Blc smartest

When you’re not the Smartest Person in the Room

Dean ShareskiBLC

Boston, MAJuly 2010

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How networked Learning Changes Everything

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Who’s the Smartest Person You Know?

Part 1... How did we get here?

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

The Elusive Terms

Individualized Instruction

The Elusive Terms

Adaptive Dimension

Individualized Instruction

The Elusive Terms

Isolated

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Community Lost

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Mind Your Own Business Learning

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We do what we do until we know better

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Who’s your Teacher?

Who’s your Teacher?

Who’s your Teacher?

Task: Write down or think of 3 people who have been your “teachers” in the past month or so.Bonus points if they are more than 20 years younger or live in another country.Extra points if you post them here:http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/blc10smart

“The longer we keep up the facade that school is the primary place of learning, the

sooner it becomes irrelevant.”

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Slide Credit: Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radicalhttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical

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“How can we begin to move past an educational model that is tethered to time and place and move closer to learning that is

immersive, mobile, collaborative, and social?” Educause

Part 2... Going outside

Networked TeacherAlec Couros

Networked TeacherAlec Couros

My Research Team circa 2007

Big Ideas of this Class

Big Ideas of this Class

•Learning is Social and Connected• Learning is Personal and Self-Directed• Learning is Shared and Transparent• Learning is Rich in Content and Diversity• Learning Ought to be Fun

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Mentors

Teaching via Skype

“I could not put it in enough words how much I gained from this experience and how much I actually enjoyed it. Lorraine was a great person to work with and I learned a lot about what I wanted to do in my future classroom as well.”

1st Graders talk with a Geologist

Even From Here

“for teaching students about

presentation, TED is my textbook”

Clay Burell

Author Study with Dan Pink

The common denominator?

Task: Collect 1 or 2 images of weather around the world over the past few hours. Bonus points if you get some from other continents.More Bonus points if you get them from an individual in real time.

email them to:

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Part 3... Looking Inside

The smartest person in the room, is the room. Dave Weinberger

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Who are they?

Phillipe Cousteau

Who are they?

Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald

Who are they?

Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling

Who are they?

Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling

Menachem Begin

Who are they?

Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald

Phil Mickelson

JK Rowling

Menachem Begin

Who are they?

Who are they?

Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald

Phil Mickelson

JK Rowling

My neighbourMenachem Begin

“...the current generation of college student has no memory of the historical moment before the advent of the Internet, we are suggesting that participatory learning as a practice is no longer exotic or new but a commonplace way of socializing and learning. For many, it seems entirely unremarkable.”The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age

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What’s so good about face to face?

Homework at School

What’s so good about face to face?

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What did you learn from others?

How did you contribute to the learning of others?

Task Updatehttp://www.wallwisher.com/wall/blc10smart

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