Learning 2.0



      Creating The Schools We Need

Chris Lehmann
@chrislehmann
Science Leadership Academy
Philadelphia, PA
Why This Matters
My Bias:




Old Ideas and New Tools
More Bias:




   Citizenry, Not Workforce
Last Bias:




       Public Education =
The Paradox of
Education 2011:




            Create New Things,
            Measured Old Ways
Data Driven Decisions:
Assume that you use good data --
   and good data ain’t cheap.
What Do We Know?
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




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A Big
Problem:
Lack of
Humility
We Learn Best
When It Matters To Us




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Things Are




Know The Difference Between
   Change and Innovation
Education:
 vs. Training




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Technology Like Oxygen:




Ubiquitous, Necessary and Invisible
Neil Postman:

Certain Technologies Are
 Not Additive, They Are
     Transformative
Technology Transforms:

       Creation
       Research
     Collaboration
     Presentation
      Networking
Tell A Better Story:
We Must Have Vision




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Caring Institutions




 We Teach Kids, Not
Inquiry Driven




What are the questions
we can ask together?
Student Centered




 It’s Not About Us.
Teacher-




Kids Need Adults
Community-Based




      We can learn from many
Collaborative
Synthesis Works
Passionate
     High School Is Real Life
Integrated




    The day must make sense
Meta-Cognitive




           We need to think
            about thinking.
Traditional
Classrooms:
Recall-Based
                     Tests

                  Homework


                    Projects


               Class Participation
The Schools
  We Need:
Understanding-
   Driven           Projects

                   Homework


             Class Participation


                 Tests & Quizzes
The Goal:
   Thoughtful   Passionate
   Wise         Kind
How Do We
Change the
  World?
Be Humbled By
      The Task
And Be Skeptical of Those Who Aren’t
Keep Asking
   Questions

And Don’t Settle For Easy Answers
What We Want For Kids
        We Must Want For Teachers
“What’s Good?”
Not “What’s New?”
Be intentional in the use of tools and time
What Do You Think?




  The link between inquiry and care
Empower
        the Kids

It is their education, and it will be their
                  world
Continue the
Conversation

Dream big in every community
The Great
    American Teach-In
         May 10, 2011
http://www.declarationofeducation.com
             #teachin11

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What do we teach
in the Information Age?
Wisdom.
Join us:
Chris Lehmann
The Great American Teach-In
May 10th, 2011
http://www.declarationofeducation.com
#teachin11

chris@practicaltheory.org
http://www.practicaltheory.org
Twitter: @chrislehmann

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