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This slideshow accompanies an invited presentation given for the Vitalmeet Teacher Conference held at the University of Plymouth, UK on 11 October, 2010.
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Transformation or disruption through technology? How we can meet the needs of the
21st Century Learner
Invited presentation for Teachmeet, University of Plymouth, UK: 11 October 2010
• Steve Wheeler• University of Plymouth, UK
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Transformation or disruption through technology? How we can meet the needs of the
21st Century Learner
• Steve Wheeler• University of Plymouth, UK
What’s the best thing about school? – “my friends”
What’s the worst thing about school? – “they don’t plan ahead”
(Quotes from my 15 year old son)
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Education is changing for young people as they experience self-directed learning,
(mostly outside school) about things that interest them.
Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
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http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/
Young people’s out-of-school experiences
with technology can mean that students
find the presentation of the school’s curriculum less
challenging, less relevant and less
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Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
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“For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.”
– David Warlick
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http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/
Another problem for teacher...
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The pace of change is
accelerating
How will we keep up with it?
http://www.objectlessons.org
“Students today can’t prepare bark to
calculate their problems. They depend on slate which is more
expensive. What will they do when they
drop the slate and it breaks? They will be
unable to write!”(Anon – 1709)
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“Students today depend on paper too
much. They don’t know how to write
without getting chalk dust all over
them. What will they do when they run
out of paper?”(Anon – 1815)
http://www.nikkikatz.com
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“Students today depend too much on ink. They don’t know how to use a penknife to
sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.” (Anon – 1907)
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“Students today depend on expensive fountain pens. They can no longer write
with a straight pen and knib!”(Anon – 1941)
http
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gettastic.com
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www.abebooks.com
“One day every town in America
will have a telephone!”
- U.S. Mayor, (c 1880)
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www.cs-exhibitions.uni-klu.ac.at
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1439: Mass produced
movable text (Disruptive Technology)
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1439: Mass produced
movable text (Disruptive Technology)
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1439: Mass produced
movable text (Disruptive Technology)
Gutenberg
The first mobile phone?
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The ‘Brick’
When Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone 35 years ago, he saw people so wedded to wireless connections that they would walk around with devices embedded in their bodies.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au
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Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day, or more than 3,000 texts a month. (2009 statistics)
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Source: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx
http://blog.roadandtravel.com
Mobile phones are the natural communication
tool of choice for younger users.
Are we preparing this generation for the future
or for the past?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk
Objections from educators
...they are distracting and disruptive. The phone becomes
the focus of attention,inappropriate images/videos can
be taken and sent, leading to invasion of privacy and loss of
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Mobile phones are bannedin most schools because...
What is this?
dad@hvn ur spshl. we want wot u
want & urth 2b like hvn. giv us food
& 4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz. don't
test us! save us! bcos we kno ur
boss. ur tuf & ur cool 4 eva! ok?
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‘Squeeze’ text
The competition was for re-writing the Lord's Prayer for the mobile phone, using just 160 characters or less. It was judged for Ship of Fools by the Churches' Broadcasting Conference. The task itself was not easy. The traditional version of the Lord's Prayer is 372 characters long, so whittling it down to 160 characters meant cutting the prayer by more than half but without losing anything important.
http://www.canada.com
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...and in second place…
r pa in evan, respect 2 u, may u
rain ear as in evan. giv us r
needs, 4giv r sin as we 4giv r
nmes. resq us from the evil 1. 4
ur always the most xlent dude.
yo
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What can teachers do?
http://www.uksmallbusinesswebsites.co.uk
With access to Social Media everyone has a voice
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Many tools are still filtered out...
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e-safety
What do learners need?
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What do learners need?
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Digital Literacies
Engaging and fun
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Engaging and fun
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Positive Deviance
“Somewhere in your organization, groups of people are already doing things differently and better. To create lasting change, find areas of positive deviance and fan their flames.”
- Pascale & Sternin(Harvard Business Review, 2010)
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The Goal of Education...
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“... is to enrich the lives of students while producing articulate, expressive thinkers and lifelong learners that are socially responsible, resilient, and active citizens of the world. Education is about teaching students, not subjects.”
– Dave Truss
“All too often today we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.”
- John W Gardner
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The future?
http://www.swissinfo.ch/media
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK:
International Licence.
Steve Wheeler [email protected] of Plymouth, United Kingdom
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com