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How to Avoid
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How to Avoid
Extinction
in a Changing World
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Are we in danger of
extinction?extinction?
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Leading Causes of Extinction
• Information overload
• Technology has changed time and
space where learning can occur
• Globalization• Globalization
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Leading Causes of Extinction
• Information overload
• Technology has changed time and
space where learning can occur
• Globalization• Globalization
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Information Overload
By 2010, the amount
of technical
information in the
world it is expected
to double every 72
Information
Overloadto double every 72 hours!
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By 2010, the amount of
technical information in the
world will double every 72
hours
Surviving Information Overload
In the pastIn the pastIn the pastIn the past To SurviveTo SurviveTo SurviveTo Survive
Only experts create knowledgeDynamic knowledge requires individual meaning making based upon multiple sources of information
Teachers deliver knowledge in the form of information
The role of educators is to facilitate the making of dynamic knowledge
Children are graded on how much of the information they have stored
Dynamic knowledge is revealed through real world performance
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Leading Causes of Extinction
• Information overload
• Technology has changed time and
space where learning can occur
• Globalization• Globalization
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Means, B., Toyama, Y.,
Murphy, R., Bakia, M.,
& Jones, K. (2009).
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies. U.S.
Department of
Education.
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Consortium. (2009).
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K12.pdf K12.pdf
(application/pdf
Object). Retrieved June
7, 2009, from
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K12.pdf.
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Leading Causes of Extinction
• Information overload
• Technology has changed time and
space where learning can occur
• Globalization• Globalization
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• Growing foreign
challenges
• A new world of
challenges and
competition
• Rising tide of
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• Rising tide of
mediocrity
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, 2007.
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Information Age
Conceptual Age
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18th Century 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century
Agriculture Age
Industrial Age
Tough Choices for Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on The Skills of the on The Skills of the American Workforce. (2007). National Center
on Education and the
Economy.
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Six Senses for the Six Senses for the Six Senses for the Six Senses for the
Conceptual AgeConceptual AgeConceptual AgeConceptual Age
• #1 Design
• #2 Story
• #3 Symphony
• #4 Empathy• #4 Empathy
• #5 Play
• #6 Meaning
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