1. Genesee County
Global
Learning Hub
Thinking... Creating... Leading...
2. A VISION...
GC
Global Learning Hub
THINKING... CREATING... LEADING...
3. WHEN IT IS SHARED...
University of West Georgia:
Michigan State Action Research
Confucius Institute
Department
Kettering
University Mott Community College
5. GENESEE COUNTY NEEDS VISIONARIES IN
EDUCATION!
Visionary leaders:
-Builders of a new dawn
-Work with imagination
-Have insight, and boldness
-Eyes are on the horizon
-Social innovators and change agents
-Present a challenge that calls forth the best in people
and brings them together around a shared sense of purpose
6. There is no better purpose in today’s world than
to prepare our young men and women for an
increasing complex future.
7. 1995
(Standardized Test: The Interpretation of Racial and Ethnic Gaps @ www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com)
$38,543
Genesee County
Family Median
Household Income
8. Erasing the Gaps?
-More Days
-More Minutes
-Higher Standards for Students/Teachers/
Administrators
-More Standardized Tests
-No Child Left Behind
-Comparisons to China/India
-Surface Changes
-Highly Qualified Teachers/Administrators
10. “The System”
Does NOT know
or cannot envision another way
11. “The System”
John Taylor Gatto NY Teacher for 26 years-
Left his job “I’m done hurting children”
• Teaches children that their worth is determined by other people
• Causes children to be dependent on teachers/experts rather than on themselves
• Praises total conformity and condemns individuality as a threat to the system
• Teaches that schedule, not interesting work, is what has value
• Teaches that value is only possible under conditions of competition
• Leaves children with almost no private time
12. If not us...Who? If not now...When?
“Change will not come if we wait for some other
person or some other time. We are the ones...
We are the change that we seek.”
-President Obama
13. The Gravitational Pull of “The System”
“Pilot”
Program/
Teacher GCGLH
Procedures
Fixed Policy
memorization
Mindset
Squelched
Creativity
Conformity
“Education”
Routine
Industrial
Model
lower order
Content thinking
Rules Driven
Homework Facts
14. The Gravitational Pull of “The System”
GCGLH
“Pilot”
Program/
Procedures
Teacher Fixed
memorization
Policy Mindset
Squelched
Conformity Creativity
“Education”
Industrial
Routine
Model
Content lower Order
Rules Driven Thinking
Homework Facts
15. The Gravitational Pull of “The System”
GCGLH
Procedures
Fixed
memorization
Policy Mindset
Squelched
Conformity “Pilot” Creativity
Program/
Industrial Teacher
Routine
Model
Content Lower Order
Rules Driven Thinking
Homework Facts
16. More Developed Countries
National Center on -Research
Education and the -Design
Economy -Development
(2007) Creative -Marketing and Sales
-Global Supply Chain
Work Management
Routine
Work Routine
done by people Work
done by machines
Less Developed Countries
17. The Vision
-Research
-Design
G.C. -Development
Global -Marketing and Sales
Learning -Global Supply Chain
Hub Management
The Routine
The
Routine
Norm Work Work
done by teachers
Status
Quo
done by students
The “System”
18. GC
Design
Thinking
Global Learning Hub Learning by
Creating and
Doing
THINKING... CREATING... LEADING...
Service Learning Global and Digital
Competency
19. Design Thinking
Seeking the truth, information, or knowledge...by
questioning
Learners need to gather information and data
through applying all of the human senses
Learners convert information and data into
useful knowledge
The Focus is on the innovators...not the innovation
20. Design Thinking @ GCGLH
We are in an informational age
where information is everywhere and we can get it
anytime.
Our Focus must now be on what information is
useful and how we can use information to better
our lives.
21. In 5 minutes...
Text me the name of the Capital of Turkey
Tweet me the top 2 exports of Turkey
Email me the geographical location of Turkey using
Google Map
That leaves the rest of the time to really learn!
23. Action Research @ GCGLH
The data and information gathered by the GCGLH
Learners will be
converted into real knowledge and will
be directly connected to Genesee County and Global
issues
Through the action research process...
GCLH Learners will attempt to solve
REAL world
problems
24. A Culture of ACTION RESEARCHERS
Students Teachers Administrators
Researchers Learners Designers
29. Barriers to Real Creativity
- Grade levels
- Curriculum subject structures
- Time block/bell schedule
- Students assigned to teachers/classroom
- Textbooks as curricula/resources
- Learning happens in defined places
- Nine month school year/Agrarian calendar
- IQ Intelligence
30. Five Key Conditions for Real Creativity
-Curiosity
- Learner Control
-Connections GC
GLH
-Challenge
-Context
31. Global Competency
- The ability to be fluent in more than one language
(Spanish/Mandarin)
- To become digitally competent
-To gain knowledge of the geography, the politics and
the cultural history of the world and apply it to our
current and future experiences.
32. Global Competency @ GC GLH
GC GLH graduates will show:
-Inquisitiveness
-Courage
-Comfort with uncertainty
-Assertiveness
-Positive outlook toward adversity
- Appreciation of Diversity
-Resourcefulness
-Adaptability
33. Digital Competency @ GCGLH
Traditional Schools GCGLH
Embed Technology
Teach Technology
Applications into
Applications
curriculum
Teachers Learn First All learners contribute
Like an event Like Oxygen
Automate Informate
35. What Education Should (will) Look Like
- Google/Bing Wikipedia for content
- Hybrid Classrooms
- I-Tunes for accessing on-line learning
- Notebooks, I-pads, cell phones for accessing the
global information
- Microsoft Calendar for Scheduling and
Coordination
- You-Tube for Electronic Portfolios
- Face book – for students and teacher networking
- Apple/Droid Apps for almost everything
36. Service Learning
The aim of education must be the training of
independently acting and thinking individuals who,
however, can see in the service to the community their
highest life achievement.
-Albert Einstein
37. Service Learning @ GCGLH
GC GLH Learners will participate in action research
project learning opportunities that are directly related to
the greater good of Genesee County
Community Partnerships will provide opportunities for
our students to be leaders in community service projects
38. A Glimpse into the Future
http://geeked3000.blogspot.com/
39. QUESTIONS...
NEXT STEPS?
GC
Global Learning Hub
THINKING... CREATING... LEADING...
40. Adam J Hartley
248-867-7929
tayadacam@sbcglobal.net
twitter:ajhartleybcs
Blog: http://geeked3000.blogspot.com/
Notas del editor
Cover of folder\nIntroduction-\n
idea for 3-4 years\ntalking with my brother or wife coffee etc...\nlast summer started sharing the idea with family and friends\nover the course of this past year it has transformed to a vision- something I can see\nmy time in Boston and Philadelphia along with my trip to China has pushed me to begin making it a reality\n\n
People I’m working with now that are already interested:\nMSU-CI\nU of WG- Dr. Craig Mertler\nDr Tim Best of The Ohio St University and Wexpro consulting\nThe MI Dept of Edu.\nPossibility is endless for others\n\n \n
I am hoping today I leave you with 2 things:\n1- you question our educational system and what it provides for our kids here in the county\n2- a desire to join me in this quest to better our community through empowering our youth\n\n
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People in charge of changing our system- are fixed minded- \nwe need growth minded people- visionary leaders- to transform GC into a global learning hub\n
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have them look for the capital of turkey\nand its greatest export\ndifferent from 20 years ago- but not different in schools\nthe more information we know- the more we don't know\n\n
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divergent thinking\ncreative ideas \nexploring more than one solution\ncuriosity/willing to take risks\n\n
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Dr. Benjamin Bloom 1950‘s created this taxonomy of thinking paradigms... \nHe found that 95% of test questions given to our students were recall knowledge- lowest level\nDefine, list, label\nits 2011 - has this changed? NO\n\nMajority of classrooms do not go beyond Knowledge and Understand-\nIf you get the “fun” teacher or “good” teacher you may get to apply your knowledge and possibly analyze the data you receive.\nThe GC GLH will provide a learning environment that encompasses all thinking skills but will have its main focus on the top of the taxonomy\n
Students entering schools next year will retire in the year 2071\nwe have no idea what 2071 will look like (we don't know what five years will look like)\n- yet we are educating to prepare them for their careers \nwe all are born with creativity- but we are educated out of it- in 2071- we will need to be as creative as we ever were\n\n
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MSU study-\nemployers most important characteristics of hires-\nresourcefulness and adaptability\n
tech at GC GLH-\n1:1 computing\nstudents will be able to learn 24/7 and contact other learners through a variety of mediums\n\n
automate vs informate\ntechnology is the vehicle not the destination\n
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idea for 3-4 years\ntalking with my brother or wife coffee etc...\nlast summer started sharing the idea with family and friends\nover the course of this past year it has transformed to a vision- something I can see\nmy time in Boston and Philadelphia along with my trip to China has pushed me to begin making it a reality\n\n
