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Why School?
rethinking teaching and classrooms for modern learners

Will Richardson

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will@willrichardson.com
willrichardson.com
@willrich45
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“We can’t be
creative if we
refuse to be
confused.
Change always
starts with
confusion.”
~Margaret Wheatley
“Willing to be Disturbed”
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Educators should be

more confused
than ever.

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My biases:

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This is the most

disruptive moment
ever in education.

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But, this is also the

most amazing time
to be a learner.

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Schools are the

most important
institutions
in our communities.

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But, schools and educators need to be

“different”
not “better.”

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We can

no longer want
for our kids

the same education
that we ourselves had.

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CHANGE
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Scarcity

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ABUNDANCE
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“The change we
are in the middle
of isn’t
minor...and it
isn’t optional.”
~Clay Shirky
NYU
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ABUNDANCE
5 Billion App Downloads
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
5 Years of YouTube video per minute
Est. 1 billion photos uploaded each day 2014
5 Years of all IP video per second
100,000 Tweets per minute
12 Billion Internet Connected Devices by 2015

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tnw.co/17MVCYl

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Abundance is Changing:
Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music
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In a

Learning
context...

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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
Kansas State U.
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...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.”

School?

~Michael Wesch
Kansas State U.
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...all of which demands

a new narrative
for learning and schooling.

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This is

hard.
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Traditional Learning
(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)

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Traditional Learning
(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)

Vs
(Kids with Access, Connected, Networked Learners)

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
Delivery
Vs

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
Delivery
Vs

Discovery

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
What you want me to learn.
Vs

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
What you want me to learn.
Vs

What I want to learn.

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
Time and place
Vs

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
Time and place
Vs

Anytime, anywhere, anyone

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
Just in case
Vs

Modern Learning
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Traditional Learning
Just in case
Vs

Just in time

Modern Learning
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From an institutionally organized education...
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...to a self-organized education.
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THE Disruption

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Ladies and gentlemen...

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Ladies and gentlemen...

“education” is leaving the building.

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And remember:

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And remember:

this is not an option
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+

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This Should seriously confuse us.

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What is an “Education?”

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What is “Literacy?”

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What is the Role of School?

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What IS the role of a teacher?

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What do we assess?

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And Most importantly...

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what do our kids need to flourish
in this new world?

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In an abundant, self-organized world...
What’s more urgent?

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Content
knowledge
information

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Creativity
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Content
knowledge
information

OR

Communication
Computing
Connections
Continual Learning
change mindset

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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...Learning is personal.

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“It’s not about
making learning
happen; it’s about
letting learning
happen.”
~Sugata Mitra
$1 Million TED Prize Winner
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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...Learning is globally networked.

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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...Learning is continual.

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Top “Learning” Tools 2012

582 votes
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/

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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...Learning is create-ive and authentic.

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“MIT wants to attract students that are ‘already solving
problems and building, playing and creating, engaging in
projects they love doing.’”

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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...literacy changes

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NCTE Literacies
• 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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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...We prepare kids for many paths.

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atlas.edupunksguide.org/
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In an abundant, self-organized world...
...we prepare kids for an uncertain
future.

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“If you’re talking 100
years, there’s no doubt in
my mind that all jobs will
be gone, including creative
ones. And 100 years is not
far in the future — some
of our children will be
alive in 100 years.”
~Hod Lipson
Cornell
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Routine = main tasks require following explicit instructions and
obeying well-defined rules.
Nonroutine = flexibility, problem solving, or creativity.
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Our kids need us to help them
excel in this world...

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...but that means “different,” Not better.
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This Can’t be about content.

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This has to be about curiosity.

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This has to be about wonder.

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This has to be about passion.

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THE big question:

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Can we as educators make decisions about...

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Curriculum
Budget
Technology
Assessment
Staffing
Infrastructure
Pedagogy
Scheduling
Support
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...without deep personal experience in the
connected, computing-filled learning
world in which our kids will live?

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Right Now, we need to be:

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LEARNERS FIRST
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LEARNERS FIRST
Teachers Second

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What important, authentic work have you created
with computers and shared with the world?

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And, how are you
connected to
other learners
from around the
globe who share
your passions?
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What if professional development looked
less like this...

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...and more like this instead:

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“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
“The True Believer”
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what new narrative will we write with them?
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Thanks!
more@willrichardson.com
@willrich45
willrichardson.com
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