18. “When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his
spare time,
not because he hates you
but because he loves you,
then you got a problem.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaar/4284117075/
20. CHRIS AVENIR
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for
the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation for
online behavior and that makes it
incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic
integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails
to meet the standard for academic rigor.
21. CHRIS AVENIR
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for
the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation for
online behavior and that makes it
incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic
integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails
to meet the standard for academic rigor.
Facebook is like Facebook
22. Do we want to make our
schools better or different?
30. “My argument is not with educational research
but with the imperative of evidence-based
education policy. At its best, educational
research can provide important
insights into the relationship
between various social and cultural
variables and pedagogic outcomes.”
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
31. But the principal problem educators face today is not the dearth of
educational research or a lack of evidence about ‘what works’, but
the increasing absence of any
opportunity for them to exercise
professional judgment and to learn the value of
rather
what Aristotle call phronesis – the virtue of judgment.
Experimentation in education should
be part of a teacher’s everyday life.
WHY EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODS ARE A BAD IDEA.
HTTP://SHARESKI.CA/Y/3E4
45. “
They are, of course, creative and imaginative and
effective. Now for the kicker: ten years ago, not
one
student in a hundred, nay, one in a
thousand, could have produced videos
like this. It's a whole new skill, a vital and important
skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the
perspective of creating but also of comprehending
video communication today,
”
STEPHEN DOWNES
80. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
81. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
“As we watch the world move to a state of near-constant
change and flux, we believe that connecting
play
and imagination may be the single most important
step in unleashing the new culture of learning.”
91. “
As a principal, the ‘tension’ was in wanting to be
encouraging of innovation, but also wanting to ensure, as
a school, we were moving in a common direction. As a
district leader, the ‘tension’ is more in trying to set direction
for the district but giving
the freedom and
flexibility to schools to each have their
own “signature” one that is informed
but rarely prescribed by the District.
”
CHRIS KENNEDY
SUPERINTENDENT WEST VANCOUVER