My number for a Post-Sec audience, about the renewed curriculum and what I have dubbed "Generation Meh"

1. What is going on in K-
12?
Lisa Read
District Information Technology Coordinator
SD79 Cowichan Valley

2. What is their journey like before Post
Secondary?

3. Authenticity
Trust
Relationship

4. What is your next generation of learners
going to be like?

5. gen x
gen y
gen z

6. Passion Projects
Learner centred and designed, focus on innovation, creativity,
genius
Teacher or learner designed, guiding questions, focus on
answering a question
Inquiry Learning
Challenge Based
Problem centred, learner led, focus on solving
a real world problem

7. Renewed BC Curriculum
Core Competencies
Big Ideas
Content Competencies
Change in assessment practices
First Nations ways of knowing, Principles of
Learning

13. Privacy Legislation
ownCloud
WordPress
Moodle + F2F
Portfolios/ communicating to parents.

14. Misconceptions—
“no attention span”
“no engagement”
“no depth of thought”
“satisfied with minimal effort?results”
“can’t spell or write cursive”
group work

15. Realities—
“creative problem solving”
“real world concerns and compassion”
“technology is a tool, not a treat”
“spelling is stupid and cursive is pointless”
collaboration

16. –Steven Pinker
“It is a failing of human nature to detest anything
that young people do just because older people
are not used to it or have trouble learning it. So I
am wary of the “young people suck” school of
social criticism.”

17. sepicardoshs/technology-and-the-death-of-civilisation-5
Technology and
the death of
civilization— part
1

18. Technology and the death
of civilization—part 2
I wonder whether the
photo would have caused
so much indignation and
disapproval if it had
depicted students
‘ignoring’ the masterpiece
while reading a paper
leaflet or museum
brochure instead.

20. What are your *rules*?
What does *engagement* look like?
Can you leverage the tools they have in hand?
calculators, iClickers, texting, Social Media, fake
social media, taking the off-line online.

21. The crossroad of BYOD and Respect
Enabling all forms of communication.

22. What does a classroom look like?
Books
Early learning and Creative Play
Supporting changing practice
Teaching the whole child
example: The Maker Movement

23. Where else does learning happen?
Learning commons
Personalized learning— anywhere, anytime
Self-advocacy—sped,learning challenges