The document discusses innovation in education and new tools that enable new pedagogies. It references how during revolutions scientists see things differently when looking in familiar places with familiar instruments. It also discusses new tools like chat boxes, feed windows, and answer tips that can give students more opportunities and then seeing what they do with those tools. Finally, it discusses how new tools can lead to developing new pedagogies and having students develop expert voices.
1. Learning the Guitar
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Thinking About Innovation in Education
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com
ACSD #14, August 9 2007
2. Thinking About Innovation in Education ...
During revolutions, scientists see new and different things when looking with familiar
instruments in places they have looked before. (Kuhn, 1969)
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3. My guitar ... my pedagogical improvisation
a demo
let’s take a look around ...
4. What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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5. What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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6. What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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13. My favourite riff ... scribe posts
the art of the (student) fugue
listen to their voices ... (1 min 25 sec)
Vincent, Craig, Miles, Chris, Graeme
14. My favourite riff ... scribe posts and the hall of fame
students modeling excellence
listen to Manny ... (41 sec)
15. Jamming ... evolving the practice
growing the suite of tools
• Chat Boxes
• Feed Windows
• Answer Tips
• wikis, podcasts, ...
• Give students the tools ...
then watch what they do.
Manny again ... (25 sec)
New tools give rise to new pedagogies ... pictures worth more than 1000 words.
Perhaps even “Developing Expert Voicesquot;.
16. Bridge ... thinking seriously about pedagogy
research and practice
Robert Marzano:
A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works
How People Learn
Coming of Age 2.0
K12 Online 2007
17. Ambiance ... our changing context
have you seen this before?
see version 2.0
The day my daughter Emilia started grade 1 ...
18. Ambiance ... our changing context
have you seen this before?
shifthappens.wikispaces.com
Did You Know? - UK During revolutions, scientists see new and different things when
looking with familiar instruments in places they have looked before.
(Kuhn, 1969)
19. Ambiance ... our (un?)changing context
what will your students remember 5 years on?
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24. Photo credits
I love flickr storm
Me and my new friend
by flickr user carf
While My Guitar Gently Weeps 1 - 30DStrat_1
by flickr user Daniel Y. Go
Love at first sight ...
by flickr user carf