Illuminating LearnersDistrict Focus 2010 – 2011

Getting students and all staff “plugged into” learning

Illumination =

Getting students and all staff “plugged into” learning

Learners =

Getting each of us “plugged into” learning

StudentsTeachersPrincipalsOffice staffCentral supportParentsCommunityEach of us!

Are You Ready?To reinvent, redesign and reshape the learning

experience for all of us?

Or do you want to……

Do you consider yourself a:

Learner?

Student?

Teacher?

“The brain is said to be the most important organ in the human body, but we have only the brain’s word for it” – Kurt Vonnegut

Do you consider yourself a:

Learner?

Student?

Teacher?

This century we're going to learn alesson about what it means to be unable to forget anything. (Charles Stross)

Learners today….

belong to a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know

and

contribute to a culture where collaboration is an expected learning practice

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler

Learners want to do more than participate in their learning, they want to contribute to the knowledge created and gained by their peers.

Learners today….

• Have access to a far greater number of information resources than traditional learning environments provided

• Enjoy new opportunities to create, remix, and share digital content thanks to the Internet

Learning Opportunity:

What are the tallest statues in theUnited States?

todaysmeet.com/statue

What resources did you use?

How do you present your learning?• Report or presentation (print or digital)

• Images (chart, graph)

• Video

• Web page (wiki, other collaborative tools)

Learners today….

Learners today….

Teachers today….

Connecting learners…– In classrooms– At home– On the street– At their friends’ homes– At Starbucks– On multiple devices– Everywhere– All the time

“Things that think want to link”Nicholas Negraponte, MIT Media Labs

Mall Library

SchoolHome

Connecting learners inside schoolsand classrooms– Wireless access– Online references– Online collaboration– Student-owned devices

Connecting learners inside schoolsand classrooms– Web-based applications– Mobile applications– Augmented reality

Connecting yourself…– iLead

• Illuminating Learners wiki

– Personal Learning Network (PLN)

– Know your reputation

A Vision of K-12 Learners Today– Creators– Remixers– Collaborators– Contributors– Owners of their learning

"The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." -- Arthur C. Clarke