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Rethinking Education in the Digital Age

Lomas High SchoolSeptember 2014

Mariana Ferrarelli

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General Context I

• Information Anxiety (Hurst, 2007)• Infoxication (Cornella, 2000)• Education 3.0 (Moravec, 2009)• Ubiquity (Wesch)

• Web 2.0• Digitalization & New Media

• New Textual Species: – Transmedia Storytelling– E-Lit– Microblogging: Vine, Twitter, FB, Instagram– Twitterature – Vlogging

General Context II

Children can inquire, interact, shop, ridicule, discuss, play, share thoughts.

NEW COGNITIVE SKILLS & DISPOSITIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERACY – NOT ENOUGH

General Context III

THINKING LEARNERS

CULTURE

DIGITAL

• Self-direction• Efficiency in the administration &

organization of information• Ability to connect apparently dispersed

information• Problem-solving• Collaboration

New Skills

• Deep Learners• From content mastery to learning mastery

(Richardson, 2012)• Teaching how to learn• Diversity

Teaching Approach

1. rEDUvolution – María Acaso

2. Aulas Heterogéneas – Rebeca Anijovich

3. Visible Thinking – Project Zero

Paths

Adopt Adapt

1. rEDUvolution – María Acaso

2. Aulas Heterogéneas – R. Anijovich

• Diversity & Difference• Metacognition• Autonomy• Choice

When thinking becomes visible in the classroom students develop thinking dispositions which in

turn allow for thoughtful and deep learning.

pzweb.harvard.edu/vt/VisibleThinking

3. Visible Thinking

THINKING IDEALS

DOCUMENTATION

ROUTINES

Visible Thinking - Elements

UNDERSTANDINGFAIRNESSTRUTH CREATIVITY

They constitute the aims at which thinking is oriented.They can be used to assess students’ progress.

Visible Thinking - Ideals

When thinking is visible it can be recorded in different ways:

- Mind maps- Charts- Lists- Videos of classroom work- Diagrams- Students’ reflections in a journal or logbook

Visible Thinking - Documentation

Routines can be used at any level / age / subject area

From an epistemological point of view routines consist of a few steps which demand a series of cognitive behaviours as students are asked to…

Visible Thinking - Routines

Cognitive Behaviours

∞ Think critically∞ Provide evidence∞ Justify with explanations∞ Compare & connect∞ Summarise ∞ Explore multiple perspectives∞ Identify parts in a whole∞ Draw conclusions∞ Hypothesize∞ Reflect on their own learning process

The Biltmore SchoolSchool:Founded in 1926150 students & 30

teachersAnnual tuition & fees:

USD 10,000

Headmistress:Gina Romero

1. What's going on?2. What do you see that makes you say

that?

This routine helps students describe what they see or know and asks them to build explanations. It calls for evidence and helps learners learn how to justify their claims.

What makes you say that?

If you were to write a headline for this topic or issue right now that captured the most important aspect that should be remembered, what would that headline be?

This routine helps students think of a summary or synopsis of the topic discussed. It works especially well at the end of a class discussion or session in which students have explored a topic and gathered a fair amount of new information or opinions about it.

Headlines

Mark Church introducing the HEADLINES routine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMginVgsYPs

See – Think - Wonder

• What do you see?• What do you think about that?• What does it make you wonder?

This routine encourages students to make careful observations and thoughtful interpretations. It helps stimulate curiosity and sets the stage for inquiry.

Looking 10x2

1. Look at the image or artifact for at least 30 seconds. Let your eyes wander.

2. List ten words or phrases about it(3. Share your thoughts with your partner)4. Repeat steps 1 & 2

This routine helps students explore a new topic and compare different perspectives.

• Learning is doing, not just absorbing information passively

• Learning is an active process in which learners construct new knowledge by building on ideas they already have

Learning in the Digital Age - Active

• Learning means getting personally involved

• Questions are means and ends: routines are based on questions to create debates, look for connections and expand knowledge

• Learning is an enquiry-oriented process

Learning in the Digital Age - Engagement

• Visible Thinking allows for metacognition

• When the thinking process becomes explicit it can be analyzed, assessed and finally improved

Learning in the Digital Age - Metacognition

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