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No Assembly Required
Presented by Mark E. Moran
Founder & CEO, Dulcinea Media
Edscape Conference
October 15, 2011
Links to this presentation and all resources referenced can be found:
http://bit.ly/Edscape1
Our mission: to help educators teach students how to use the Web effectively.
Mark E. Moran
•Corporate Attorney•Internet Executive since 1998•Parent of three in grades 6, 9, 12•School District Committees•15 education conferences in past year•Hired 50 recent college grads since 2001
Premise…
If the goal is to create students who can
function in a real-world, dynamic and
unpredictable environment, then school
work needs to move away from finding and
memorizing the “right answer”
Growing Awareness…
Life has become an open-book test.
“Schools run a great risk of becoming irrelevant to students.”
-- Peter PappasFormer Social Studies Teacher
WEWE’’RE LOSTRE LOST
We found our own study materials online.
“There is no textbook for what effective practice looks like in continually morphing information and communication landscapes.”
- Joyce ValenzaHigh School Librarian
Question of the Hour
What are the principles that should
guide education companies and
educators as they support
classroom teachers in embracing
online content, relevant technology and
a student-centered teaching style?
Chicken or the Egg…
"One of the enduring difficulties about technology and education is that a lot of people think about the technology first and the education later.”
-- Dr. Martha Stone Wiske
Harvard Graduate School of Education
“Nintendo has been on a mission to expand the
video game market far beyond the core
consumers.
The $250 Wii console has been stealing the show
from, higher-powered more expensive consoles.
While those rivals focused on cutting-edge
graphics and high-tech bells and whistles,
Nintendo focused on making game play easier,
more intuitive and more appealing to a mass
market.” intuitive and more appealing to a mass market.•That bet paid off.
Paradox of the Active User
“Teachers don’t like the words, “partial assembly required.”
- Peter Pappas, former HS Social Studies teacher, now EdTech blogger & consultant
“If an historical event happened in April but I teach about it in October, show it to me in October.”
-Jimmy Davey, HS Social Studies teacher
Give it to me when I need it
Teachers should be encouraged to develop a personal learning network through which they can reach out across the world to find colleagues to learn from and collaborate with.
•That bet paid off.
I recognize information culture is changing fast
will not wait….will educate myself….not be defensive… be courageous…will let go…willing to make mistakes
I will enjoy the excitement of positive change
-- Laura CohenLibrarian, SUNY Albany
Write a Manifesto
There are no Jedi Masters
Teachers should be encouraged to let students take over.
-Shannon Miller,Librarian
“Kids haven’t changed. I have.” - Marlene
Thornton
Students today want to be told what they did wrong and be allowed to fix it themselves – it is the ONLY way they learn.
They don’t respond well to a “Command and Control” structure – they want to collaborate. You are no longer the “sage on the stage.”
11. Under-Resourcing. The initiative is not accompanied by sufficient resources (e.g., time, support, funding, training) to actually make it happen. So why should we bother?
Ohio’s Galion Middle School
$250,000 ARRA Grant25% spent on professional developmentA year of PD before any technology purchasedExciting results, but encountering rocks
“Teachers can have tech savvy parents demonstrate real-world applications of technology and help bring non-tech savvy parents up to speed.”
-- Shelley Blake-Plock
“Teachers waiting for a workshop to show them how to use technology are never going to do it.
Encourage them to jump in and try something.”
-- Brent Jorth
Social Studies teacher
7. Concerns About Future Competence. Educators can question their ability to be effective after a change: Can I do it? How will I do it? Will I make it in the new situation?