So what happens in schools, now that life’s become an open book test? Here's five thoughts about what's next for teaching and learning.

1. Five Ideas for
Learning in the
Digital Age
Workshop by Peter Pappas

2. peterpappas.com

3. Information landscape of
the traditional school

5. Teaching
was info
delivery

6. Teacher controlled access to
information.
Student’s task was to remember it.

7. Teacher’s job:
information gatekeeper

8. i n f o r m a t i o n f l o w i n
t h e d i g i t a l a g e

9. Information has escaped

10. Information
is fluid

11. So what happens in
schools, now that
life’s become an
open book test?

13. Idea #1:
Students need to learn a
new (digital) literacy

14. Find, decode,
critically
evaluate
information

15. Curate, store,
responsibly share
information

16. Task shifts from
just comprehend
& remember
… to problem
solving

17. Idea #2: Students need to
be prepared to make
choices and express their
creativity
Analyze, evaluate and
create

18. Digital tech put us all in charge of info
we access, store and share

19. We compose 3.6 trillion
words every day on
email and social media -
the equivalent of 36
million books
~ Clive Thompson

20. Don’t compete
with technology.
Harness it for
learning and
personal growth

21. Idea #3: Give students increasing
responsibility for their learning

22. Student choice fosters motivation
and self-reflection
Content - what knowledge and skills
will be studied?
Process - what materials,
procedures, etc will be used?
Product - what will students produce
to demonstrate their learning?
Evaluation - how will the learning
be assessed?

23. The
Reflective
Student
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24. Increasing
student choice
Work as directed by
the teacher.
Figure out my own approaches.
Share and defend my thinking.
Evaluate my progress.

25. Idea #4: Learning is social.
Students need teamwork skills

26. Master
“soft skills”
~
collaboration,
presenting,
listening,
sharing

27. Idea #5:
Have the courage
to be less helpful

28. Focus on what
motivates us
• Autonomy
• Mastery
• Challenge
• Making a
difference
• Purpose