18. “The change we are in the
middle of isn’t minor,
and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
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19. ABUNDANCE
600,000 Apps
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
4.5 Years of YouTube video per minute
16,000 Tweets per second*
Etc...
*Japan’s 2012 New Years Celebration
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21. ...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
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22. Which is Changing:
Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music...
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23. New Reality
Teachers are everywhere
Classrooms are everywhere
“School” is everywhere
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42. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
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43. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
Virtual Collaboration - Abundance of People
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44. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
Virtual Collaboration - Abundance of People
Global Communication - Abundance of Media
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45. Our New Value
Digital Creativity - Abundance of Tools
Virtual Collaboration - Abundance of People
Global Communication - Abundance of Media
Ubiquitous Critical Thinking - Abundance of
Content and Contexts
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46. “Dots in Blue Water”
South Adams HS, Berne, IN
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47. “Dots in Blue Water”
1. Authentic Problem/Question
“How can we purify water for people in Haiti?”
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48. “Dots in Blue Water”
2. Student Directed Teams
Research, Development, Marketing, Community “Investment"
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49. “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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50. “Dots in Blue Water”
Digital Creativity
Virtual Collaboration
Global Communication
Ubiquitous Critical Thinking
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51. “Dots in Blue Water”
Notes:
-Aligned to standards
-Interdisciplinary
-Student-centered
-Technology-rich
-Innovative thinking
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65. 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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70. “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
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71. Where Do We Start?
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
(and more)
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72. Where Do We Start?
With Us.
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76. “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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