This document discusses the impact of technology on education. It contains quotes and statistics about how technology is changing the nature of jobs and skills needed for students. It argues that schools need to prepare students for an uncertain future by teaching them critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and citizenship using technology as a tool rather than an event. The future will be defined by our ability to learn, unlearn and relearn continuously.

1. Untangling
Technology
Brian Housand, PhD
Newbury, MA / August 18-19, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/brianhousand

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11. h.p://wolframalpha.com

14. If technology is an
event in your school,
you are doing it
wrong.
Josh Allen

15. Every generation of teenagers
embraces the freedoms and
possibilities wrought by technology
in ways that shock the elders.

17. “For the first
>me in history,
our jobs as
educators is to
prepare our
students for a
future that we
can not clearly
describe.”
David Warlick

18. The U.S. Department of Labor es>mates that
today’s high school seniors will have 10‐14 jobs
By age
38

19. The U.S. Department of Labor es>mates that
today’s high school seniors will have 10‐14 jobs
By age
38

21. Why Do We
Ask Kids To
UNPLUG At
School?

23. Learning beyond the
classroom.

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27. Content
Resources

32. 299,000,000 Searches Per Day

33. Knowledge alone is NOT enough.

34. C
reative
Outlets

35. Rather than running the risk of
having our students become
"walking encyclopedias," we
need to teach them how to
think crea>vely.
(Sternberg, 2006)

37. Computer Technology
“is not a tool;
it is a new material for expression.”
(Maeda, 2001)

38. Pianos
NOT
Stereos

41. Critical
Thinking

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44. This is as far as
most people get.

45. You do not want to miss this!
This is as far as
most people get.

46. You do not want to miss this!
Who said
what and
when.
This is as far as
most people get.

47. You do not want to miss this!
Who said
what and
when.
This is as far as Your chance to share
most people get. your knowledge.

48. C
ollaboration

50. The Internet is
Par>cipatory
Forcing Us To Learn
New Interfaces
Crea>ng New
Channels For Social
Interac>on

51. Years it
took to
reach a
market
audience
of 50
million
38 Years

52. Years it
took to
reach a
market
audience
of 50
million
13 Years

53. Years it
took to
reach a
market
audience
of 50
million
4 Years

54. Years it
took to
reach a
market
audience
of 50
million
3 Years

55. Years it
took to
reach a
market
audience
of 50
million
2 Years

56. China 1,334,962,000
India 1,161,290,000
United States 306,114,000
My Space 253,000,000
Indonesia 229,850,000
Brazil 190,929,000
FaceBook 175,000,000

57. The Less You Share,
The Less Power You Have.

58. C
itizenship

60. Critical Responsible
Consumers Producers

61. One thing is clear.
We don’t
have the option of
turning away
from the future.
No one gets to
vote on whether
technology is
going to change our
lives.
Bill Gates
The Road Ahead

64. “Media are mere vehicles that deliver
instruc>on but do not influence student
achievement any more than the truck that
delivers our groceries causes changes in our
nutri>on.”
(Clark, 1983)

65. The illiterate of
the 21st Century
will not be those
who cannot read
or write,
but those who cannot
LEARN, UNLEARN AND
RELEARN.
(Toffler, 1971)

67. http://tinyurl.com/brianhousand