No Assembly Required
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The document discusses principles to guide education companies and teachers in embracing online content, technology, and student-centered learning. It notes that life has become an open-book test and schools risk irrelevance if they don't change. Teachers should develop networks to collaborate and learn from others, and encourage students to take ownership of their learning by letting them fix their own mistakes. Resources alone are not enough - teachers need time, support and training to effectively integrate new approaches.
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No Assembly Required
- 1. No Assembly Required Presented by Mark E. Moran Founder & CEO, Dulcinea Media Edscape Conference October 15, 2011
- 2. Links to this presentation and all resources referenced can be found: http://bit.ly/Edscape1
- 3. Our mission: to help educators teach students how to use the Web effectively.
- 7. Life has become an open-book test . “ Schools run a great risk of becoming irrelevant to students.” -- Peter Pappas Former Social Studies Teacher
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- 12. We found our own study materials online.
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- 25. Paradox of the Active User
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- 30. “ Teachers don’t like the words, “partial assembly required.” - Peter Pappas, former HS Social Studies teacher, now EdTech blogger & consultant
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- 36. Teachers should be encouraged to develop a personal learning network through which they can reach out across the world to find colleagues to learn from and collaborate with.
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- 39. I recognize information culture is changing fast will not wait….will educate myself….not be defensive… be courageous…will let go…willing to make mistakes I will enjoy the excitement of positive change -- Laura Cohen Librarian, SUNY Albany Write a Manifesto
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- 42. There are no Jedi Masters
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- 45. “ Kids haven’t changed. I have.” - Marlene Thornton
- 46. Students today want to be told what they did wrong and be allowed to fix it themselves – it is the ONLY way they learn. They don ’t respond well to a “Command and Control” structure – they want to collaborate.  You are no longer the “sage on the stage.”  Â
- 47. 11.        Under-Resourcing. The initiative is not accompanied by sufficient resources (e.g., time, support, funding, training) to actually make it happen. So why should we bother?
- 49. “ Teachers can have tech savvy parents demonstrate real-world applications of technology and help bring non-tech savvy parents up to speed.” -- Shelley Blake-Plock
- 51. 7.        Concerns About Future Competence. Educators can question their ability to be effective after a change: Can I do it? How will I do it? Will I make it in the new situation?
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Editor's Notes
- Students feel in charge of information. Their landscape explored with expectation of choice functionality Control
- There’s an entrenched perception of students as digital natives, technical wizards who can find anything they need online.
- Yet every study ever done on the subject shows that students are utterly lost when it comes to finding information online.
- Unfortunately, studies also show that most educators, burdened by paperwork and pressures of assessment tests, lack the time, resources or impetus to develop solid web research skills or intimate familiarity with online resources or new technologies that have the potential to enhance learning.
- Kids end up as what Prof. Henry Jenkins called “Feral children of the Internet raised by the wolves of Web 2.0”
- The worst part of this is that SOME students are beginning to figure it out, with the aid of teachers, librarians, parents or their peers. This is creating “a new divide.”
- There are educators in most schools who play the role of superhero or evangelist. There are thousands of EdTech companies eager to help as well.
- “ There is no textbook for what effective practice looks like in continually morphing information and communication landscapes.”
- Keep it simple stupid
- Déjà vu all over again. We always have these initiatives, the names change but the result is the same, they never go anywhere, I’m not going to work hard on something when in fact the smartest thing I can do is not support it so that it withers sooner.
- Don’t water the rocks. Give everyone a chance, but once you know they won’t grow, save your precious resource. Start with the willing.
- If I change, it means what I was doing was wrong. I’ll look like a fool.
- If I change, it means what I was doing was wrong. I’ll look like a fool.
- Fumbling in the dark – I don’t know where this might go.
- This initiative has not been accorded enough resources to make it happen; why bother?
- A shocked state from experiencing too much change, too fast). He thinks that due to the current accelerated pace of change, Americans are retreating into an idealized past rather than moving forward. ANA – NEXT TOWN I’m competent now – I get lots of accolades – I might not in the new order - why change? Seth Godin – competent people are the enemy of change.
- Shout-outs for those who do well! Newsletters, website, Facebook page – make those who are “competent” feel like they are falling behind.