building context
The evidence of societal change is difficult to miss. The ubiquity of technology, shift in paradigms of communication, the rise of automation, the abundance of information at our fingertips, the prevalence of big data - each of these trends (and so many more!) impact our lives on a daily basis. As Joi Ito and Jeff Howe state in their book Whiplash, "These are exponential times." And yet, when we reflect on the scale and scope of change in our schools, it's easy to see that education is not keeping pace.
The mimeograph machine may have been replaced with a copier (or even a digital workflow) but look at the content of our curriculum, the structure of our classrooms, the organization of time, the questions we ask, the ways we assess learning, the types of grading practices we use have remained similar to those of schools from decades ago. When you think of how similar school looks across generations, it's obvious that these are not necessarily "exponential times" for educators.
In order to put our beliefs into practice, we must first develop a school-wide understanding of modern contexts of learning, working, and living. By sharing resources and starting conversations, we can further challenge some of practices that limit our capacity to function as learning organizations.
The mimeograph machine may have been replaced with a copier (or even a digital workflow) but look at the content of our curriculum, the structure of our classrooms, the organization of time, the questions we ask, the ways we assess learning, the types of grading practices we use have remained similar to those of schools from decades ago. When you think of how similar school looks across generations, it's obvious that these are not necessarily "exponential times" for educators.
In order to put our beliefs into practice, we must first develop a school-wide understanding of modern contexts of learning, working, and living. By sharing resources and starting conversations, we can further challenge some of practices that limit our capacity to function as learning organizations.
creating urgency
Sharing resources and building a common understanding of our "exponential times" needs to do more than educate our school communities. Real change doesn't occur because of awareness or understanding. The drivers of substantive change are passion and moral imperatives. A critical part of leading a community in a study of modern contexts is to incite an urgency for change.
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO #REIMAGINE LEARNING?
(Don't forget to use #MSSAASI and #Reimagine.)
(Don't forget to use #MSSAASI and #Reimagine.)
Resources to...
build context incite urgency inspire CHANGE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Most Likely to Succeed
Learning Sparks |
Sir Ken Robinson -
Changing Education Paradigms |
Andrew McAfee -
What Will Future Jobs Look Like? |
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