The Classroom of the Future
The Classroom of the Future
and the future starts today
“Automated schoolmarm” at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair (Source: Novak Archive)
There’s never been a better time
to be a learner
There’s never been a better time
to be a learner
And a more challenging time for schools
DISRUPTION
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“When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his
spare time, not because he hates you but
because he loves you, then you got a problem.”
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 others, it
fails to meet the standard for academic rigor.
Chris Avenir
Instructor
Designer Guide
Instructor
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Teacher designed by Musavvir Ahmed from the Noun Project
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Education designed by Travis Yunis from the Noun Project
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“In teaching you
can't do the
Bloom stuff
until you take
care of the
Maslow stuff”
Author unknown
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tests scores
conformity
mind your own 

business
compliance
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tests scores
conformity
mind your own 

business
compliance
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tests scores
conformity
mind your own 

business
compliance
creativity
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life long learning
engagement
collaboration
“If you can crack the
problem of engagement –
not just ‘are you paying
attention?’, but ‘
are you
fascinated by
this?’ – if you can crack
engagement in deep
learning then you’ve cracked
21st century schooling.”
Mike Berrill Executive Principal, Biddenham International
School
IT’S TIME TO
RETHINK
EVERYTHING
IT’S TIME TO
RETHINK
SOME THINGS
shifted view of
#literacy
shifted view of
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TEXT
What
is
I’m eating bacon
I like bacon
I have skills eating bacon
This is where I eat bacon
Watch me eating bacon
Here’s a vintage photo of my bacon
Here’s a recipe with bacon
I’m listening to music about bacon
Spot the Difference
Spot the Difference
Spot the Difference
Spot the Difference
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The greatest digital divide is
between those who can read
and write with media, and
those who can't.
Elizabeth Daly
How do we “read” this?
How do we “read” this?
If a student goes a year without
creating a video...
If a student goes a year without
creating a video...
	 it	 would	 be	 like	 going	 	 
	 a	 year	 without	 writing	 a	 story
renewed view of
#community
renewed view of
“Can you send me all the
assignments ahead of time?”
The Walls Are Gone
The Walls Are Gone
“Mind-Your-Own-Business Learning”
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Relationships then content
Relationships then content
Both matter.
So does the order.
Be a Connector
The Ukulele Project
The Ukulele Project
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Give them Their Own Space
Give them Their Own Space
Show them How to Network
Show them How to Network
Show them How to Network
Expectations of Community
“Class size only matters if the
teacher does everything”
Mark Prensky
Expectations of Community
Expectations of Community
What did you learn from others?
!
What did you contribute to the
learning of others?
teacher as
#researcher
teacher as
Who’s responsible for PD and R&D?
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“...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
“As we watch the world move to a state of near-constant
change and flux, we believe that connecting play
and imagination may be the single most important
step in unleashing the new culture of learning.”
“...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
Why evidence-based teaching methods are a bad idea.
Why evidence-based teaching methods are a bad idea.
“My argument is not with educational research
but with the imperative of evidence-based
education policy. At its best, educational
research can provide important
insights into the relationship
between various social and cultural
variables and pedagogic outcomes.”
Why evidence-based teaching methods are a bad idea.
But the principal problem educators face today is not the dearth of
educational research or a lack of evidence about ‘what works’, but
rather the increasing absence of any
opportunity for them to exercise
professional judgment and to learn the value of
what Aristotle call phronesis – the virtue of judgment.
Experimentation in education should
be part of a teacher’s everyday life.
“What can I do with “these” cellphones?”
“What can I do with “these” cellphones?”
“Failure is free, high-quality
research, offering direct evidence
of what works and what doesn’t.
Cheap failure, valuable as it is on
its own, is also a key part of a more
complex advantage: the exploration
of multiple possibilities.”
Clay Shirky
http://blog.kylewebb.ca/2015/01/11/dont-just-consume-things-create-things-hour-of-code-2014/
http://blog.kylewebb.ca/2015/01/11/dont-just-consume-things-create-things-hour-of-code-2014/
“Until that point in the year, I had not seen such a
high level of engagement and interest from every
student in my classroom. This was differentiation
and engaging learning at it’s best (for me anyways!).
Students that have a tough time getting excited
about anything at school were ecstatically sharing
their games and apps with classmates.
Collaboration and the desire to share and work
with one another quickly emerged as each student
learned something “cool” that they needed to share
with everyone, so they could use it.”
Learn
Share
Speaking personally, I realized one day that without intending to I had
developed a critical community around my blog, a
group of people who were willing to save me
from my own lousy classroom design
choices. They got better at giving criticism and I got better at receiving it. I also
got better at posting the kind of rich, multimedia artifacts of classroom practice —
photos, videos, handouts, etc. — that facilitated that criticism. I started to plan lessons
while wondering at the same time, "What about this is gonna be worth sharing?"
Lesson planning and blogging became
hopelessly and wonderfully tangled up.
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Dan Meyer
@ddmeyer
http://blog.mrmeyer.com
“It forces you to explain yourself”
“It forces you to explain yourself”
SAGE ON
THE STAGE
SAGE ON
THE STAGE
GUIDE ON

THE SIDE
GUIDE ON

THE SIDE
MEDDLER IN THE
MIDDLE
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work online?
your best
Can I find
work online?
any of your
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