A 21st Century Education
Traditional classroom model
We get a lot of this...
and some of this...
but very little of this...
Source: Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University
But what if this was our classroom...
What prevents this from happening?
Tremendous amount of constraint in education
Kids lives are filled with constantly changing pieces
Schools
Classes
Interests
Extracurriculars
Grade Levels
FriendsBoyfriends
Clothing Style
Music
Girlfriends
Food
Entertainment
Responbilities
ExpectationsAuthoritative Figures
A Vision of Students Today (mwesch)
Complete 49% of readings assigned -- only 26% of which were deemed relevant to
life
Will read 8 books, 2,300 Web pages,and 1,281 Facebook profiles per year
Will write 42 pages for class
and 500 pages of email
A Day in the Life of a Student Today...
7 hours sleeping1.5 hours watching TV
3.5 hours online2.5 hours listening to
music2 hours talking on the cell
phone3 hours in class2 hours eating2 hours work3 hours study
26.5 hours
Did You Know 3.0• The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004
• Today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38 (US Dept
of Labor) • 1 in 4 workers have been with their current employer for less
than a year • 200 million registers users in MySpace, 5th largest country in
world • 31 billion Google searches per month
• 4 exabytes (4.0 x 10^19) of unique information will be
generated each year • By 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational
capabilities of the entire human species
Social media depends on interactions between people as the discussion and
integration of words builds shared-meaning (source: netlingo.com)
Social Media - so·cial me·dia - \ˈsō-shəl ˈmē-dē-ə\- noun - Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information
Social media is an educational tool
IncorporateWeb 2.0projects
Generate content
on Moodle
Connect and Network
Students need to take ownership
over their educations
Creativity provides leadership for the community
Watch podcasts on TED.com
Follow experts on Twitter
Connect with Skype & iChat
Join a workgroup online
Work with your teacher and create a Ning or Wiki for a topic
Make a Voicethread for study sessions
Rethink Knowledge
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