Innovation Thing

That
Everyone’s Talking About

Dean Shareski
ERAC
Vancouver, BC
November 14, 2013
WHO AM I?
IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED
WHO AM I?
IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED
WHO AM I?
IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED
IN CASE YOU FORGOT
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WHY
do we need innovation?
WHAT
do we mean by innovation?
WHERE
do we see innovation?
HOW
do we get innovation?
The Dark Side
of innovation
WHY
do we need innovation?
Why Do We Want it? Or Do We?
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DISRUPTION
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaar/4284117075/
“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.”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaar/4284117075/
CHRIS AVENIR
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
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.

Facebook is like Facebook
Do we want to make our
schools better or different?
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MAY BE THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT
RESULT OF LEARNING”
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DR. LINDA MCNEIL
INNOVATION
HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH

“BEST PRACTICE”
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
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“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.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
But the principal problem educators face today is not the dearth of
educational research or a lack of evidence about ‘what works’, but

the increasing absence of any
opportunity for them to exercise
professional judgment and to learn the value of
rather

what Aristotle call phronesis – the virtue of judgment.

Experimentation in education should
be part of a teacher’s everyday life.
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
WHAT
do we mean by innovation?
“...make changes in something
established, especially by
introducing new methods,
ideas, or products.”
“...make changes in something
established, especially by
introducing new methods,
ideas, or products.”

“...something that changes the
status quo”
What is it we can do with
technology we couldn’t do
before?
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1970-1995
“NICE SUSPENDERS”
I WANTED TO INNOVATE SHOW AND TELL
I WANTED TO INNOVATE SHOW AND TELL
STEPHEN DOWNES
“

They are, of course, creative and imaginative and
effective. Now for the kicker: ten years ago, not

one

student in a hundred, nay, one in a
thousand, could have produced videos
like this. It's a whole new skill, a vital and important
skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the
perspective of creating but also of comprehending
video communication today,

”

STEPHEN DOWNES
FEBRUARY 6, 2005
WHERE
do we see innovation?
From Our
Champions
KATHY CASSIDY
KATHYCASSIDY.COM
In Isolation

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HTTP://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/WORLD/2013/NOV/07/GHANA-ACCRA-TECHNOLOGY-STARTUP-ROBOT
CLARENCE FISHER AND HEATHER DURNIN
IDEAHIVE.ORG
When Things Aren’t Working
CAROLYN DURLEY
HTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/
CAROLYN DURLEY
HTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/
CAROLYN DURLEY
HTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/

GRAHAM JOHNSON
HTTP://CANFLIP.CA/
Looking Outside Ourselves
HTTP://GENIUSHOUR.WIKISPACES.COM
@HUGHTHETEACHER @GALLIT_Z @ROBYNTHIESSEN @V_LESS
HTTP://GENIUSHOUR.WIKISPACES.COM
@HUGHTHETEACHER @GALLIT_Z @ROBYNTHIESSEN @V_LESS
By Asking Questions and
Listening and Collaborating
TECHBOOK
DISCOVERYEDUCATION.CA
TECHBOOK
DISCOVERYEDUCATION.CA
Instead of....
Learning About Australia...
Learning About Australia...

HTTP://FARM7.STATIC.FLICKR.COM/6204/6148483767_590AB1F2AF.JPG

Learn With Australia
Watching Movies
Watching Movies

Make Movies
Playing Games...
Playing Games...

Make Games
Instead of Psuedo Problems...
Instead of Psuedo Problems...

Learning That Matters
@SUZIEBOSS
HOW
do we get innovation?
How Do We Get More?
“INNOVATION IS NOT AN IDEA PROBLEM...

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IT’S A RECOGNITION PROBLEM”

DAVID BURKUS
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/LIQUIDNIGHT/5686485176/

“WE DON’T NEED BUY IN, WE NEED OWNERSHIP”
TONY WAGNER
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DIGIYESICA/503032870

“Is your toilet paper budget is bigger than
your R & D budget?”
Start using the word

“play”
“...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.”
“...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.”
Don’t be afraid of

“silly”
THE FIRST WEBCAM
THE FIRST WEBCAM
HTTP://USHAHIDI.COM/
CHRIS KENNEDY
SUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER
“

As a principal, the ‘tension’ was in wanting to be
encouraging of innovation, but also wanting to ensure, as
a school, we were moving in a common direction.  As a
district leader, the ‘tension’ is more in trying to set direction
for the district but giving

the freedom and
flexibility to schools to each have their
own “signature” one that is informed
but rarely prescribed by the District.

”

CHRIS KENNEDY
SUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER
“DUH”
Leadership is key”
“
“DUH”
“THEY SAID THE SAME THING”
RANDY PAUSCH THE LAST LECTURE
“THEY SAID THE SAME THING”
RANDY PAUSCH THE LAST LECTURE
The Dark Side
of innovation
It’s Lonely
It’s a lot of PR

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Increased Divide
Increased Divide
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@SHARESKI

That Innovation Thing Everyone's Talking About