1. #FOMO
UNA Distance Learning Conference 2014

2. MISSING OUT
on the moon

3. INNOVATION
I am a digital native

4. I HAD NO
IDEA
doesn’t everyone have a color TV?

5. TECHNOLOGY
everywhere in my life

6. HOW MUCH
is too much?

7. #FOMO
according to JWT

8. “The uneasy and sometimes
all-consuming feeling that you’re
missing out – that your peers are
doing, in the know about, or in
possession of something better
than you. FOMO may be a social
angst that has always existed,
but it’s going into overdrive
thanks to real-time digital updates
and to our constant
companion, the smart phone.”

9. 72% of participants
surveyed aged 18-33
say they completely
relate to this
expression.

10. This same group have
been labeled as
“infatuated with a
shared awareness of
how others are living
their lives”.

11. VALIDATION
how am I projected and seen by others online?

12. Four out of ten college
students can’t go ten
minutes without
checking their phones.

13. THIS SCARES
ME

14. Is all of this new, or is
it “an age old problem
exacerbated by
technology”?
Caterina Fake

15. It is impossible to think
about squeezing
anything else into our
days, our lives, our
teaching and learning.

16. 13-17 18-33 34-46 47-66
I often think I can squeeze more than
is really possible into my day 61% 71% 65% 61%
I often spread myself too thin, for fear
of missing out 49% 56% 43% 33%
It seems like every minute of my day
is scheduled or planned out 54% 64% 49% 32%
I often only get to skim the surface of
new interests, never having ample
time or energy to truly delve into the
given topic or endeavor
60% 72% 57% 53%
I am overwhelmed by the amount of
information I need to digest to stay
up to speed
55% 62% 49% 44%

17. MAN MADE FIRE
keeps us warm and toasty

18. Where are our
technology alarms,
brigades, and
extinguishers?

19. How do we
select, opt
in/out, pare
down, become
alarmed, turn
off, extinguish?

20. What are we so
afraid of missing
out on?

21. BEEP
call waiting?

22. SOMETHING
BETTER
no wonder we are overwhelmed

23. How do we get our
students to notice
that there’s
something better
in our classrooms?

24. IN THE
BEGINNING
something new for baby

25. Too much time on
screens for children
under the age of
three can lead to
impaired focus and
social skills.

26. The screen is only a
delivery mechanism
and what parents
should be focused
on is content.

27. WHAT MATTERS
the difference between passive and active

28. What does that
translate into
regarding
technology-based
learning?

29. How does our brain
actively
consume, actively
learn?

30. THE BRAIN
SXSWEdu 2013

31. 4 COGNITIVE
PROCESSES
every educator should be aware of

32. ATTENTION
ENCODING
STORAGE
RETRIEVAL

33. ATTENTION
the filter through
which we experience
the world

34. ENCODING
how we process
what our attention
admits into the mind

35. STORAGE
what happens once
information enters
the brain

36. RETRIEVAL
the recall of
that information
or behavior

37. ATTENTION
taking notice of sensory information

38. ENCODING
adding to what we already know

39. STORAGE
consolidation and rehearsal

40. RETRIEVAL
reinforcement and renewal

41. How do we use
technology to
enhance this
learning process?

42. How do we choose
to integrate any new
(or old) technology
into what we are
doing?

43. THE HYPE
CYCLE
seeing is believing

45. TECHNOLOGY
TRIGGER
launch of a new
technology tool that
generates significant
publicity and interest

46. PEAK OF
INFLATED
EXPECTATIONS
advertising and
promotion incite public
enthusiasm and foster
unrealistic
expectations

47. TROUGH OF
DISILLUSIONME
NT
technology fails to
meet user expectations
and quickly falls out
of favor and public
opinion

48. SLOPE OF
ENLIGHTENMEN
T
continued use shows
benefits along with
models for practical
and successful
application

49. PLATEAU OF
PRODUCTIVITY
benefits and stability
become widely
publicized and
recognized

52. HOW MUCH
is too much?

53. ENGAGEMENT
without going overboard

54. INNOVATION
has been around for a long time

55. “today’s student does not
think they have to remember
anything you tell them, all
they think they have to
remember is how to access
that information through
their smartphones should
they ever need it for
anything other than to
complete the task at hand.”

56. PLATO
writing damages the ability to remember

57. “If men learn this, it will
implant forgetfulness in their
souls; they will cease to
exercise memory because
they rely on that which is
written, calling things to
remembrance no longer from
within themselves, but by
means of external marks.”
Plato, Phaedrus

58. 1835
american annals of education

59. “Perpetual reading of novels
inevitable operates to exclude
thought, and in the youthful
mind to stint the opening
mental faculties, by favoring
unequal development. No one
can have time for
reflection, who reads at this
rapid rate.”

60. INNOVATION
the book changed our minds

61. “Every new technology
has been demonized
upon arrival by those
convinced it is harming
their children.”
Ben Popper, the Verge

62. EVOLUTION
we choose our own evolution

63. The learning
process has been
shaped by
innovation since
the humans drew
on cave walls.

64. THE SHALLOWS
what the internet is doing to our brains

65. THE PRINTED
BOOK
focuses our attention

66. THE INTERNET
encourages distracted sampling

67. THE LIBRARY
why aren’t the stacks overwhelming?

68. How do we distract
our students?

69. How do we get our
students to notice
that there’s
something better
in our classrooms?

70. We keep using
methods that
assume our
students are
distracted and
won’t focus.

71. “Our assumption
that students are
brain dead leads
to pedagogies that
deaden their brains.”
Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach

72. AN EPIPHANY
active learning

73. It is not the device
that matters, it is
the content.

74. LOOKING BACK
who was your favorite teacher?

75. “The power of our mentors
is not necessarily in the
good teaching they gave
us, … their power is in
their capacity to awaken
the truth within us, a truth
we can reclaim years later
by recalling their impact
on our lives.”
Parker Palmer

76. THE SAGE
on the stage

77. THE GUIDE
on the side

78. “True community, in any
context requires a
transcendent third thing
that holds both me and
thee accountable to
something beyond
ourselves.”
Parker Palmer

79. THE CONTENT
and the designed experience

80. THE CONTENT
and your apparent passion

81. THE CONTENT
and the way you focus

82. THE CONTENT
and the way you play

83. FREEDOMS:
FAILURE
EXPERIMENTATION
IDENTITY
CREATION
INTERPRETATION

84. THE GEM
CUTTER
explore these facets

85. KALEIDOSCOPE
crafter of context

86. MINDFULNESS
staying centered . capturing attention

87. technology is
NOT
a distraction

88. having
NOTHING TO DO
is not a bad thing

89. STOP
multitasking

90. TURN OFF
call waiting

91. SHARPEN
your focus

92. teach others to
MEDITATE
and reflect

93. ADMIRE
your content

94. HONE
your craft

95. LABEL
accordingly

96. remember to
PLAY

97. take
PRIDE
in your
EVOLUTION

99. THANK YOU
pbanner@gmail.com