We live in a 3D world

Digital Horizons Conference, Whangarei

We Live In A 3D World

How do we think about the integration of

technology with learning? Is it simply a

substitute for existing practice – or does it open

up opportunities for new things in new ways?

http://www.nec-display-solutions.com/p/w3d/en/Study3DLearning.xhtml

THINKING 3D

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/69734333/affordable-3d-printing-is-finally-here And http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11473462

THINKING 3D

http://www.shapeways.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU34o3jG0IY

PRINTING HOUSES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzmCnzA7hnE

PRINTING A KIDNEY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SfRgg9botI

WHERE TO NEXT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihR9SX7dgRo

•  What skills/knowledge/ competencies do we need to be developing now in order to cope with what the future might hold?

•  How do we prepare for the emerging ethical, moral and societal change issues that will emerge?

NEED FOR DIGITAL LITERACY

We must equip our students with the knowledge, capabilities and values essential to participate fully and safely in an increasingly digital world.

“The fundamental basis of the education system is fatally flawed…

In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic.

In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

We need schools that are developing these skills.”

Linda Darling-Hammond

1.  Humility

2.  Problem Solving

3.  Collaboration

4.  Teamwork

Top recruitment criteria (2014)…

Have we grasped how significantly student access

to technology is changing their expectations as learners?

Reproduction Transformation

Vision of learning and technology

Jane Gilbert

“We’re still working within the same twentieth-century framework. The thinking hasn’t changed. It’s just couching what we’ve already done in much fancier production values. It looks cooler and more digitised, but the underlying educational objectives have not changed.”

20TH CENTURY MINDSET?

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Reproduction Transformation

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THE CHANGING NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE

•  Knowledge is not an object, but a series of flows; it is a process, not a product

•  Knowledge is produced not in the minds of people but in the interactions between people

•  The idea of acquiring knowledge, as a series of truths, is obsolete

http://halfanhour.blogspot.co.nz/2009/03/new-nature-of-knowledge.html

Stephen Downes

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Collective frustration.

Potential of 21st Century

learning realised

Personal orientation, innovation

resisted

Isolated pockets of innovation

THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING (ILE)

1.  Learners at the centre

2.  The social nature of learning

3.  Emotions are integral to learning

4.  Recognising individual differences

5.  Stretching all students

6.  Assessment for learning

7.  Building horizontal connections

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s we rob them of tomorrow - John Dewey

Derek Wenmoth Email: [email protected]

Blog: http://blog.core-ed.org/derek Skype: <dwenmoth>