This presentation was given to the National Junior Honor Society Inductees and their parents. A funny, enlightening, uplifting talk helping people to see the power of technology in learning, but putting it in perspective! This presentation made reference to the devastation experienced by Hurricane Sandy and its importance of kindness and interpersonal relationships.

1. Technology and Learning:
Putting it all in Perspective
Na#onal
Junior
Honor
Society
Induc#on
Ceremony
Keynote
Address
by
William
Brennan
November
27,
2012

3. Technology and Learning:
Putting it 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!