when you're not the smartest person
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For the Discovery Educator's Network Spring 2010 Virtual Conference. An updated version of a presentation I've done before, most of the content is new.TRANSCRIPT
When you’re not the Smartest Person in the Room
Dean ShareskiDEN Spring Virtual Conference
April 24, 2010
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How networked Learning Changes Everything
Who’s the Smartest Person You Know?
Part 1... Getting Rid of Walls
Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?
Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?
Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?
Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?
Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?
The Elusive Terms
Individualized Instruction
The Elusive Terms
Adaptive Dimension
Individualized Instruction
The Elusive Terms
Isolated
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Community Lost
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/2899350082/
Mind Your Own Business Learning
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We do what we do until we know better
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Who’s your Teacher?
Who’s your Teacher?
“The longer we keep up the facade that school is the primary place of learning, the
sooner it becomes irrelevant.”
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-‐Seth Godin, Linchpin
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Slide Credit: Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radicalhttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical
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“How can we begin to move past an educational model that is tethered to time and place and move closer to learning that is
immersive, mobile, collaborative, and social?” Educause
Networked TeacherAlec Couros
Networked TeacherAlec Couros
My Research Team circa 2007
Mentors
Teaching via Skype
“I could not put it in enough words how much I gained from this experience and how much I actually enjoyed it. Lorraine was a great person to work with and I learned a lot about what I wanted to do in my future classroom as well. Furthermore, I felt appreciated when Lorraine would email me thanking me for all the hard work I put into the assignments as well.”
1st Graders talk with a Geologist
Even From Here
“for teaching students about
presentation, TED is my textbook”
Clay Burell
Author Study with Dan Pink
The common denominator?
Part 2... Consider your Assets
The smartest person in the room, is the room. Dave Weinberger
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Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau
Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald
Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin
Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald
Phil Mickelson
JK Rowling
Menachem Begin
Who are they?
Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald
Phil Mickelson
JK Rowling
My neighbourMenachem Begin
“...the current generation of college student has no memory of the historical moment before the advent of the Internet, we are suggesting that participatory learning as a practice is no longer exotic or new but a commonplace way of socializing and learning. For many, it seems entirely unremarkable.”The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age
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What’s so good about face to face?
Homework at School
What’s so good about face to face?
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What did you learn from others?
How did you contribute to the learning of others?
Transparency Ain’t Easy
