This document discusses issues related to education in the digital age. It addresses who is being educated currently and for what purpose. It also examines the curriculum, pedagogy, and challenges related to digital literacy. Key topics covered include the characteristics of today's students, the need to develop critical thinking skills to evaluate online information, and the "wicked problems" posed by incomplete or contradictory technological requirements.

1. What and who are we educating for? Ollie Bray March 2010 Digital education tools for 2010s

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3. Change?

4. 1. Young People

5. 12 - 25

6. 12 - 25 8 devices 5 activities 25% agree that… …turn on their computer 123 friends

7. ”Children are not the same as they used to be…”

9. digital footprints

10. 2. Curriculum

11. Critical Literacy in the Digital Age “ To help me develop an informed view, I am exploring the techniques used to influence my opinion. I can recognise persuasion and assess the reliability of information and credibility and value of my resources. ” Literacy Level 3

12. Critical Literacy in the Digital Age “ To help me develop an informed view, I am exploring the techniques used to influence my opinion. I can recognise persuasion and assess the reliability of information and credibility and value of my resources. ” Literacy Level 3

16. To: olliebray@gmail.com Subject: National Geographic Photograph of the year Message: AND YOU THINK YOUR HAVING A BAD DAY AT WORK !! Although this looks like a picture taken from a Hollywood movie, it is in fact a real photo, taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy. It has been nominated by Geo as ”The photo of the year".

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25. wikipedia.org

27. 'This article needs additional citation for verification' 'This article reads like an advertisement’ 'This article contradicts itself’ 'This article contradicts another article’ ‘The factual accuracy is disputed’

29. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 1: The phone app 2: The ‘wearable’

30. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010

31. facial recognition

33. 3. Pedagogy

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39. Photocredit: EwanMcintosh

40. Photocredit:heppell.net Hellerup School, Copenhagen

41. ii. Photocredit:heppell.net

42. wikipedia.org

43. edubuzz.org

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46. twitter.com/ukwarcabinet

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49. v. the star trek principle?

52. worldwidetelescope.org

53. worldwidetelescope.org

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55. Wicked problems Charles West Churchman

56. Wicked problems “A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.” Charles West Churchman

57. Wicked problems “A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.” “Moreover, because of complex interdependencies, the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem may reveal or create other problems.” Charles West Churchman

58. CPD

61. "The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson

63. The ‘real’ digital divide

64. The ‘real’ digital divide

65. motivation Gulucan village in West China

66. motivation Gulucan village in West China

67. motivation Gulucan village in West China

68. people?

69. What and who are we educating for? Ollie Bray March 2010 Digital education tools for 2010s

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