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 NOW                                                     Dean Shareski
                                                             Tech Forum
                                                              Austin, TX
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sukanto_debnath/2354615165       Nov. 4, 2011
Dean Shareski


  @shareski

shareski@gmail.com


  shareski.ca
Photo by Darren Draper
MINUTIA
MINUTIA
Eating ribs at Target Field
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woscholar/2622117022
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhillary/370268513
ATTENTION



            http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhillary/370268513
“It isn’t that they can’t pay attention;
they just choose not to.” Mark Prensky
Abundance                                                     Scarcity




                                                       http://www.flickr.com/photos/22539747@N06/3447814831/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/68187942@N00/3287986172/
Abundance                                                     Scarcity




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http://www.flickr.com/photos/68187942@N00/3287986172/




   information
Abundance                                                     Scarcity




                                                       http://www.flickr.com/photos/22539747@N06/3447814831/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/68187942@N00/3287986172/




   information                                                   attention
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/67316954@N00/51757715/         http://www.flickr.com/photos/9080018@N07/1389430954/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woscholar/6305024548
Thinking    Time




Thinking   Spaces
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwentechaney/5438197592
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4309317689
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwentechaney/5438197592
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4309317689
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidchief/405506361
CITIZENSHIP



              http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidchief/405506361
http://www.flickr.com/photos/commissariat/21591176
http://www.flickr.com/photos/commissariat/21591176
http://www.flickr.com/photos/commissariat/21591176
Gary Stager
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delphwynd/5220226613
JOY
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm




            http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm




                                                                   "Why are our
                                                                 schools not places
                                                                      of joy?"

            http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm




                                                                   "Why are our
                                                                 schools not places
                                                                      of joy?"

            http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm




                                                                   "Why are our
                                                                 schools not places
                                                                      of joy?"

            http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm




                                                                 I’m appearing to accept an
                                                                 odious premise—namely,
                                                                 that joy must be justified as
                                                                 a means to the end of
                                                                 better academic
                                                                 performance. Not so:
                                                                 It’s an end in itself.
            http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
With regards to creating a video like that do you:
With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.


B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.
With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.


B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.


C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity
because you're not sure where it fits with a robust
curriculum but still think it's important.
With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.


B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.


C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity
because you're not sure where it fits with a robust
curriculum but still think it's important.


D. Not do it at all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969
PLAY



http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969
“...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.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegras/5653303315   http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegras/5653879644
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegras/5653303315   http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegras/5653879644
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegras/5653303315   http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegras/5653879644
“Play can be defined
as the tension
between the rules of
the game and the
freedom to act within
those rules.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewarchy/2391115592
The Lab
facilitates
imagination and
play
The Lab           focusing on the
facilitates         awakening of
imagination and         genius in
play                      people
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969
STORYTELLING



http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969
The greatest digital divide is
 between those who can read
 and write with media, and
 those who can't.
  Elizabeth Daly




cc licensed flickr photo by jayRaz: http://flickr.com/photos/shnakepup/2935979173/   55
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969   http://www.flickr.com/photos/21847073@N05/5836280320
SHARING



http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969   http://www.flickr.com/photos/21847073@N05/5836280320
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696
My Teaching Staff
My Teaching Staff
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/4766403166
http://unplugd.ca




                    http://www.flickr.com/photos/unplugd/6027365839
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