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“Own It, Activate It, Engage With It” Innovation in Public Education May 3, 2013 CHRIS KENNEDY Superintendent of Schools, West Vancouver School District BCCPAC 2013 Spring Conference and AGM Richmond, BC
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Presentation given on May 3rd to BCCPAC in Richmond, BC at their annual conference.
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“Own It, Activate It, Engage With It”Innovation in Public Education
May 3, 2013
CHRIS KENNEDYSuperintendent of Schools, West Vancouver School District
BCCPAC 2013 Spring Conference and AGM
Richmond, BC
With thanks to Bill Selak: http://www.billselak.com/2012/thingsthatsuck
AWESOME OR NOT!?
Your High School Experience?
Your Perception of Schools Today?
The Relevance of What Kids Learn?
Why?
SELF-RELIANCE
CRITICAL THINKING
INQUIRY
CREATIVITY
PROBLEM-SOLVING
INNOVATION
TEAMWORK
COLLABORATION
CROSS-CULTURAL
TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY
CONNECT
ACROSS TOPIC AREAS
Credit: Scott McLeod – danngerouslyirrelevent.org
Our kids have tasted the honey
What could be
DO OLD THINGSBETTER
“Students today depend too much upon ink. They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.”National Association of Teachers, 1907
DO NEW THINGSYOU COULDN’T DO AT ALL
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me ‘A faster horse.’”
Henry Ford
5 obstaclesNo needNo moneyNo hurryNo desireNo trust
People prefer things that are easy to think about
Know what teachers want
Can I change?
Everyone benefits
The
goal
It’s not technology
What many want for their children is the benefits of digital learning
Relevant, connected, unlimited
Create a new norm for how teachers and
students learn
Can’t scale and sustain without technology
TOOLS matter, because tools impact the way you interact. You don’t need to use every tool, but every tool you use you must use well – Seth Godin
AccessDirectio
n
Moving to one-to-one opportunities
What does this mean?
What about equity?
Technology can help overcome barriers of access and geography
Learning powered
by technology
GOAL:Personaliz
ed learning for every student
What does innovation look like in your school / school district??
Assumptions for the next
5 years
Learning, not technology, is the driver
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE LEARNING
GOOD WRITING STILL MATTERS
USING SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS TO
BE TAUGHT
NETWORKS ARE ESSENTIAL
THE REAL WORLD IS ADDICTIVE
Personalization
We need to narrow the framework
Digital literacy
What should change in schools over the next five years??
What we
would do
This is not a pilot project
Assessment for Learning
Professional Development
Staff
Collaboration
Technology to support learning
Support teachers
Teachers will always push the boundaries
Develop a personally-owned devices strategy
For all students, on any device, from anywhere
Communication and collaborationAt home and at school
Teachers help students manage the learningTasks, homework, assignments
Personalized web spacesDon’t want social tool – kids want to stay focused
Key Staff
Contacts
Teacher-Librarians
Administrators
“Just-in-time” solution
What we
WOULDN’T do
Something for everyone
TRENDS
Teachers
Schools
Districts
Governments
• Will make it easier for students...
• Will make it easier for teachers...
• Will make it easier for schools...
• Will make it easier for districts...
To be FLEXIBLE
Overpromise
Under deliver
NEXTCHALLENGE
PERSONALIZED=INDIVIDUALIZED
X
Luke: I can’t believe itYoda: That is why you fail
He says the problem with teachers is“What’s a kid going to learnfrom someone who decided his best option in lifewas to become a teacher?
He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s truewhat they say about teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.
. . .
I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor.Be honest. What do you make?
This is . . .
OUR WORLD
OUR LIVES
OUR CHILDREN
OUR CURRICULUM
OUR CHALLENGE
OUR WORK
OUR ART
OUR JOY
You want to know what I make? I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.I make them read, read, read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautifulover and over and over again until they will never misspelleither one of those words again.
. . .
and if someone ever tries to judge youby what you by what you make, you give them this.
. . .
Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:“
Teachers make a goddamn difference! Now what about you?“
Excerpts from poem:
What Teachers Makeby Taylor Mali
Leading in Learning –SD45
Where you can find me:
604-202-4379
@chrkennedy
Chris Kennedy
cultureofyes.ca
www.sd45.bc.ca
