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Technology and Learning: Putting it all in Perspective
William Brennan's keynote address at the National Junior Honor Society induction emphasizes the transformative impact of technology on education and personal interactions. He highlights the shift from an information age to one defined by networked intelligence, urging students to leverage these tools while valuing real-life relationships. Ultimately, he encourages kindness and compassion as essential qualities to foster in an increasingly digital world.
Technology and Learning: Putting it all in Perspective
- 1. Technology and Learning: Puttingit all in Perspective Na#onal Junior Honor Society Induc#on Ceremony Keynote Address by William Brennan November 27, 2012
- 3. Technology and Learning: Puttingit all in Perspective
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- 10. WE ARE NOW LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE…. “WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE DON’T KNOW.”
- 11. Why does this maPer? Today’s Kindergartener Today’s HS Senior • Born in 2009 • Born in 1995 • Will graduate HS in 2024 • Will graduate HS in 2013 • Will graduate college in • Will graduate college in 2028 2017 • Re5re in 2068 • Re5re in 2057
- 12. What does this mean? • We have to recognize that all of us grew up in a par#cular era, one that civiliza#on has never seen before. • We built ins#tu#onal prac#ces that prepared us to live in a period of rela#ve stability -‐ where skills lasted a life#me. • Moving from the Informa#on Age to an Age of Networked Intelligence.
- 13. Born September, 2008 Born August, 2010
- 15. Technology in perspec#ve! Liam’s First Step Age 5 months
- 16. “It’s not TECHNOLOGY unless you were born before it existed.” Milton Chen, 2004
- 19. The ques5on we have to ask ourselves today is: HOW do we use these tools?
- 23. The world is now your classroom!
- 26. Final Thoughts • For genera#ons we have been about making things faster, shorter, smaller à efficiency. • We’re in an age where everyone has Facebook, most people have smart phones and TwiPer, and everything moves super quickly. • With that being said, we’ve started to depend more on technology and less on personal interac5ons with others. • Although we have this amazing influx of informa#on at our finger#ps, it’s more important to appreciate the real-‐life friendships that you will make throughout your #me in middle school and into high school, college and beyond. • Con#nue to be kind, compassionate and loving to one another at home, at school, at work, and in every interac#on throughout the day.
- 27. Just stop and think for a second about all that we have been through in the last month. There are powerful messages here.
- 28. rs? ighbo w ne et ne yo u me Did What did you do when there was no TV? What did you do when there was no XBOX? What did you do when there was no CELL PHONES? What did you do when there was no INTERNET?
- 30. Using the Internet to make the world a bePer place!
- 31. CONGRATULATIONS! Go on and change the world!