This document discusses how the context of learning has changed in the 21st century due to abundance of information, tools, and connectivity. It argues that schools need to focus less on content delivery and more on developing skills like creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. An example is given of a school project where students designed water purification devices for people in Haiti. The document suggests new requirements for schools, teachers, and students that focus on authentic work, transparency, self-direction, literacy and networks. It emphasizes starting by focusing on learners rather than teachers in times of rapid change.

1. The 4 Cs in the 21st C
Reimagining Learning
Will Richardson
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@willrich45
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3. Lots of Cs
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4. Context
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8. Jacob Arnott
14-year old Editor in Chief
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10. The 4 Cs
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
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11. The 4 Cs
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12. New reality
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13. 5th C
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14. 5th C
6th C
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15. CHANGE
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16. Scarcity
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17. ABUNDANCE
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18. “The change we are in the
middle of isn’t minor,
and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
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19. ABUNDANCE
600,000 Apps
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
4.5 Years of YouTube video per minute
16,000 Tweets per second*
Etc...
*Japan’s 2012 New Years Celebration
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21. ...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
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22. Which is Changing:
Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music...
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23. New Reality
Teachers are everywhere
Classrooms are everywhere
“School” is everywhere
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25. 215,284,446 Lessons Delivered
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30. 4 Cs?
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31. New Question:
What is the value of school at a
moment where we don’t need
school to do school?
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32. New Question:
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33. New Answer:
That which cannot be
“Khanified.”
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34. New Answer:
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
(and more)
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35. New Reality
Schools need to be “different”...
not just “better.”
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40. Our Value
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
(and more)
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41. Our New Value
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42. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
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43. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
Virtual Collaboration - Abundance of People
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44. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
Virtual Collaboration - Abundance of People
Global Communication - Abundance of Media
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45. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
Virtual Collaboration - Abundance of People
Global Communication - Abundance of Media
Ubiquitous Critical Thinking - Abundance of
Content and Contexts
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46. “Dots in Blue Water”
South Adams HS, Berne, IN
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47. “Dots in Blue Water”
1. Authentic Problem/Question
“How can we purify water for people in Haiti?”
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48. “Dots in Blue Water”
2. Student Directed Teams
Research, Development, Marketing, Community “Investment"
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49. “Dots in Blue Water”
3. Real Product/Real Audience
Teachers and students travelled to Haiti to install their devices.
5 systems = clean water for 8,000
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50. “Dots in Blue Water”
Digital Creativity
Virtual Collaboration
Global Communication
Ubiquitous Critical Thinking
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51. “Dots in Blue Water”
Notes:
-Aligned to standards
-Interdisciplinary
-Student-centered
-Technology-rich
-Innovative thinking
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52. CHANGE (The World)
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53. New Requirements
For our students.
For our classrooms.
For ourselves.
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54. New Requirements
Authentic Work
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55. bit.ly/11PVoxq
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57. New Requirements
Transparency
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59. --Stephen Downes
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61. New Requirements
Self-Direction
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64. New Requirements
Literacy
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65. New Requirements
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build relationships with others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
• Design and share information for global communities to
meet a variety of purposes
• Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of
simultaneous information
• Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these
complex environments
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66. New Requirements
Networks
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68. Networks are the new classrooms.
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70. “What can you do has been replaced by what
can you and your network connections do.
Knowledge itself is moving from the individual
to the individual and his contacts.”
Jay Cross
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71. Where Do We Start?
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
(and more)
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72. Where Do We Start?
With Us.
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73. LEARNERS FIRST
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74. LEARNERS FIRST Teachers Second
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76. “In times of change, learners
inherit the Earth, while the learned
find themselves beautifully
equipped to deal with a world that
no longer exists.”
Eric Hoffer
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77. will@willrichardson.com
@willrich45
willrichardson.com
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