiry Driven 3. Authentic Work 4. Digital 5. Connected 6. Literate 7. Transparent 8. Innovative 9. Provocative

NINE QUALITIES1. Bold Schools are Learning and Learner Centered

NINE QUALITIES2. Bold Schools are Inquiry Driven

NINE QUALITIES3. Bold Schools Support Authentic Work

NINE QUALITIES4. Bold Schools are Digital

NINE QUALITIES5. Bold Schools are Connected

NINE QUALITIES 6. Bold Schools are Literate(by 21st Century Standards)

NINE QUALITIES7. Bold Schools are Transparent

NINE QUALITIES8. Bold Schools are Innovative

NINE QUALITIES9. Bold Schools are Provocative

BOLD CHANGE Five Part Process

BOLD CHANGE1. Understand: The contexts for change

BOLD CHANGE1. Understand: The contexts for change 2. Feel: Anger, grief, fear, excitement

“Today, instead of teaching them information, I wasteaching them how to learn. And yet, I’m not surewhat my new role in this is. I’m not sure how toconnect to my students and their learning processwhile doing this. I’m not sure how to laugh andenjoy them. And I was not expecting the profoundsense of loss and the pain accompanying it.”

BOLD CHANGE 1. Understand: The contexts for change 2. Feel: Anger, grief, excitement3. Reﬂect: Examine your own learning practice

ARE YOU LITERATE?• Develop proﬁciency with the tools of technology • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments bit.ly/nctelit

BOLD CHANGE 1. Understand: The contexts for change 2. Feel: Anger, grief, excitement3. Reﬂect: Examine your own learning practice 4. Act: Innovate, Change, Connect, ReLearn

BOLD CHANGE 1. Understand: The contexts for change 2. Feel: Anger, grief, excitement3. Reﬂect: Examine your own learning practice 4. Act: Innovate, Change, Connect 5. Provoke: Engage others, Advocate

WHAT IF?Pick one of the three topics to discuss. Answer: What would be bold about that? What would be challenging about that? What are the odds of it happening?

“We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us, and toward theidea that an education is something that we create for ourselves.” Stephen Downes

MY REQUESTDon’t teach my child (your subject here).

MY REQUEST Don’t teach my child (your subject here).Teach my child how to learn (your subject here).

“In times of change, learnersinherit the Earth, while the learned ﬁnd themselves beautifullyequipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer

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