This document discusses the need to transform professional development (PD) programs for teachers in light of changes brought about by new technologies and increased access to information. It argues that PD must shift its focus from content delivery to supporting teachers as learners who can develop skills like collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving. School policies and measures of success need to change to encourage risk-taking with technology and personal discovery. The goal is to promote lifelong learning and help teachers prepare students for a world of abundance rather than scarcity.

1. “Building Technology-Rich
PD Programs to
Improve Schools”
Rob Mancabelli
Will Richardson
EdWeek 2013

2. todaysmeet.com/edweekboston

3. OVERVIEW
1. How has learning transformed
in the Internet Age?

4. OVERVIEW
I. How has learning transformed
in the Internet Age?
II. What are the implications
for our schools’ PD?

5. OVERVIEW
1. How has learning transformed
in the Internet Age?
II. What are the implications
for our schools’ PD?
III. What do we need to do today to promote
a new vision for PD?

6. “It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness...”
Charles Dickens

7. “It was the best of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
Charles Dickens

11. Jacob Arnott
14-year old Editor in Chief

12. it was the worst of times,
it was the age of foolishness...”
Charles Dickens

13. Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?

14. Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?
a) island location
b) volcanoes
c) monsoons
d) permafrost

15. Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?
a) island location
b) volcanoes
c) monsoons
d) permafrost

16. 2011 NY State Regents Exam for World Geography:
Which geographic factor affected the development of
the Gupta Empire?
a) island location
b) volcanoes
c) monsoons
d) permafrost

18. QUESTION:
For whom are we building
“technology-rich PD”?

19. QUESTION:
For Jacob the test taker...

20. QUESTION:
For Jacob the test taker...
or
Jacob the networked creator,
sharer, modern learner?

21. CHANGE

22. “The change we are in
the middle of isn’t minor
and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky

23. Scarcity

24. Scarcity
ABUNDANCE

25. ABUNDANCE OF...
Information
Tools
Opinions
People
Data
Resources
Media
More...

26. ABUNDANCE OF...
(Kids’ Version)
Games
Videos
Networks
Texts
Hangouts
(...and all sorts of other interesting stuff
they don’t have access to at school.)

27. ...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing,
ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at
unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere,
from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make
it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share,
collect, collaborate and publish.”
Michael Wesch

28. ABUNDANCE
Will Change Us.

29. ABUNDANCE
Will Change Us.
Is Changing Us.

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42. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.

43. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
“This is the tsunami.”
--Richard DeMillo, Ga. Tech

50. 2024?

51. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere

52. “There’s no competitive advantage today
in knowing more than the person next to
you. The world doesn’t care what you
know. What the world cares about is
what you can do with what you know.”
Tony Wagner

55. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere

59. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere
3. Data is Everywhere

61. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere
3. Data is Everywhere
4. Networks are the New Classrooms

65. NEW REALITIES
1. Content and Knowledge are Everywhere
2. Teachers are Everywhere
3. Data is Everywhere
4. Networks are the New Classrooms
5. Learning is On Demand

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68. KEY QUESTIONS
Does the primary value of school change when
these “New Realities” exist?

69. KEY QUESTIONS
Do our roles as educators change when these
“New Realities” exist?

70. Harder
Difficulty Problem
to Solving
Assess Critical
Thinking
Basic Skills
Content
Knowledge
Easier
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance

72. Curiosity
Resilience
Courage
Passion
Harder Initiative to Learn
Entrepreneurial
Thinking Empathy
Inquiry Synthesis
Networking Creativity
Difficulty Problem
Collaboration
Problem
Connecting Finding
to Solving
Creating
Assess Critical
Thinking Participation
Solutions
Basic Skills
Sharing
Content
Knowledge
Easier
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance

73. “We are ‘optimizing the
measurable at the risk of
neglecting the immeasurable.’”
Justin Reich

74. The “Immeasurable” Curiosity
Resilience
Courage
Passion
Harder Initiative to Learn
Entrepreneurial
Thinking Empathy
Inquiry Synthesis
Networking Creativity
Difficulty Problem
Collaboration
Problem
Connecting Finding
to Solving
Creating
Assess Critical
Thinking Participation
Solutions
Basic Skills
Sharing
Content
Knowledge
Easier
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance

75. “We need to move beyond the idea
that an education is something that
is provided for us, and toward the
idea that an education is something
that we create for ourselves.”
Stephen Downes

76. IMPLICATIONS
II. What are the implications
for our schools’ PD?

77. Focus
Teachers as Learners

78. BrightBytes Clarity for Schools Data 2012

79. BrightBytes Clarity for Schools Data 2012

80. Focus
PD = “Personal Discovery”

81. Focus
This 21st Century Vision for
Teacher Learning is Outcome Agnostic

82. IMPLICATIONS
III. What do we need to do today
to promote a new vision for PD?

83. Three PD Shifts
1. Change the Focus

86. BrightBytes Clarity for Schools Data 2012

87. Three PD Shifts
1. Change the Focus
2. Change the Culture

88. Three PD Shifts
Policies

89. BrightBytes Clarity for Schools Data 2012

90. Three PD Shifts
Risk Equation

91. Three PD Shifts
Technology Use = Potential for Trouble

93. Three PD Shifts
No Technology Use = No Potential for Trouble

94. BrightBytes Clarity for Schools Data 2012

95. Three PD Shifts
Flip the Risk Equation

96. Three PD Shifts
1. Change the Focus
2. Change the Culture
3. Change the Rewards

97. Three PD Shifts
What gets measured, gets managed.

98. Three PD Shifts
Seat Time & Degrees

99. “Getting to Know Your Computer: A Beginner’s Guide to
Understanding Your New Machine.”
“Getting to Know the Internet: A Beginner’s Guide to
Understanding the Power of the World Wide Web.”
Bill Ferriter

100. Three PD Shifts
Goals & Evidence of Progress

101. THE END
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