StudentsLive!Real-world learning at the 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Games

TEDxUBCOct 23 | 2010

CHRIS KENNEDYDeputy Superintendent, West Vancouver School District

This is a story . . . of what personalized learning could look like

A story not about what we could do, or should do, but what we did do

StudentsLive! reporting . . . live

I have never been part of something where it was so evident how important good writing is

Students were native to technology . . . but had no idea how to use it to build community

1,000 FOLLOWERS

WITHIN HOURS

DURING A SCHOOL DAY . . .

Need to build face-to-face community first

Mobile technology is a game changer

The best writers stood out, photos were great, but those blogs building community all included video

NOT“mine is better than yours”

BUT“yours can help make mine better”

THE BETTER THEY WROTE

THE MORE INTERESTING THE TOPIC

THE LARGER THE AUDIENCE

No going back . . . they had seen what was possible with real-world learning

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE LEARNING

GOOD WRITING STILL MATTERS

USING SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS TO

BE TAUGHT

NETWORKS ARE ESSENTIAL

THE REAL WORLD IS ADDICTIVE

Real-world learning is profound for the adults involved

... friend

s... parents...parents’ friends

...friends’ parentsThe idea of building networks was new to students

...parents’ co-workers

The greatest teaching experience of my life

“Talk less. Listen more.”Daniel Pink