06.transform thinking and end.darrowschwirzke

Dr. Rob Darrow / Dr. Kelly Schwirzke

June 2012

#Iste12 * San Diego

Workshop Wiki: http://iste12.wikispaces.com

Big Question: What caused you to be sitting in this chair in this workshop

today?

Yogi BerraYogi Berra

"It's tough to "It's tough to make predictions, make predictions, especially about especially about the future."  the future." 

But we can think about the past…

Transformation – Transformation – ItIt’’s all how you look at its all how you look at it

What do you see?

This famous perceptual illusion in which the brain switches between seeing a young girl and an old woman (or "wife" and "mother in law"). This anonymous German postcard from 1888 depicts the image in its earliest known form, For many years, the creator of this figure was thought to be British cartoonist W. E. Hill, who published it in 1915 in Puck humor magazine, an American magazine inspired by the British magazine Punch.

Another Version

What do you see?

Where do the stairs begin?

TransformTransform

Definition:  Definition: 

tto undergo a o undergo a changechange in in

form, appearance, form, appearance,

nature or characternature or character

Education, Technology and Education, Technology and TeachersTeachers

Transforming from….Transforming from…. Agrarian, assembly line Agrarian, assembly line

mentality (left brain) to…mentality (left brain) to… DigitalDigital, , hyperlinkedhyperlinked world world

(right brain)(right brain)

Pedagogy, Technology and Pedagogy, Technology and TeachersTeachers

“Let me teach you how to integrate technology with your students.”

It’s about transforming thinking to learn how to use the tools to

become an online or blended learning teacher

Technology and TeachersTechnology and Teachers

Difficult to force another person to transform – it is a personal decision

It’s about transforming thinking to use technology, the Web,

podcasting, etc.

Transforming Thinking

Transforming Activities of Teachers

Transforming Activities for Students

What are transformational What are transformational eventsevents in education? in education?

((accidentalaccidental – it just changed) – it just changed)

Paper/Pencil – ComputerPaper/Pencil – Computer Floppy Disk – Flash DriveFloppy Disk – Flash Drive Others?Others?

What are transformational What are transformational activitiesactivities??

((intentionalintentional – a decision to – a decision to change)change)

Things that Things that causecause people people to think and do things to think and do things differentlydifferently– A bookA book– An interactionAn interaction– Others? Others?

My transformation

My Transformational JourneyMy Transformational Journey

AccidentalAccidental IntentionalIntentional

Your Transformational Your Transformational Journey and What is your Journey and What is your

PLN?PLN? AccidentalAccidental IntentionalIntentional

Opportunity to Opportunity to shift (transform)shift (transform) to a new, more powerful, to a new, more powerful,

and effective and effective learning paradigm….learning paradigm….

Growing Up DigitalGrowing Up Digital (Tapscott, 1998) (Tapscott, 1998)

N-Gen LearningN-Gen Learning

Growing Up DigitalGrowing Up Digital (1998) (1998) N-Gen LearningN-Gen Learning

Linear sequential to Linear sequential to hypermediahypermedia Instruction to Instruction to construction/discoveryconstruction/discovery Teacher-centered to Teacher-centered to learner-centeredlearner-centered School as torture to School as torture to school as funschool as fun Teacher as transmitter to Teacher as transmitter to

teacher as facilitatorteacher as facilitator

Paradigm shift from...

Contrast this with Contrast this with A Whole New MindA Whole New Mind

PINK (2005)PINK (2005) DesignDesign StoryStory SymphonySymphony EmpathyEmpathy PlayPlay MeaningMeaning

TAPSCOTT (1998)TAPSCOTT (1998) construction/ construction/

discovery discovery hypermediahypermedia learner-centeredlearner-centered school as funschool as fun teacher as facilitatorteacher as facilitator

Dan Pink, A Whole New MindDan Pink, A Whole New Mind

“’“’Learning isn’t about memorizing Learning isn’t about memorizing isolated facts. It’s about connecting and isolated facts. It’s about connecting and manipulating them”manipulating them”

Institutional ChangeInstitutional Change

Concerns Based Adoption / Concerns Based Adoption / Self AssessmentSelf Assessment

CBAM: Stages of ConcernCBAM: Stages of Concern

AwarenessAwareness InformationalInformational

PersonalPersonal ManagementManagement ConsequenceConsequence CollaborativeCollaborative RefocusingRefocusing

Big Question: What is the first thing you will do with this knowledge when you return to your school or

institution?

Hot Topics in Online LearningHot Topics in Online Learning

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Final Comments/Whip Final Comments/Whip AroundAround

One comment / question from each tableOne comment / question from each table

Contact InformationContact Information

Rob Darrow, Ed.D.Director of Member ServicesiNacol559-838-6151 [email protected] Rob’s Wiki:http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

Kelly Schwirzke, Ed.D.Instructor, Oasis Independent Study / Coordinator of Online LearningAlternative Education ProgramsSanta Cruz County Office of EducationP 831-466-5655C [email protected]

http://iste12.wikispaces.com