Hall County School Educational Technology Conference Keynote: Participatory Learning

“the world is my

textbook”

participatory learning and new media for connecting, creating, and collaborating with students

buffy j.hamilton || july 2011

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a vision of today’s learners

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growing up digital

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mobile

multi-taskers

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continuously connected

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socially networked

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information is plentiful; effective filtering is a challenge

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they’re leaving digital footprints

the myth of the digital

native

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a participation gap exists

many lack new forms of “literacy, the energy supply of the information age”

deborah brandt

many lack access or resources to connect and create

“this means that our democratic institutions

(schools and libraries particularly) have to

work hard and thoughtfully to

mitigate these forces.”Deborah Brandt

“the more that the school organizes literacy teaching and learning to serve the needs of the economic system, the more it betrays its democratic possibilities” deborah brandt

how can educators harness the power of social media and new media literacies to close the gap and

grow each student’s cultural capital?

how do we disrupt what paulo freire terms the “banking” system of education that devalues

inquiry?

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“innovation is the ability to see change as an

opportunity - not a threat” william pollard

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http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/how-to-create-engaged-classrooms-hint-it-doesnt-start-with-technology/

we can’t cultivate networked learners without putting pedagogy before tools

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foundational frameworks: participatory

learning

participation for

engagement and

networked learning

participation for

professional growth

part 1: foundational frameworks: participatory learning

lenses of participatory librarianship and participatory learning

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“It’s all about learning…how is this going to fundamentally enrich a conversation?

There isn’t a part of the library that isn’t about learning.

Learning is a collaborative conversation.”

Dr. David Lankes

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Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813

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sparking and

igniting

conversations

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shared ownership of learning and conversations for

learning

knowledge construction and creation

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focus on inquiry and learning

the inquiry driven classroom…

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values dis-ease--there are many questions raised without answers

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nurtures a feeling of responsibility to oneself and to the class

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recognizes classroom as a complicated, non-laboratory place filled with complex, caring

human beings

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fights culture of school that wants THE right answer

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exercises patience- doesn't give up too quickly and realizes community/learning/inquiry doesn't happen overnight

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values transparency and make the class part of determining what is occurring

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relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement

strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others

what is known by the most experienced ispassed along to novices

members believe that their contributions matter

members feel some degree of social connection with one another

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literate learning communities form around shared interests, questions, and passions in a participatory site of practice

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a participatory model of learning is scalable to any subject area or age group

a participatory climate amplifies the possibilities for creating conversations for learning via multiple

mediums

transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV,

radio and film, to digital social networks

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transliteracy is the umbrella for how people are using multiple literacies---traditional and

emerging ---to access and share information as well as create new meaning

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“embrace the potentials and challenges of this [participatory] emerging culture not as a replacement for existing print practices but as an expansion of them” ~henry jenkins~

create conversations about multiple ways of reading and writing today’s world

part 2: participation for engagement and networked learning

http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2010/01/personal-learning-environments-student.html

your librarian can help you run with this framework and these tools for learning

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create conversations for learning via mobile learning

conversations via networked learning with experts around the world

collaborative learning and knowledge building with cloud computing

digital learning portfolios

digital research “texts”

digital storytelling

network, attention

literacy, and information dashboards

netvibes

netvibes

symbaloo

curation

curation

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence face to face

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence via virtual mediums

networked learning communities

networked learning communities

participate through blogging and video

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creating conversations for assessment

part 3: participation for professional growth

energize your mind and spirit by plugging into the wisdom of the crowd and growing your personal learning network

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“Once you start doing, things become a lot more real. You make mistakes. You learn. You practice. Once you start doing, you can interact with others who have done. You suddenly join a fraternity of those who’ve done something similar.”

Chris Brogan

learning communities: ning

learning communities: ning

youtube

slideshare

delicious

skype

twitter

organize and manage your information dashboards

anytime, anywhere learning: free webinars

http://www.futureofeducation.com/

face to faceconferences

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“enchantment transforms situations and relationships.”

Guy Kawasaki,

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

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it is not enough to capture their minds---you must capture

their hearts

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willingness to

grow and

evolve

curious and

inquisitive

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a sense of play

learn from failure and be resilient

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baby steps are

OK

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embrace muddiness

team player and collaborator

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lifelong learner

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create enchantment and engagement

“No risk, no art. No art, no reward.”

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contact information

buffy.hamilton@gmail.com http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com

Works Cited

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