This 3-page document discusses teaching and learning in the 21st century. It poses critical questions about inspiring students, using technology, and finding meaning. It presents enduring understandings around communicating with others, creating meaning, and collaborating with emerging technologies. The document then discusses divergent thinking and creativity. It suggests playing, being inspired, communicating, creating, and collaborating as ways to teach. It questions whether certain technologies are fads or paradigm shifts. Finally, it lists tools that can be used for conversations, including blogs, Ning, Wordle, and Skype.

1. Teaching & Learning
in the 21st Century
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2. critical questions
how will you inspire?
how can technology help you?
what does it all mean?
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3. enduring understandings
communicate : people
create : make meaning
collaborate : emerging technologies
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4. image sources: Amazon.com - 21stCenturySkills.org - NewMediaLiteracies.org
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5. Divergent Genius
• Kindergarten 98%
• Age 8-10 32%
• Age 13-15 10%
• 200,000 Adults 2%
source: Sir Ken Robinson from Break-Point and Beyond, Mastering the Future Today, George Land
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6. Divergent thinking is not the same
thing as creativity, but it is a good
example of it. It’s the capacity to think
non-logically think analogically and
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associatively. Sir Ken Robinson
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8. PLAY

9. Inspiration
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10. Communicate
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11. Create
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12. Collaborate
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13. "There is nothing new to be
discovered in physics now.” 1900
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift
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14. How do you feel about
Technology?
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15. Parkour ... is NOT a[n] extreme
sport, rather it is a physical
discipline that allow one to
overcome ... obstacles to get from point
“a” to point “b” in the most efficient
[manner,] using the possibilit[ies] of [the]
human body.
source: http://www.parkour.us/
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16. doing parkour - metaphor for Web 2.0
is it a fad? a simple change? or a paradigm shift?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jquXcwooV6A
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17. learning parkour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prj8tfAWTpI&eurl=http://www.parkour.us/
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18. K12OnlineConference.org
Sheryl Wes Dean Darren
Fryer Shareski
Nussbaum-Beach Kuropatwa
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19. learning is
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20. creativity and
curiosity
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21. depth and complexity
of understanding
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22. the fundamental
process of life
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23. mind making
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24. world making
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25. Inspired Learners
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26. Tools Conversation
• Blogs • Ning
• Wordle • SecondLife
• Voice Thread • TED
• Ustream.TV • Google Docs
• Flicker • Diigo
• Skype • Elluminate
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27. innovation3
@gmail.com
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