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basics Dean Shareski
Dean Shareski
St. James-Assiniboia Tech Forum
Opening Day
Austin, TX
Winnipeg, MB
Nov. 4, 2011
September 4th, 2012

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@shareski

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Sam’s First Day
of Kindergarten
1995

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jonbecker/4625331304

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ﬂossmoorhistory/3642378152

“People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things
they weren't so crazy about the first time around.”
~Author Unknown

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flossmoorhistory/3642378152

Prescribe

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/nwabr/6054399975/

Prescribe Describe

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/nwabr/6054399975/

“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/


Abundance Scarcity



information

Abundance Scarcity



information attention

Attention may be our most
valuable resource/commodity

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/woscholar/6305024548

What are you doing
personally to manage your attention?

How can we be more intentional about
teaching attention?

JOY


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.



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.

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
by: Alfie Kohn

"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"


Feel-Bad Education
by: Alfie Kohn

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.

Does your classroom or your office have
room for joy?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601144842

“...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.”

“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

“Don’t watch guys teach you. Watch guys learn. They
don’t know the answer. We’re in the journey together.
Now the audience are participants. And we see not only
the result but the process.” Marco Torres

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/courosa/3165154438

"If people did not do silly
things, nothing intelligent
would ever get done."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

How are you making play an intentional
part of your day? Of your students day?

Where do you need to build social
capital? How might technology be used
to help you?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969

STORYTELLING

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/254148969

Are you telling stories in new ways? How
are you helping students use new media
to tell compelling stories?

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/education/pics/4_11_one_rm_school_520.jpg

COMMUNITY

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/education/pics/4_11_one_rm_school_520.jpg

The smartest person in the room,
is the room. Dave Weinberger

cc licensed ﬂickr photo by torres21: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/torres21/484675706/

Mind Your Own Business

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwentechaney/5438197592
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4309317689

What did you learn from others?

What did you contribute to the
learning of others?

...connecting educators to their greatest resource

...connecting educators to their greatest resource

...each other

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/khokanson/188856360

Dan Meyer
http://blog.mrmeyer.com

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