Untangling Technology
Brian Housand, PhDNewbury, MA / August 18-19, 2009
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Gi#ed Technology
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If technology is an event in your school,
you are doing it wrong.
Josh Allen
Every generation of teenagers embraces the freedoms and
possibilities wrought by technology in ways that shock the elders.
“For the first >me in history, our jobs as educators is to prepare our students for a future that we can not clearly describe.”
David Warlick
The U.S. Department of Labor es>mates that today’s high school seniors will have 10‐14 jobs
By age
38
The U.S. Department of Labor es>mates that today’s high school seniors will have 10‐14 jobs
By age
38
Why Do We Ask Kids To UNPLUG At School?
Learning beyond the classroom.
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Content Resources
299,000,000 Searches Per Day
Knowledge alone is NOT enough.
Creative Outlets
Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to
think crea>vely.
(Sternberg, 2006)
Computer Technology “is not a tool;
it is a new material for expression.”
(Maeda, 2001)
PianosNOT
Stereos
Critical Thinking
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This is as far as most people get.
This is as far as most people get.
You do not want to miss this!
This is as far as most people get.
You do not want to miss this! Who said what and when.
This is as far as most people get.
You do not want to miss this!
Your chance to share your knowledge.
Who said what and when.
Collaboration
Par>cipatory
Forcing Us To Learn New Interfaces
Crea>ng New Channels For Social
Interac>on
The Internet is
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
38 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
13 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
4 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
3 Years
Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million
2 Years
China 1,334,962,000India 1,161,290,000United States 306,114,000My Space 253,000,000Indonesia 229,850,000Brazil 190,929,000FaceBook 175,000,000
The Less You Share, The Less Power You Have.
Citizenship
Critical Consumers
ResponsibleProducers
One thing is clear. We don’t
have the option of turning away
from the future. No one gets to
vote on whether technology is
going to change our lives.
Bill Gates The Road Ahead
“Media are mere vehicles that deliver instruc>on but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our
nutri>on.”(Clark, 1983)
The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,
but those who cannot LEARN, UNLEARN AND
RELEARN.(Toffler, 1971)
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