1. Learning in a Networked World
Schooling in an Era of Abundance
Will Richardson
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16. “The change we are in the
middle of isn’t minor,
and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
Monday, January 7, 13
17. ABUNDANCE
600,000 Apps
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
4.5 Years of YouTube video per minute
16,000 Tweets per second*
5 Billion Internet Connected Devices
Etc...
*Japan’s 2012 New Years Celebration
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19. ...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
Monday, January 7, 13
20. Which is Changing:
Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music...
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21. ABUNDANCE
Is redefining an “education”
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35. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
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36. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
“This is the tsunami.”
--Richard DeMillo, Ga. Tech
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53. “What does a middle school algebra teacher do
if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations
within a couple of hours?”
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56. New Question:
What do students need to learn in
school at a moment when they can
learn so much without us?
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57. New Question:
And:
What is the value of school (and
classrooms and teachers) at a
moment where we don’t need
school to do school?
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68. Our New Value
New Contexts for Learning
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69. Our New Value
New Contexts for Learning
New Literacies
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70. Our New Value
New Contexts for Learning
New Literacies
New Futures
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71. “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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72. Our New Value
“Entrepreneurial Learners”
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73. “Constantly looking around you,
all the time, for new ways
and new resources
to learn new things.”
John Seely Brown
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75. “Dots in Blue Water”
South Adams HS, Berne, IN
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76. “Dots in Blue Water”
1. Authentic Problem/Question
“How can we purify water for people in Haiti?”
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77. “Dots in Blue Water”
2. Student Directed Teams
Research, Development, Marketing, Community “Investment"
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78. “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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79. “Dots in Blue Water”
Notes:
-Aligned to standards
-Interdisciplinary
-Student-centered
-Technology-rich
-Innovative thinking
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96. 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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102. “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
Monday, January 7, 13
103. Where Do We Start?
With Us.
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111. “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
Informal Learning
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