Will+Richardson

Will's frustration with schools, not teachers.

Systems don't allow a lot of license for failure.

Scratch experience... the social side of programming and the internet. Found a teacher who was in Scotland who could Skype in. The teacher was 10 and up after his bedtime.

The World is Changing... The phone and computer are really connections.

Seymour Sarason... What do you mean by learning? ...wanting to learn more...

Slide at bit.ly/iiPWKb

Kids still need to go out into the real world to get authentic learning as well. Learn the time to use the right tool.

Schools are going to change. Will we lead it?

Gaming is going to have an impact.

Clay Shirky: bit.ly/pV4xTb

System has been built on a problem. We are trying to hold onto the content.

8 shifts. For us, For our kids... Shift #1: From friends to strangers...
 * the safety question? Threat is overblown.
 * No one is teaching how to do this well.

Shift #2: From Private to Public
 * Public is the new default.
 * Have your kids watch TMZ and tell them that this could happen..
 * What will come up when you Google yourselves?
 * How can we model the "G-portfolio" for our students?

Shift #3: Go from sharing narrowly to sharing widely.
 * Share one thing that is wonderful this year.
 * There is no education without sharing.

Shift #4: From Stocks of Information to Streams of Information.
 * The Friday Folder... The "Doing School" pile.
 * Texts, worksheets
 * 21st Century readers and writers need to be able to "manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams for information."

Shift #5: From Edited to Unedited.
 * Walter Cronkite, "That's the way it is" is not happening now. We need to be Walter now.
 * MartinLutherKing.org source literacy issue.
 * None of this should be a unit in 8th grade.

Shift #6: From Your Passion to My Passion
 * i do what i love
 * Personalize learning

Shift #7: From Know to Learning
 * ...learners inherit the Earth... Eric Hoffer
 * Khan Academy

Shift #8: Problem Solving
 * Our current school culture has one right answer.
 * There are lots of solutions
 * Dan Mayer at TEDxNYED 3/6/10.

Carol Dweck, "Mindset"