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ten things i believe An admi(edly quirky look at what I’ve come to believe about educa9on, schooling, teaching, and (especially) learning Gary Weisserman ten things i believe

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ten thingsi believe

An  admi(edly  quirky  look  at  what  I’ve  come  to  believe  abouteduca9on,  schooling,  teaching,  and  (especially)  learning

Gary Weisserman ten things i believe

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understandING schools through gaming

A game is to a puzzle asa secret is to a mystery as

learning is to school

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personalization& individualization

of instructionTechnology  allows  us  to  hold  learning  constant

and  let  9me  and  effort  vary

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WE KNOW MOREABOUT HOW PEOPLE LEARNTHAN WE EVER DID BEFORE

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What got us herewon’t  get  our  kids  there.  Making  sense  of  21st  century  literacies.

TOOLS  AND  ENGINEERINGMastery  of  technical  skills  and  the  disposi9on  to  use  them  well

KNOWLEDGE  BUILDINGAbility  and  desire  to  make  useful  contribu9ons  to  a  learning  community

ARTISTIC  EXPRESSIONNot  just  aesthe9c  apprecia9on  and  skill,  but  innova9on  and  design

SOCIAL  ENTREPRENEURSSkills  and  sense  of  authority  to  analyze  and  address  real  issues  beyond  ourselves

PERSONAL  DEVELOPMENTTools  and  sense  of  self  to  engage  in  a  life9me  of  personal  and  spiritual  growth

CREATIVE  SOLUTIONSEnerge9cally  and  thoughIully  tackle  ambiguous  problems  with  unclear  solu9ons

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use the dataIt’s  a  big  confusing  world  out  there.    Facts  are  our  best  tools  in  naviga=ng  it.

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Decision-­‐making  without  using  evidence  is  foolish.Instruc=on  without  using  evidence  is  malprac=ce.

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LINE UP towards THE SECOND BASEMAN.

HIT THE BALL OVER THE SHORTSTOP.

“When  the  rate  of  change  inside  an  organization  is  slower  than  the  rate  of  change  outside  it,  that  

organization’s  failure  is  imminent.”  (Jack  Welch)

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PLACE-­‐BASED  LEARNING

TIKKUN  OLAM

CREATIVE  DESIGN

IMAGINING  THE  FUTURE

A BIG WORLD NEEDS A BIG CLASSROOM

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RETHINKING curriculum scope and sequence?

benchmarks and standards?

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content and knowledge base?

“Creating environments--hothouses--that maximize the likelihood that students will

learn something truly valuable, then figuring out what they might have learned.”

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BRIDGE THE GAPBETWEEN K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION

BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND POPULAR CULTURE

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number of careers a graduating student is expected to have in his or her lifetime (tony Wagner)

percent of college professors reporting that what is taught in high schools doesn’t prepare students for college (tony Wagner)

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millions of jobs added to the workforce from the creative class by 2018--roughly half of all projected employment growth (Richard Florida)

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number of states adopting major reform efforts focusing on design and creative problem solving

9changing a school is like moving a cemetery

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autonomy, purpose, and masteryare the three most important factors in motivating people to dream, grow, and thrive

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