The current focus on standards is misguided and will result in students prepared for yesterday's world, rather than ready to create tomorrow. In this presentation, we will explore alternative concepts from other fields for organizing teaching and learning that will allow students to solve problems which they will face now and in the future.

1. Beyond Standards;
The Road Ahead
Joe Bires
www.edtechleadership.com
twitter.com/joebires

2. Escalator

3. Life is a Problem

10. getting everything right
=
success
(but not innovation)

13. “All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t
be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least
favorite quality and it doesn’t lead
anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly
what they thought they were going to
get. But if you work really hard and you’re
kind, amazing things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien