that innovation thing everyone's talking about
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Keynote for Innovative Learning for K-12 Conference in Richmond, BC, November 14, 2013TRANSCRIPT
That Innovation Thing Everyone’s Talking About
Dean ShareskiERAC
Vancouver, BCNovember 14, 2013
WHO AM I?IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED
WHO AM I?IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED
WHO AM I?IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED
IN CASE YOU FORGOT
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WHY
do we need innovation?
WHAT
do we mean by innovation?
WHEREdo we see innovation?
HOWdo we get innovation?
The Dark Sideof innovation
WHY
do we need innovation?
Why Do We Want it? Or Do We?
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DISRUPTION
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“When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you got a problem.”
CHRIS AVENIR
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation for online behavior and that makes it incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails to meet the standard for academic rigor.
CHRIS AVENIR
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation for online behavior and that makes it incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails to meet the standard for academic rigor.
CHRIS AVENIR
Facebook is like Facebook
Do we want to make our schools better or different?
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“MEASURABLE OUTCOMES MAY BE THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT
RESULT OF LEARNING” DR. LINDA MCNEIL
INNOVATION HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH
“BEST PRACTICE”
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
“My argument is not with educational research but with the imperative of evidence-based education policy. At its best, educational research can provide important insights into the relationship between various social and cultural variables and pedagogic outcomes.”
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
But the principal problem educators face today is not the dearth of educational research or a lack of evidence about ‘what works’, but
rather the increasing absence of any opportunity for them to exercise professional judgment and to learn the value of what Aristotle call phronesis – the virtue of judgment.
Experimentation in education should be part of a teacher’s everyday life.
WHAT
do we mean by innovation?
“...make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.”
“...something that changes the status quo”
“...make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.”
What is it we can do with technology we couldn’t do
before?
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION1970-1995
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION1970-1995
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION1970-1995
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION1970-1995
“NICE SUSPENDERS”
I WANTED TO INNOVATE SHOW AND TELL
I WANTED TO INNOVATE SHOW AND TELL
STEPHEN DOWNES
STEPHEN DOWNES
They are, of course, creative and imaginative and effective. Now for the kicker: ten years ago, not one student in a hundred, nay, one in a thousand, could have produced videos like this. It's a whole new skill, a vital and important skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the perspective of creating but also of comprehending video communication today,
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FEBRUARY 6, 2005
WHEREdo we see innovation?
From Our Champions
KATHY CASSIDYKATHYCASSIDY.COM
In Isolation
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CLARENCE FISHER AND HEATHER DURNINIDEAHIVE.ORG
When Things Aren’t Working
CAROLYN DURLEYHTTP://FLIPPERTEACH.COM/ HTTP://CANFLIP.CA/
GRAHAM JOHNSON
Looking Outside Ourselves
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By Asking Questions and Listening and Collaborating
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Instead of....
Learning About Australia...
Learning About Australia...
Learn With Australia HTTP://FARM7.STATIC.FLICKR.COM/6204/6148483767_590AB1F2AF.JPG
Watching Movies
Watching Movies
Make Movies
Playing Games...
Playing Games...
Make Games
Instead of Psuedo Problems...
Instead of Psuedo Problems...
Learning That Matters
@SUZIEBOSS
HOWdo we get innovation?
How Do We Get More?
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“INNOVATION IS NOT AN IDEA PROBLEM...
IT’S A RECOGNITION PROBLEM”DAVID BURKUS
“WE DON’T NEED BUY IN, WE NEED OWNERSHIP”TONY WAGNER
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“Is your toilet paper budget is bigger than your R & D budget?”
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Start using the word
“play”
“...the pattern has been that as children grow up and become more proficient at making sense of the environment in which they live, their world seems to become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need for play.”
“As we watch the world move to a state of near-constant
change and flux, we believe that connecting play and imagination may be the single most important step in unleashing the new culture of learning.”
“...the pattern has been that as children grow up and become more proficient at making sense of the environment in which they live, their world seems to become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need for play.”
Don’t be afraid of
“silly”
THE FIRST WEBCAM
THE FIRST WEBCAM
CHRIS KENNEDYSUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER
CHRIS KENNEDY
As a principal, the ‘tension’ was in wanting to be encouraging of innovation, but also wanting to ensure, as a school, we were moving in a common direction. As a district leader, the ‘tension’ is more in trying to set direction for the district but giving the freedom and flexibility to schools to each have their own “signature” one that is informed but rarely prescribed by the District.
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”SUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER
“DUH”
“DUH”
Leadership is key“ ”
“THEY SAID THE SAME THING”RANDY PAUSCH THE LAST LECTURE
“THEY SAID THE SAME THING”RANDY PAUSCH THE LAST LECTURE
The Dark Sideof innovation
It’s Lonely
It’s a lot of PR
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Increased Divide
Increased Divide
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