School 2.0 advocates for a progressive, student-centered vision of education that prepares students for citizenship, not just workforce skills. It argues current schools are outdated and fail to meet the needs of today's world. The presentation calls for schools with a clear vision focused on inquiry, collaboration, reflection and presentation. It emphasizes making learning meaningful and relevant to students' lives through projects, questions and passion, using technology as a tool rather than an end. The goal is to empower students and transform education through community involvement, understanding-driven assessment and thinking about thinking.
19. What the school system needs to understand is that its
strength lies, not in the strength of the central organization,
but in the strength of the individual school, not in making one
school like another, but in making each school a distinct unit.
The need of the system is the preservation of its units, so that
each school can keep itself alive, wide awake, responsive to
its people, easily adaptable, the best of its kind.
Angelo Patri -- A Schoolmaster of the Great City
23. If you want creative workers, give them
enough time to play.
- John Cleese
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/
838786841/
Photo by Ewan McIntosh
25. 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
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2225299236/
33. Gates Foundation
• Rigor
• Relevance
• Relationships
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/UnitedStates/Education/TransformingHighSchools/
34. Coalition of Essential
Schools
• Learning to use one’s mind well.
• Less is More, depth over coverage
• Goals apply to all students
• Personalization
• Student-as-worker, teacher-as-coach
• Demonstration of mastery
• A tone of decency and trust
• Commitment to the entire school
• Resources dedicated to teaching and learning
• Democracy and equity
http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/phil/10cps/10cps.html
35. High Tech High
• Personalization
• Adult World Connection
• Common Intellectual
Mission
http://www.hightechhigh.org/about/design-principles.php
36. Christian Long’s Learning Manifesto
• “Playing Small Does Not Serve The World:” Your Brain Is Your Brand.
• What Would Socrates Do?
• Nobody Cares That You Walked Uphill Both Ways in the Snow.
• Got Passion? If Not, I’ll Tell You What To Care About.
• My Memory Is Only As Big As My Heart, Otherwise I’ll Stick With
Google.
• Look It Up Or Die.
• Collaboration Ain’t About Holding Hands. It’s About Going Places Fast.
• This Will Go Down On Your Permanent Record.
• It Ain’t About the Technology, It’s About Being Inside the Story
• Nobody Knows the Answer. Get Comfy With the Questions.
http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/01/the_future_of_l.html
37. My Two Cents:
• Thoughtful
• Wise
• Passionate
• Kind
57. A Convenient And Reasonably False Taxonomy
Research Collaborate Create Network Present
RSS Wikis Blogging Twitter uStream
Google
Del.icio.us Docs Drupal Skype Flickr
Google Moodle Podcasting Facebook iTunes U
Wikipedia Digital Films IM Voicethread
Email
68. Keep In Touch:
Chris Lehmann
Science Leadership Academy
chris@practicaltheory.org
http://www.practicaltheory.org
Twitter: chrislehmann
Skype: chrislehmann
EduCon 2.3 -- Jan. 28-30, 2010
http://educon22.org
Editor's Notes
Stop aping business, stop thinking that business has the answers, stop thinking that the latest gadget is anything more than a glorified film-strip projector unless we know how to harness them. Stop blaming teachers. Stop blaming schools.