Bill edited Creating Purpose-Driven Learning Experiences

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In his 2012 Kindle SingleWhy School, technology expert and educational change agentWill Richardsonargues that classrooms as they are currently structured are failing our students. "We focus on the easiest parts of the learning interaction -- information acquisition, basic skills, a bit of critical thinking, analysis -- accomplishments that can be easily identified and scored," he writes. "Learning is relegated to the quantifiable" (Kindle location 227). To create highly engaged learning spaces, Will believes, classrooms must instead be reimagined as places where students do work that matters with others -- a process introduced by sixth grade classroom teacher Bill Ferriter in a series of presentations to Alberta's Regional Learning Consortiums in January of 2016.
The resources for Bill's presentations can be found on this page.
Handouts for Today's Workshop
Handouts - PDF
This link connects to a PDF* version of every handout that participants will explore during this workshop. It is HIGHLY recommended that participants print a hard-copy of this file out to use during our time together. While every handout is posted electronically in this session wiki, navigating the hard-copy can be easier than navigating the wiki for many participants.
(*Note: Editable versions of most of the files in this PDF are available in the session resources below.)
Slides for Today's Workshop
Slides - PDF
While presenter Bill Ferriter doesn't spend a ton of time marching through slides in his sessions, interested participants can download the current version of today's slides here.
Module 1: Are Today's Students the Dumbest Generation?
In February of 2010, Dan Brown dropped out of college, arguing that schooling was getting in the way of his education and that if educators aren't ready to change, society will move on without them. Watch Dan'sOpen Letter to Educatorsanduse this handout to reflecton his core argument that schools are failing to prepare kids for the world that they will inherit.
Module 2: Does Your School have a Vision of Effective Technology Integration?
One of the first steps that schools interested in the meaningful integration of technology must take is actively defining just what "meaningful integration" would look like in action. During this breakout, we will work to answer that question. Participants will look closely at a series of scenarios that describe the full range of technology integration efforts in schools. Then, they will explore a simple set of documents that can help schools to develop guiding principles for school-based technology integration efforts.

from Digitally Speaking
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