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A presentation by Paul Fuller about education in the 21st century. Gven at Christ Church Grammar School on Tuesday 24 July 2007.
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The Digital Generationdigitalgeneration.wikispaces.com
“My interest is in the future
because I am going to spend
the rest of my life there.”
Charles F. Kettering, American inventor
(1876-1958)
The Opportunity
The Urgency
The Possibilities
The Challenge
Overview
Never BeforeThe Opportunity of a Lifetime
600 BC
1600s
1930s
1960s
2000
2007
Tectonic Shifts
Input
The entire sum of human knowledge available to
every human being on the planet.
80%
20%
Downloads Uploads
55%
45%
2001 2007
Internet Traffic in Australia
Source: Michael Malone, CEO iiNet, quoted in the Australian,
17 July 2007
Internet Traffic in Australia
100 million + members
65,000 new videos every day100 million clips viewed daily
Tectonic Shifts
Input
The entire sum of human knowledge available to
every human being on the planet.
Output
• A generation of authors.
• A stage for every performer.
Power of Computers Cost of Computers
We are living in the greatest ‘teachable moment’ in human
history.
Are we taking advantage of it?
The UrgencyWhy Web 2.0 Matters
Flat world
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
• The current generation learns differently to us
• The gap between ‘us and them’ is big and getting bigger
• More and more students view school as irrelevant
Searching
Imagination is more
important than
knowledge.
Never memorise
anything you can look up.
The PossibilitiesWhat Might a 21st Century Classroom Look Like?
Authentic workfor
Authentic audiences
Planning Real Expertscollaborating with
Real Purposeof content to achieve
Real Audiencefeedback from
Production
Review
Production Process
Web 2.0 Tools
BlogsOn-line journal with feedback
WikiCollaborative website,
any-one can edit
PodcastAudio / video published to
audience’s MP3 players
Why Podcast?
• Engagement and motivation
• Global citizenship
• Reflecting on learning
• Critical awareness
• Window on the classroom
Planning and Research
WritingEditing
Sharing
This is not a technology project!
The ChallengeHow Can We Make ‘School 2.0’ a Reality?
Multiple Challenges
Ignorance
Self-doubt
Cost
Fear
The First StepStarting the Conversation
“Yes, and...”
“Yes, but...”
“No way Jose!”
What do these people have in common?
1940Winston Churchill
1963Martin Luther King Jr
1987Mikhail Gorbachev
1993Nelson Mandela
