23. 5 Billion App Downloads
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
5Years ofYouTube video per minute
Est. 1 billion photos uploaded each day 2014
5Years of all IP video per second
100,000 Tweets per minute
12 Billion Internet Connected Devices by 2015
ABUNDANCE
Monday, July 22, 13
30. ...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
Monday, July 22, 13
47. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
NEW REALITIES
Monday, July 22, 13
48. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
That supply of knowledge and information is expanding
and changing at a rate like never before.
ABUNDANCENEW REALITIES
Monday, July 22, 13
49. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
That supply of knowledge and information is expanding
and changing at a rate like never before.
We cannot predict the impacts of technological
advances on the future of learning and work.
ABUNDANCENEW REALITIES
Monday, July 22, 13
50. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
That supply of knowledge and information is expanding
and changing at a rate like never before.
We cannot predict the impacts of technological
advances on the future of learning and work.
A wide range of new skills and literacies will be
required to navigate the future.
ABUNDANCENEW REALITIES
Monday, July 22, 13
54. ...a travel agent to book our flights?
...an agent to get a record deal?
...a broker to buy stock?
...a publisher to write a book?
...a journalist to report the news?
Remember when we needed...
Monday, July 22, 13
55. ...a travel agent to book our flights?
...an agent to get a record deal?
...a broker to buy stock?
...a publisher to write a book?
...a journalist to report the news?
...a school to learn Algebra?
Remember when we needed...
Monday, July 22, 13
58. Access to an abundance of content,
knowledge, information, teachers,
and technologies shifts the balance
of power for learning from the
school to the learner...
Monday, July 22, 13
59. Access to an abundance of content,
knowledge, information, teachers,
and technologies shifts the balance
of power for learning from the
school to the learner...
...whether we like it or not.
Monday, July 22, 13
63. “The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot read
and write, but those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
Alvin Toffler
Monday, July 22, 13
65. "Productive learning is the learning
process which engenders and reinforces
wanting to learn more.Absent wanting
to learn, the learning context is
unproductive or counterproductive."
Seymour Sarason
Monday, July 22, 13
69. “Connected learning is realized when a young
person is able to pursue a personal interest or
passion with the support of friends and caring
adults, and is in turn able to link this learning and
interest to academic achievement, career success
or civic engagement.”
Mimi Ito
Monday, July 22, 13
72. Top “Learning” Tools 2012
582 votes
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
Monday, July 22, 13
73. Top “Learning” Tools 2012
582 votes
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
Self-organized learning
Monday, July 22, 13
74. In a world of abundance, learning
is less about content (which is
everywhere) and more about skills
and dispositions.
RELEARNING
Monday, July 22, 13
78. “We are at a turning point in human history–a rising
tide of a culture of participation in global networks that
open doors of which we humans have never dreamed.
We must remember,“making” at its core, is about
“teaching” kids to view the world (not just school) in a
completely different way. It’s about empowerment and
ownership of destiny. The ability to wonder and dream
is great but realizing that one can “make something
happen” is a very powerful thing.”
Pam Moran
Monday, July 22, 13
85. “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
Monday, July 22, 13
86. Easier
Harder
Less Important More Important
Learning in a
Time of Abundance
Difficulty
to
Assess
Content
Knowledge
Critical
Thinking
Problem
Solving
Basic Skills
Monday, July 22, 13
87. Easier
Harder
Less Important More Important
Difficulty
to
Assess
Content
Knowledge
Critical
Thinking
Creativity
Problem
Solving
Entrepreneurial
Thinking
Problem
Finding
Networking
Synthesis
Passion
to Learn
Curiosity
Creating
Solutions
Participation
Sharing
Connecting
Collaboration
Basic Skills
Inquiry
Initiative
Courage
Empathy
Learning in a
Time of Abundance
Resilience
Monday, July 22, 13
106. “What does a middle school algebra teacher do
if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations
within a couple of hours?”
Monday, July 22, 13
114. Now that curriculum and instruction can be
delivered in many different ways, what
questions do we now need to be asking?
DISCUSSION
Monday, July 22, 13
128. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. ofVa, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
Monday, July 22, 13
129. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. ofVa, 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
Monday, July 22, 13
142. “If you’re talking 100 years, there’s
no doubt in my mind that all jobs
will be gone, including creative ones.
And 100 years is not far in the future
— some of our children will be alive
in 100 years.”
Hod Lipson,
Cornell U.
Monday, July 22, 13
151. “Looking to the future of work, one could
sum up the anticipated impacts in a single
word: More. More intensity. More pressure.
More change. More risk. But also, more
opportunity. More engagement. More
transparency. More impact.”
Yvette Cameron
Monday, July 22, 13
152. Faced with a rapidly changing picture of the
future of work for our students, what
questions do we now need to be asking?
DISCUSSION
Monday, July 22, 13
154. Means that we are now the central,
organizing force in our own learning, our own
education, and, increasingly our own careers.
ABUNDANCE
Monday, July 22, 13
155. Means that we now need the skills and
dispositions to “design”our own
learning and careers.
ABUNDANCE
Monday, July 22, 13
156. Means we must develop a new context for
modern learning.
ABUNDANCE
Monday, July 22, 13
