Thinking About

Learning

Based on A New Culture of Learning by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown

Not necessarily here …. Or only here…

The past

I I know enough

I’lII’ll never

know it all

The present

The networked pace of change may also be our

greatest hope!

Unlimited Resources

Incredible Instruments

Unprecedented Connectivity

More sources than Books

Including but more than teachers. . .

Inside but also outside classrooms. . .

And in a new way . . . .

Two Necessary Component

s

An Environment with Boundaries

But also…

Complete Freedom of Action within those boundaries . . . . .

Tension between the rules of the game

vs. freedom to act within the rules =

Play!The context where Information, Ideas, And Passion Grow

The potent tools now include. . . .

Children embrace play as a way to understand the world

The metaphor is cultivation

Growth through motivation and passion

More choices

More Ways to Participate and Create

Kids are doing this right now!

They are engaged and passionate about learning

So how to re-frame it

Turn it around

Not always just steps to be mastered. . .

But also a blended learning environment

A Learning culture is organic

Integrates and creates further change . . . .

Not just teaching about the world

but…

Using multiple resources to engage with the world

And learning from one another . . .

The teacher has new roles . . . . .

Provide the framework

Coach … Encourage… Stay out of the way …

Change will happen . . .

So we have to embrace it . . .

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