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Dean Shareski
Mobile 2013
Tucson, AZ
09.18.13
What Really Matters Now
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This is me
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Sam's First Day of Kindergarten
1995
2013
Sam's First Day of grad school
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Its not about the technology
‘
Its not about the technology
‘
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“People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things
they weren't so crazy about the first time around.” 
~Author Unknown
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share everything
play fair
don't hit people
Put things back where
you found them
clean up your own mess
wash your hands
before you eat
flush
warm cookies and cold
milk are good for you
live a balanced life-learn
some and think some and
draw and paint and
sing and dance and
play and work every
day some
take a nap
every afternoon
When you go out
in the world,
watch out for traffic,
hold hands and
stick together
be aware of wonder.
Remember the little seed
in the Styrofoam cup;
the roots go down and
the plant goes up and
nobody really knows how or
why, but we are all like that
And then remember the
dick and jane books
and the first word
you learned -
the biggest word of all-
LOOK
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Abundance
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Abundance Scarcity
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Abundance Scarcity
information
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Abundance Scarcity
information attention
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MindfulNess
MindfulNess
Attention may be our most
valuable resource/commodity
Attention may be our most
valuable resource/commodity
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Photograhpers having Breakfast
Photograhpers having Breakfast
“At this age, they get stuck on
Wikipedia being the answer to
everything and they forget that
people can be a really great
resource.”
Research suggests over and over again that people are
using mobile devices and social media to
connect more with others, even face to face. The
technologies of isolation and loneliness were the automobile
and the television, and even though we’re starting to see a
reversal of the long term rise in social isolation , there
continues to be cultural insecurity around
loneliness. Which is understandable, but misplacing
our worries on one of the few trends that is
pushing back against isolation isn’t helpful.
Research suggests over and over again that people are
using mobile devices and social media to
connect more with others, even face to face. The
technologies of isolation and loneliness were the automobile
and the television, and even though we’re starting to see a
reversal of the long term rise in social isolation , there
continues to be cultural insecurity around
loneliness. Which is understandable, but misplacing
our worries on one of the few trends that is
pushing back against isolation isn’t helpful.
Research suggests over and over again that people are
using mobile devices and social media to
connect more with others, even face to face. The
technologies of isolation and loneliness were the automobile
and the television, and even though we’re starting to see a
reversal of the long term rise in social isolation , there
continues to be cultural insecurity around
loneliness. Which is understandable, but misplacing
our worries on one of the few trends that is
pushing back against isolation isn’t helpful.
My goal, as a technology writer, would be to discover
what the internet had done to me over the years.
My goal, as a technology writer, would be to discover
what the internet had done to me over the years.
“But the internet isn't an individual pursuit, it's something
we do with each other.
The internet is where people are.”http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathycassidy/4936218669
2087
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Positive Deviants
...an idea problem;
it’s a recognition problem.
David Burkus
Innovation is not...
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http://plpnetwork.com/connectedkids/
How are you practicing MINDFULNESS?
How are you practicing MINDFULNESS?
Do you LOOK for ideas and greatness in
others?
How are you practicing MINDFULNESS?
Do you LOOK for ideas and greatness in
others?
What do you SEE around you that others may
have missed?
When you go out
in the world,
watch out for traffic,
hold hands and
stick together
COMMUNITY
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COMMUNITY
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The smartest person in the room,
is the room. Dave Weinberger
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Tell that to Chris Avenir
Tell that to Chris Avenir
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for
the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation
for online behavior and that makes it
incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic
integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by certified
persons, it’s not valid.
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Mind Your Own Business
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Mind Your Own Business
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Mind Your Own Business
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What did you learn from others?
What did you contribute to the
learning of others?
“Bringing smart people
together is an ancient and
effective technique for
developing ideas. The Net also
lets smart people connect and
communicate...
David Weinberger,
Too Big To Know
David Weinberger,
Too Big To Know
But the Net brings people
together in new and occasionally
weird configurations—a
weirdness that is now being
reflected in how expertise
works....”
David Weinberger,
Too Big To Know
My Learning Project
My Learning Project
My Teaching Staff
How are building COMMUNITY?
How are building COMMUNITY?
Do your students get to TEACH?
How are building COMMUNITY?
Do your students get to TEACH?
How do you insure they LEARN from others?
live a balanced life-learn
some and think some and
draw and paint and
sing and dance and
play and work every
day some
JOY
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JOY
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Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
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"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
I’m appearing to accept an
odious premise—namely,
that joy must be justified as
a means to the end of
better academic
performance. Not so:
It’s an end in itself.
Hackschooling Makes Me Happy: Logan LaPlante
Hackschooling Makes Me Happy: Logan LaPlante
It's an end in itself.
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It's an end in itself.
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It's an end in itself.
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