Brian Housand, Ph.D. East Carolina University http://brianhousand.googlepages.com brianhousand@gmail.com

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Housand 

& 

Techie 

Researcher 

Educator 

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DIGITAL DIVIDE NATIVES 

IMMIGRANTS 

 

“ The kids these days are not digital kids. The digital kids were in the ’90s. The kids today are mobile, and there’s a difference. Digital is the old way of thinking, mobile is the new way.” 

EllioE Solloway 

Learning beyond the classroom.  

Why Do We Ask Kids To UNPLUG At School? 

If technology is an event in your school,

you are doing it wrong.

Josh Allen

hEp://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ 

Learning and Innovation Skills

 Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and

Problem Solving  Communication and

Collaboration

Creativity and Innovation

  Demonstrating originality and inventiveness in work

  Developing, implementing and communicating new ideas to others

  Being open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives

  Acting on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the domain in which the innovation occurs

+

E. Paul Torrance

Fluency Flexibility

Elaboration Originality

Creative Productive Giftedness vs. School House Giftedness

Joe

Ren

zulli

Computer as Paintbrush 

Pianos NOT 

Stereos 

 Computer Technology  “is not a tool;  

it is a new material for expression.”  

(Maeda, 2001) 

In a global digital economy, the 

focus is no longer on using, it is crea\ng and producing. 

(Steinkuehler, Black, & Clinton, 2005) 

Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to 

think crea\vely.  

(Sternberg, 2006) 

Knowledge alone is NOT enough. 

ASIA AUTOMATION ABUNDANCE 

 We are educa\ng people out of their 

crea\vity.  

 Crea\vity is as important in educa\on 

as literacy.  

Sir Ken Robinson 

(Siegle, 2003) 

This Is What Web 2.0 Means  

www.thisisindexed.com 

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

  Exercising sound reasoning in understanding

  Making complex choices and decisions   Understanding the interconnections among

systems   Identifying and asking significant questions

that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions

  Framing, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to solve problems and answer questions

What are New

Literacies?

(Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, and Cammack, 2004)

IDENTIFY Important Questions

LOCATE Information

CRITICALLY EVALUATE

Information

SYNTHESIZE Information

COMMUNICATE Answers

+ 5 Types of Evaluation

1.  Understanding 2.  Relevancy 3.  Accuracy 4.  Reliability 5.  Bias

(Coiro, 2006)

I

This is as far as most people get.  

This is where the REAL informa\on is.  

Your chance to share your knowledge. 

Who said what and when.  

“Media are mere vehicles that deliver instruc\on but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutri\on.” 

(Clark, 1983) 

Communication and Collaboration

  Articulating thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively through speaking and writing

  Demonstrating ability to work effectively with diverse teams

  Exercising flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal

  Assuming shared responsibility for collaborative work

Critical Consumers

Responsible Producers

Thanks to the Internet,  

We Are NOT Alone 

Crea\ve Produc\vity =  

Contribu\ons to Social Capital 

253,000,000+ 

175,000,000+ 

hEp://www.ning.com/ 

hEp://mabryonline.org   

hEp://filmonthefly.ning.com/  

hEp://www.koce.org/filmonthefly/  

Par\cipatory 

Forcing Us To Learn New Interfaces 

Crea\ng New Channels For Social 

Interac\on 

The Internet is 

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The Less You Share, The Less Power You Have.

What’s Computer Talent Made Of?

Programmers

Interfacers (O’Brien, Friedman-Nimz, Lacey, & Denson, 2006)

“For the first \me in history, our jobs as educators is to prepare our students for a future that we can not clearly describe.” 

One thing is clear. We don’t

have the option of turning away

from the future. No one gets to

vote on whether technology is

going to change our lives.

Bill Gates The Road Ahead

"TEACHERS MUST BECOME COMFORTABLE AS CO-LEARNERS WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND WITH COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD. TODAY IT IS LESS ABOUT STAYING AHEAD AND MORE ABOUT MOVING AHEAD AS MEMBERS OF DYNAMIC LEARNING COMMUNITIES. THE DIGITAL-AGE TEACHING PROFESSIONAL MUST DEMONSTRATE A VISION OF TECHNOLOGY INFUSION AND DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY SKILLS OF OTHERS. THESE ARE THE HALLMARKS OF THE NEW EDUCATION LEADER.”

—Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2008

The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,  

but those who cannot  LEARN, UNLEARN AND 

RELEARN. 

CONNECT

DISCOVER

INSPIRE

Change Is Inevitable 

Choose to GROW 

Growth Is An Op\on