This is not your Father’s EDUCATION

Dean ShareskiCIPS Conference

May 2008

Thank you for the opportunity to speakDifficulty with creating this presentationGoals:Describe some trendsMake some connectionsRaise some questions

T r e n d s

Connections

Q u e s t i o n s

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

Who am I?

My Name is Dean ShareskiDigital Learning ConsultantPrairie South School DivisionTravel throughout our divisionHold M.EdGolfTeach at the University of ReginaFamily

The New Face of Learning

Challenging sometimes to think of technology in this way.

The New Face of Learning

Challenging sometimes to think of technology in this way.

“Technology must be like Oxygen”

Ubiquitous, Necessary and Invisible

John Seely Brown

"Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get

technologically boring"Clay Shirky

This is our goal and I’m sure your goal in many ways. To make it “just work” so really interesting things can occur

What are they?

Examples

What does this mean for you?These are 5 trends I’ve identified Lots of overlap Mashup of various schools of thought

No more Gatekeepers

Trend #1

This was traditionally seen as valuable. It raises this question

This was traditionally seen as valuable. It raises this question

This was traditionally seen as valuable. It raises this question

What do kids need to know when they graduate?

The Pool Guy

Critical and Independent

Thinking Matters

Playing with Social Media

Trend #2

2005Where it began for me

First blog post

Steady growth of learning and network building

Graphical representation of my network

Students are able to share work with peers/parents

Students are able to share work with peers/parents

Is this significant?

Is this significant?

Robert ScobleShel Israelson

This is certainly not a traditional idea...neither is this.....

Bob Langert

Transparency Trumps Gloss

Branding Matters

Helping students develop positive online identitiesWhat happens if I google you?

Connected Classrooms

Trend #3

Challenge of AmalgamationEliminate Geography

250KM

200KMChallenge of AmalgamationEliminate Geography

Professional and internally we use Polycom Videoconferencing.

My department saves approx. $10,000 per year.

Student talking to a class in Australia

High School posts their work online for review but also used by other clasrooms

Based on Friedman’s book the World is FlatClassrooms originally from Georgia and MalaysiaActually mentioned in the last revisionI was able to make a small contribution to their work

Even from Here

Colleague in Northern Manitoba Showing his students that it doesn’t matter where you live

Thin Walls project

Geography Shouldn’t Matter

Leverage Existing

Resources

Trend #4

This is what you might find in many schools

Craik School usurped their own policy and began using cellphones intentionally.

Low Cost Computing

Wireless in most buildings and now providing for outside devices

Etiquette Matters

It doesn’t mean there aren’t issues but it means we have to discuss them with our students and with our employees.

What is appropriate and what isn’t? Band-aid technology solutions are short term.

Social Learning Trend # 5

When I can get a full high school education online...

, why come to school?

Twitter vs. Google

Human aggregator. Best one on the market.

People Trump Bots

What do you think?

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