ITSC 2012 Iridescent Classroom Intro

bandofeducators.comre-imagine

Ira David Socol and Pamela R. Moran

http://todaysmeet.com/ITSC2012re-imagine

“Technology is the art of manipulating the world”

The Four Technologies

Time

Division of Students and Subjects

Learning Environments

Information and Communication Technologies

Our schools are designed to fail 80% of students…The fundamental structure was created

to meet business needs during the Second Industrial Revolution. It is a system designed to separate clerks from manual laborers

If this is no longer the goal, the fundamental system needs to fundamentally change

See Designed to Fail at SpeEdChangehttp://speedchange.blogspot.com/2010/09/designed-to-fail-education-in-america.html

William A. Alcott, 1831

“We too often consult our own convenience, rather than the comfort, welfare, or accommodation of our children.”

“We’ll…”When we make a “single

decision” – “we’ll read a printed book” “we’ll write on paper” “we’ll all have iPads” “we’ll all come to school at this time” “we’ll all sit down” – we disable up to 80% of students

Get “we’ll all” out of our vocabulary, it is “anti-human” at a most basic level