This document discusses the need to shift professional development and learning away from traditional static models towards more mobile and experiential approaches. It advocates rethinking learning as an emotive, compelling process that is relevant and authentic rather than passive instruction. Mobile and hands-on learning that takes teachers outside the classroom to explore museums, architecture, and the city is proposed as a way to spark curiosity and make learning feel more like play.

1. Learning
on the
Move
Christine DiPaulo
Director of Innovation
String Theory Schools
Philadelphia, PA
@ckdipaulo

2. apple.co/string-theory-schools-profile

3. sit and get
The State of
Professional
Development

4. IS ANYONE OUT THERE?

5. here come
the millennials
Why mobile?
Mobile First

6. how people feel
about the
learning.
Teachers ARE
learners.
what if… shift
our focus to
people?

7. from classroom
to experiential?
what if… shift
learning?

8. Gensler - re imagine learning

9. you experienced
learning and the
feelings you had.
let’s talk about
a time when-

10. you ran toward the
learning, moved to
stations in the classroom,
explored outside during
recess, were curious
about everything
everything you
need to know
you learned in
Kindergarten

11. Why mobile
for Professional
Learning?

12. - XQ Super School

13. Be confronted
with learning by
sparking curiosity
what if… you
could start a
movement?

14. design to identify
content related
problems in the field
and create solution
oriented thinking
what if …you could
replace standard
assessment with
mobile experiences?

15. Education must shift from instruction to
discovery — to probing and exploration
— Marshall McLuhan
Inc. OWP/P Cannon Design (2010-03-01). The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning (Kindle Locations 664-665). Abrams. Kindle Edition.

16. a shift in culture, is two things: habits and
habitats — the habits of mind, and the
physical environment in which people work.Inc. OWP/P Cannon Design (2010-03-01). The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning (Kindle Locations 768-769). Abrams. Kindle Edition.

17. Free teachers from the traditional desk at
the front of the classroom and encourage
new settings for teaching and learning.
Inc. OWP/P Cannon Design (2010-03-01). The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning (Kindle Locations 772-773). Abrams. Kindle Edition.

18. Learning on the move
is rethinking learning
an emotive compelling process that is
relevant and authentic

19. Each Spring

20. go outside and play

21. continue in your neighborhood

23. FEEL

24. LEARNING FEELS
accomplished
confusing
I want to do more
limitless - if i could do
this what else can i do
the aha moment - i get it!
social
like play
fearless
supported
challenging
uncomfortable
risky

25. Experience
Professional
Learning

26. the museum model of self-directed, interpretative learningInc. OWP/P Cannon Design (2010-03-01). The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning (Kindle Locations 702-703). Abrams. Kindle Edition.
The 90 Minute Library

28. Math and the Mural Arts
The Art of Math

29. Design: The Doors of Philadelphia

30. City Hall: History and Architecture

31. French Inspired
Rittenhouse Square

32. give teachers time to experience learning

34. www.gensler.com
The Third Teacher
- Bruce Mau
www.xqsuperschool.com

35. It’s not asking you to do MORE
rather asking you to do DIFFERENT
@ckdipaulo
about.me/christinedipaulo