Thomas Ullom combines his business background in the creative industries and three energetic decades as an educator to inform his view for the future of public education. Mr. Ullom is currently the Department Head of Technology Education at MaST CCS, where he has structured the use of exotic technology tools not as an end in themselves, but as a way to discover, explore, and form questions. In doing this, Mr. Ullom hopes to move education to an environment similar to how tiger cubs learn, which is discovery-based but with hidden structure. Mr. Ullom will speak about how we are wired to explore and answer the questions that shape our world, and how we can promote the discovery process that gives learning its heart.

1. TOM ULLOM
classroom teacher
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2. OMG!
“You don’t see many teachers that ol…..”
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3. VALUE
The value in
“influencing and creating the future of education”
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4. LONG-TERM TRENDS
Public Education Effectiveness
d o y o u n e e d m o t i v a t i o n ? c a u s e h e r e i t c o m e s
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5. ARNE DUNCAN
AMERICAN EDUCATION SECRETARY -
”America needs to invest in early education,
raise academic standards, make college
affordable, and do more to recruit and retain
top-notch educators."
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6. JAN RIVKIN
Co-leader of Harvard Business School’s
United States Competitiveness Project
“Basic education, K to 12, is an essential component in
restoring US global competitiveness.
”We are in a race in the global economy. The problem
is not that we're slowing down. The problem is that the
other runners are getting faster."
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7. PISA
The Program for International Student Assessment
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8. NCTE
National Council of Teachers of English
Class size matters and it’s not getting better
- fewer staff each year - greater student population -
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9. INVEST
IN
EDUCATION
Who Would?
Maybe a better question should be…
Who Should?
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10. BE
PASSIONAT
it is so worthwhile
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11. LEADER
Find your footing within your organizational structure
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12. SMART-CREATIVE
or just “Creative”
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13. · Prefer organized, well thought out strategies
· Like a clear, well-defined vision
· Enjoy a results-oriented methodology
· Make decisions based on clearly defined outcomes
· Prefer tested, proven approaches
TRADITIONALS
MIGHT HAVE THE
FOLLOWING TRAITS:
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14. · Operate well on-the-fly
· Are willing to take risks and try new things
· Encourage others to explore with unclear outcomes
· Are comfortable with an unorganized, more idealistic
vision
· Prefer a flexible, more open-ended set of goals
CREATIVES
MIGHT HAVE THE
FOLLOWING TRAITS:
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15. TECHNOLOGIST
designer of tools - user of tool - teacher with vision
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16. EQUATION
Exciting = Engagement.
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17. MORE EQUATIONS
Educational Technology = tools that allow a school to
work
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18. EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGIES
tools for greater effectiveness and engagement
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19. TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION
teach competitive play while
bringing to life a career pathway
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20. TEACHING
“WITH”
COOL TOOLS
… no teaching “about” tools
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21. LEAD THE WAY——————————————————————————————————
FREE OUR
TEACHERS
free our teachers!
free our teachers!
free our teachers!
efficiency - individualized content - quality
engagement
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22. TEACH
LIKE AN
LED LIGHTBULB…
100% same light. 10% the electricity.
10% the heat waste. 1000 times the life
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23. MENTOR
needn't be more than an
uncomplicated,
consistently positive
person… and of course
“fun to be” with never hurts
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24. ADD
“EXPERT”
TO YOUR
REPUTATION
expert In what?
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25. NO SHORTAGE OF WAYS
TO INFLUENCE AND
CREATE THE FUTURE OF
young or old - discover and create your pathway
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