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Presentation for the BC Teacher Librarians Association PSA - October 19, 2012.
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Leading from the Library“We’re In! Inquire, Inspire, Innovate”
BCTLACoquitlamOct 19 | 2012
CHRIS KENNEDYSuperintendent, West Vancouver School District
With thanks to Bill Selak: http://www.billselak.com/2012/thingsthatsuck
Awesome Or Not?
Learning Commons?
e-Readers and e-Texts in School Libraries?
Incentivizing Students to Read Books?
“A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.”
—Seth Godin
“Tribes need leadership. People want connection and growth and something new.”
—Seth Godin
Twitter and Facebook and group meetings and newsletters are all TOOLS. Tools matter, because tools impact the way you interact. You don’t need to use every tool, but every tool you use you must use well.
—Seth Godin
Why?
SELF-RELIANCE
CRITICAL THINKING
INQUIRY
CREATIVITY
PROBLEM-SOLVING
INNOVATION
TEAMWORK
COLLABORATION
CROSS-CULTURAL
TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY
CONNECT
ACROSS TOPIC AREAS
Credit: Scott McLeod – danngerouslyirrelevent.org
Our kids have tasted the honey
What could be
DO OLD THINGSBETTER
“Students today depend too much upon ink. They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.”National Association of Teachers, 1907
DO NEW THINGSYOU COULDN’T DO AT ALL
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me ‘A faster horse.’”
Henry Ford
5 obstaclesNo needNo moneyNo hurryNo desireNo trust
People prefer things that are easy to think about
The
goal
It’s not technology
What many want for their children is the benefits of digital learning
Relevant, connected, unlimited
Create a new norm for how teachers and
students learn
Can’t scale and sustain without technology
AccessDirectio
n
Moving to one-to-one opportunities
What does this mean?
What about equity?
Technology can help overcome barriers of access and geography
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE LEARNING
GOOD WRITING STILL MATTERS
USING SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS TO
BE TAUGHT
NETWORKS ARE ESSENTIAL
THE REAL WORLD IS ADDICTIVE
Teachers will always push the boundaries
For all students, on any device, from anywhere
Key Staff
Contacts
Teacher-Librarians
Administrators
“Just-in-time” solution
TRENDS
Teachers
Schools
Districts
Governments
• Will make it easier for students...
• Will make it easier for teachers...
• Will make it easier for schools...
• Will make it easier for districts...
To be FLEXIBLE
Overpromise
Under deliver
NEXTCHALLENGE
PERSONALIZED=INDIVIDUALIZED
X
TELL THE STORIES OF THE LIBRARY OF 2020
CONNECT TO COMMUNITY LIBRARIES AND OTHER PARTNERS
BE THE CHAMPIONS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
LEAD DON’T BE LED BY TECHNOLOGY
REMIND PEOPLE THAT LITERACY MATTERS
BE THE GATHERING PLACE
Luke: I can’t believe itYoda: That is why you fail
He says the problem with teachers is“What’s a kid going to learnfrom someone who decided his best option in lifewas to become a teacher?
He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s truewhat they say about teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.
. . .
I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor.Be honest. What do you make?
This is . . .
OUR WORLD
OUR LIVES
OUR CHILDREN
OUR CURRICULUM
OUR CHALLENGE
OUR WORK
OUR ART
OUR JOY
You want to know what I make? I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.I make them read, read, read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautifulover and over and over again until they will never misspelleither one of those words again.
. . .
and if someone ever tries to judge youby what you by what you make, you give them this.
. . .
Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:“
Teachers make a goddamn difference! Now what about you?“
Excerpts from poem:
What Teachers Makeby Taylor Mali
Thanks for Leading from the Library.
Where you can find me:
604-202-4379
@chrkennedy
Chris Kennedy
cultureofyes.ca
www.sd45.bc.ca