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Marc Prenskymarcprensky@gmail.com

ECIS TECH CONFERENCE 2013

PLANS FOR THE SPACESHIP:

Helping our kids take off In the 21 st century

March 15, 2013, Cobham, UK

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It may be a funeral for [TimeMagazine] but it’s not a

funeral for us. We can’t wear black crepe every time

somebody prefers to read on

a tablet….

…we can’t be like the autoindustry and the G.O.P.,who got accustomed to

waiting around for it to be1965 again.

— Maureen Dowd inThe New York Times

Learning tolove the

iGeneration?

I say ship ‘em ‘ome& bring in a

Proper bunch of kids from the

1950s!

I’m sorry, but thoseiKids just don’t fit

in well with someof our faculty

They think theyknow more than

we do abouttechnology!

Heck, I know themultiplication

tables through 50!

I bet none of themcan work out 57 x 26while writing 10,000words backwards in

messy ink!

Rubik’s cube

indeed!

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My assumption…

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Our goal

is to bring our kidsinto the future…

equipped with the skillsthat will allow them to

function and thrive

in a 21 st century context!

Althoughpeople blame everyone

In the world(including the iGeneration)

for our problems…

What is really causingOur current educational

problems is

The newNEW CONTEXT

in which welive and teach

New Perspective:

IT’S THE CONTEXTFOR EDUCATION

We all live, teachand learn in a

NEW,WORLDWIDE

CONTEXT

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V U C A

V olatilityU ncertainty

C omplexity

A mbiguity

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accelerating

“Learning toLove the iGeneration”

Learning to

Adapt to theNew Context

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Now, every day

N t h l i00:00:00

New technology isconceived and born

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for kids to learn with,

and about.

S teadyC ertain

O rdered

U nambiguous

Are now finding

that they live and teachin a world of

accelerating

V U C A

V olatilityU ncertainty

C omplexity

A mbiguity

A d h j i

And they are just startingto learn to deal with it!

Some more than others!

And it’s our job to help them!

And it s our job to help them!

o p ease on worry00:00:00

o p ease, on worry,because…

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Taken by Sky, Age 3½

I am here

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to help you

cope with thenew context…

and still stay sane!00:00:00

…and still stay sane!

Because the changes are

Because the changes areoften very

W ll b d i d

We all must be daring andcourageous…

…feeling the fear

— and doing it anyway!

Which is the definition of

COURAGE

I’ b k!

I’m back! because…

they keep

asking methese silly

questions!

“Is education ready

yto embrace the

irresistible IT vision

of tomorrow’sclassroom?”

H th h k

How the heckshould I know?

B t I d h

But I do have abetter question:

Is education ready to

have the “classroom” be the world?

It’s NOT about bringing IT into the classroom

It’s about not having

“traditional classrooms” at all, thanks to IT

Physically,

We still herd our kids around,and into little rooms

Based, for the most part,

on“date of manufacture”

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A “herd”

A herd (i.e. a class)

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“Herding”

is a silly wayto educate

Because what’s

going onintellectually is

Our strategy

has beento rein their attention in

But technology

wants to do the opposite:

i.e. to reach outAnd contact the world!

That’s the tension going on:

A fightFor the kids’ attention

In my life outside schoolI have to constantly think

and make decisions.

In school they tell mewhat to do — I just have tofollow their directions.

--a H.S. student

“I could stand onmy head

and it wouldn’tmake any

difference”

--a teacher

My argument

Is that you gettheir attention

NOT by closing theclassroom down

But by

Opening it Up!

LIVE IN THEWHOLE WORLD

Today’s kids

IN THEWHOLE WORLD

Educate them

THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM

feel like the world!

Teachers need to make

It’s a mashup!

This is the world

They live in:

Science

Technology

Engineering

The social sciences

The Arts

Almost all the advances,in every field, are a result

of adding technology

It’s inconceivable to think of a scientist or engineer,

or even an academicworking without technology

So how basic IS technologyin the 21 st century context?

There are a lot of fadsin education

IS TECHNOLOGY A FAD?

“You guys think of technology as tools.

We think of it as afoundation: it underlies

everything we do.”

— a HS student

Because wisdom nowcomes from the

human-technologysymbiosis…

Technology must be partof everything we do

in the same way thatreading is

to succeed

in our new digital context

People need technology

(and Digital Wisdom about using it)

“If I lose my cellphone I lose half

my brain” -- a high school student

“My phone is my

third hand ” -- a high school student

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TURN IT OFF?

A scientist, to kids:

“Everything I’m

about to tellyou is wrong.”

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“AORTA”

(Always-on Real TimeAccess)

Technology is NOT just about

“ENGAGEMENT”

“Engaging” all kids withstuff we make or do for

themIS IMPOSSIBLE

It’s far too

TOP DOWN

Top-Down has issues:

We need BALANCE

Top Down

Bottom Up

Men Women

20 th t

LISTENINGTO THE WOMEN

20 th century

Over 25

21 st t

LISTENING

TO THE KIDS

21 st century

What we need to get it isNOT to

“engage our kids” but to

Engage WITH our kids

Talk to them

Listen to them

When we do,we will learn that

our kids arereally full of

Sports Space DancePeopleThe Environment MotorcyclesAnimals

History Singing WritingNature

Music Medicine

Programming Business

The Internet

The most fundamentalthing technology does

is let peopleCONNECT

AROUND THEIRPASSIONS

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We used to prepare

kids toCONNECT LATER

Now we must

EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS

BY CONNECTING THEMALL THE TIME!

ALL THE TIME!

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A far better wayto educate everyone

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Is to connect all our students,teachers and citizens as

NODES ON THE NETWORK

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The networkwill soon become

THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOREDUCATION FOR ALL

We need to change fromviewing education as

HERDING(into hierarchical pens)

To viewing education asA NETWORK

of people connectedaround the world

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The Educators’ New Job

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Is to teach our children

TO EDUCATE THEMSELVESUSING THE NETWORK

because

Once we show themhow….

Connected people

become empowered

LEARNLIVE

WORKEARN

PARTICIPATE

far better

THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM

feel like the world!

Teachers need to make

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It’s about having theBEST / FASTEST

NETWORKpossible!

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USING IT!

THAT WE CONNECT

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THAT WE CONNECT

ALL OUR STUDENTSAND TEACHERS AND USE

THOSE CONNECTIONS

Is far more importantthan any individual

educationalprograms we find or use

Technology is NOT about

STUFF…

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Technology needs to beabout

EXTENDING OUR THINKING!

Technologyis a part of

MENTAL ACTIVITY

Human brains are beingINCREDIBLY

ENHANCED and EXTENDEDBY TECHNOLOGY

leftbrain

rightbrain

Extended Brain(by technology)

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Thinking abouthow to use technology

is more important to ourstudents’ education than using it!

Because while human brains do manythings well:

• Reasoning• Reflecting and contemplating• Combining reason and emotion• Solving problems• Learning from experience • Working with other people• Creating• Storing and retrieving• Building up expertise•

Having empathy• Having a sense of context• Having a sense of humor • Telling stories• Lying

• Using trillions of data points

There are things brains ARE NOT GOOD AT :

Using trillions of data points

• Dealing with extreme complexity

• Predicting the future

• Going beyond our senses

• Understanding others’ thoughts and intentions

• Holding multiple perspectives simultaneously

Separating emotional and rational• Remembering everything

Technology extensions to our brainsare helping us :

• improve our communications • improve our relations and our health• make better decisions• deepen our analyses• derive new and useful insights• increase our creativity• involve our whole planet

Combining

Those things our

BRAINSDO WELL

Those things that

TECHNOLOGYDOES BETTER

in the best possible way

“DIGITAL WISDOM”

DON’T FAVOR ONLY THE

BRAIN ALONE;EDUCATE

THE EXTENDED BRAIN

M f h d i h

Most of what we do withtechnology is just

“Old things in new ways” These are “TRIVIAL” uses

of technology

Our kids need “POWERFUL”uses of technology, i.e.

“New things wecouldn’t do before”

Powerful uses include:

SKYPING AND TWEETINGAROUND THE WORLD

AROUND THE WORLD

COMPUTATION ENGINES and AI

How much arable landis there per human?

What if people

SPREAD OUT?

Wolfram Alpha,

3D PRINTING

SIMULATIONS

VIRTUAL WORLDS

COMPLEX GAMES

ROBOTICS

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As everything changes,

WHAT LASTS?

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What lasts are:

VERBS (i.e. SKILLS)

NounsVerbs

Verbs vs. Nouns

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Nouns(Tools)

PowerPoint

Verbs(Skills)

Presenting

Change rapidlyStay the same

EmailCommunicating

WikipediaLearning

Texting

You Tube????

Twitter

FlashHTML5

Stay the same

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• Being rigorous

Stay the same

• Creating emotion

• Communicating

• Presenting logically

• Thinking critically

• Understanding context

• Persuading

Analyzing Calculating

Predicting Presenting

EthicalQuestioning

VERBS00:00:00

Calculating

Collaborating Combining Communicating Comparing Competing Connecting Cooperating

CreatingDebating DecidingEstimating

Presenting

Questioning, Socratic(i.e. thought-provoking)

Reflecting Searching / Finding Sharing SimulatingThinking critically

Thinking logically Trying Verifying Writing

Questioning

Evaluating Experimenting Exploring Imitating Innovating Leading Listening Negotiating Networking Observing Practicing

Change

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• Blackboards Electronic Boards

Change

• MySpace Facebook

• Laptops Tablets

• Overheads PowerPoint

• Books e-books

• Mobile Phones App Phones

• Clickers Mobile phones

We must ask:00:00:00

What are the keyverbs (skills)we want our studentsto learn, practice and

master?

“Am I using theappropriate / best /latest nouns

for the verbs (skills)I am teaching?”

“Am I ready andflexible enough

to move to new nounsas they appear?”

Leader's role:

BE SURE TEACHERSTEACH & ASSIGN VERBS

AND GIVE STUDENTSTHE CHOICE OF NOUNS

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What also lasts are:

EMPATHYCHOICE

PASSION

THINGS THAT

TECHNOLOGYCAN’T DO AT ALL!

Empathy ( Desire)

Choice ( Motivation)

Leader's role:

EMPHASIZEEMPATHY

GIVE KIDSCHOICE

Empathy ( Desire)

Choice ( Motivation)Passion ( Persistence)

Helping studentsfind & follow their passion

is a key to 21st

centuryeducation!

If tomorrow every teacher

asked every student

“What areyoupassionate

And wrote it down and

acted on it

Our education wouldtake giant leaps

overnight!

SHARING

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SHARING IS KEYBecause…

When we share more,

we learn faster

Old context:

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DON’T’ SHARE “Keep it close to the vest”

New context:SHARE EVERYTHING

“First to share gets the reward”

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It’s important to

understand that

There are only

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good practices

Our job is toInvent and share

better ones every day

So to be effective,WE ALL NEED TO

EXPERIMENT, INVENT, ANDSHARE WHAT WORKSEVERY DAY

“Don’texperimentwith my kid”

— a parent

WE HAVE TO EXPERIMENT — RESPONSIBLY —

BECAUSE WE DON’T YET KNOW WHAT WORKS IN THISNEW CONTEXT

And quickly share

WHAT WORKS

Today’s sharing tool is VIDEO

There are 2 kinds of “video”:

“Produced” Video “Personal” Video

When we share in person

we reach only a few

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VIDEOIs our 2 nd most importanttechnology tool —

HAVE THE KIDS USE ITEVERY DAY!

All teachers and students should regularly makeand post short videos

about succesfulpractices,

and use them to learn

Teachers must ask:00:00:00

“Are my kids makingvideo as much as they

are writing?”

If you are not comfortablebeing in a video ?

GET COMFORTABLE!

AND IT’S NOT HARD!

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PROGRAMMING

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Our kids have to knowhow to make their powerful

technologiesdo what they want them to!

SPREADSHEETS

In elementary school!

MACROS

always!

ROBOTICS

at all ages/levels

APPS Students can createapps in and for

every subject and class

EVERY CLASSshould make an app

If you don’t know how…

ASK THE KIDS

…and USE THE WEB!

AppDevSecretshttp://appdevsecrets.com/?hop=ascott10

Programming is aKey Tool and Literacy

of the21st Century