Presentation at BLC in Boston./

1. When you’re not the Smartest Person in the Room
How networked Learning Changes Everything
Dean Shareski
cc licensed flickr photo by roujo: http://flickr.com/photos/tekmagika/2212767080/
BLC
Boston, MA
July 2010

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ideasandthoughts.org
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5. Who’s the Smartest Person You Know?

6. Part 1... How did we get here?

7. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

8. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

9. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

10. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

11. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

12. The Elusive Terms

13. Individualized Instruction
The Elusive Terms

14. Individualized Instruction
The Elusive Terms
Adaptive Dimension

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/devilarts/1347405206/
Isolated

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/2899350082/
Community Lost

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2760563132/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewf/393637161/
Mind Your Own Business Learning

18. We do what we do
until we know
better

19. cc licensed flickr photo by William Hook: http://flickr.com/photos/williamhook/2431704208/
cc licensed flickr photo by mediagraphics.com.au: http://flickr.com/photos/jamesr-aus/2734902982/ cc licensed flickr photo by joyrex: http://flickr.com/photos/joyrex/158814860/

20. Who’s your Teacher?

21. Who’s your Teacher?

22. Who’s your Teacher?

23. Task: Write down or think of
3 people who have been
your “teachers” in the past
month or so.
Bonus points if they are more than 20 years
younger or live in another country.
Extra points if you post them here:
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/blc10smart

24. “The longer we keep up the facade that
school is the primary place of learning, the
sooner it becomes irrelevant.”

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Slide Credit: Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radical -­‐Seth
Godin,
Linchpin
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical

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“How can we begin to move past an educational model that is
tethered to time and place and move closer to learning that is
immersive, mobile, collaborative, and social?” Educause

27. Part 2... Going outside

32. Networked Teacher
Alec Couros

33. Networked Teacher
Alec Couros

35. My Research Team circa 2007

36. Big Ideas of this Class

37. Big Ideas of this Class
•Learning is Social and Connected
• Learning is Personal and Self-Directed
• Learning is Shared and Transparent
• Learning is Rich in Content and Diversity
• Learning Ought to be Fun

38. www.flickr.com/photos/metro_racer/3330264589

39. Mentors

40. Teaching via Skype

41. “I could not put
it in enough
words how much
I gained from this
experience and
how much I
actually enjoyed it.
Lorraine was a
great person to work with and I learned a lot
about what I wanted to do in my future
classroom as well.”

42. 1st Graders talk with a Geologist

44. Even From Here

45. “for teaching
students about
presentation, TED is
my textbook”
Clay Burell

48. Author Study with Dan Pink

49. The common denominator?

50. Task: Collect 1 or 2 images
of weather around the world
over the past few hours.
Bonus points if you get some from other continents.
More Bonus points if you get them from an individual
in real time.
email them to:
see56very@photos.flickr.com

51. Part 3... Looking Inside

53. The smartest person in the room,
is the room. Dave Weinberger
cc licensed flickr photo by torres21: http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/484675706/

54. Who are they?

55. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau

56. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald

57. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling

58. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin

59. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin Phil Mickelson

60. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin Phil Mickelson My neighbour

61. “...the current generation of college
student has no memory of the
historical moment before
the advent of the
Internet, we are
suggesting that
participatory learning
as a practice is no
longer exotic or new
but a commonplace
way of socializing and learning.
For many, it seems entirely
unremarkable.”
The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2831891520

62. http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwebster/3795409752/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656
What’s so good about face to face?

63. Homework at School

64. http://www.flickr.com/photos/patjmoore/3336220827/
What’s so good about face to face?

66. How did you contribute to the
learning of others?
What did you learn from others?

71. Task Update
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/blc10smart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/tags/blc10/
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23blc10weather

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