some reflections on connected difference for learners in the digital age

1. a world of difference make it
face it
John Davitt
22nd September 2009
www.newtools.org

2. Image courtesy of Wordle.net
Different ways to share#1 A curriculum is many different
paths to the same destination
www.wordle.net #2

3. How do you like your..
Left..don’t care right..bothered
We will have Key points
some fun explained soon
exploring
Write in pen or
Trace round pencil
your phone
Follow Map with
on piece of
finger
paper
Yes this is a
There will be
Toast & directions
a talking Tuesday
Acknowledge Difference
sheep soon
Difference Bingo /
hunch.com #3

4. The sensory matrix
for content & activity random
hear solvitur
ambulando
gpsmission #4.moon
4 cylinder learning
Bermuda
eg a field trip
triangle The whole
see Enchilada touch
The chessboard beyond the
square of talk look listen write
Docendo discitur
feel
Free Legs just email leg tojohndavitt@mac.com
File or DIY property/ range of files

5. The difference
engine runs again
When the digital revolution
finally came upon us we
missed some of its impact
at first. We thought
computers but we also
should have thought tools &
activities and risk.
Have we made enough
difference with these tools
or do we need a
dispensation adjust ..S&N?
sequences from www.newtools.org

6. Questions in future
Answers in the past learn
thanx4a4?
Mix Digital concrete
Nelson

7. Managing Difference
Keep learning active & provide good
formative feedback research proves it
Work on the Active/Passive axis
Build your own curriculum wiki
Make learners as important as
shoppers? /steal eg Commoncraft #5
Struggleware & Smuggleware
Chase the endorphins of enthusiasm

8. Final thoughts..
 Encourage ebb & flow.. lifetime of learning
 Every school its own BBC? Lid Zone it
 Embrace the “age of adhocracy” twitteresque cpd
 Walk many paths even the 10 cent curriculum
 Celebrate the learning curve ?
 Open the bandwidth of talents modality mix

9. So…Time for.. Gov translation
Making things
Telling stories
 How can new tools help us amplify, extend
and share?
 Creativity & constraint leg et al
 Otherwise history will say „‟they had what
tools..they did what with them?”

10. An understanding
Some file types to
come alongside text
I. MP3 Audacity et al
II. JPEG Photostory 3
III. Flash
IV. Animation
V. QuickTime Movie dog sheep

11. The barcodes are coming
QR codes and Microsoft TAG
iPods with eyes etc
Fujitsu Fi60f
Participative & personalised yet?

12. Success came not just
from the large hardware
investment
But also from the small
ubiquitous device and
the locus of control was
close to the teacher and
the learner. Formal
education is a mayfly
moment here
Keep drive the locus of
control near the
teacher and learner.

13. Now is a time for
more Theseus less
Sisyphus 2
More connected
learning and
sharing web 2 lives
less pointless
repetitive labour
that takes us no
further stringstone
explore

14. John Davitt
John’s Book
www.newtools.org
Email john for free Learning Event Generator
johndavitt@mac.com
www.learningscore.org
Cooliris #5
Twitcam #6 sheep?