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Thinking About
Learning
Based on A New Culture of Learning by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown
Not necessarily here …. Or only here…
The past
I I know enough
I’lII’ll never
know it all
The present
The networked pace of change may also be our
greatest hope!
Unlimited Resources
Incredible Instruments
Unprecedented Connectivity
More sources than Books
Including but more than teachers. . .
Inside but also outside classrooms. . .
And in a new way . . . .
Two Necessary Component
s
An Environment with Boundaries
But also…
Complete Freedom of Action within those boundaries . . . . .
Tension between the rules of the game
vs. freedom to act within the rules =
Play!The context where Information, Ideas, And Passion Grow
The potent tools now include. . . .
Children embrace play as a way to understand the world
The metaphor is cultivation
Growth through motivation and passion
More choices
More Ways to Participate and Create
Kids are doing this right now!
They are engaged and passionate about learning
So how to re-frame it
Turn it around
Not always just steps to be mastered. . .
But also a blended learning environment
A Learning culture is organic
Integrates and creates further change . . . .
Not just teaching about the world
but…
Using multiple resources to engage with the world
And learning from one another . . .
The teacher has new roles . . . . .
Provide the framework
Coach … Encourage… Stay out of the way …
Change will happen . . .
So we have to embrace it . . .
There is more about thinking at www.dynamicthinker.me