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I just attended the 21st Century Learning Conference. One of the keynote speakers was Mark Treadwell from New Zealand. He has recently written a book (hot off the press … literally) titled: “Whatever! The Conceptual Era and the Evolution of School v2.0”

Some highlights from his talk include project based learning has been around a long time. We have sent kids to library to research on Aztecs, make a poster, copy pages and pages of notes …. the old way produced a 5 page report. Today, with advent of computers, it’s now a 20 page report … the new report has more cut and paste.

We have just exited an era of the book based paradigm of learning. This took place starting in 1400 – 1980. Now new paradigm of internet based paradigm starts. It will end by 2020 internet paradigm will be done … everyone will have access to the internet. Distill, synthesize, understanding stuff.

So what did learning look like in these eras? The 1800’s saw the Manufacturing and Farming sector (be polite, be good in school). The 20th Century Service sector (skill set is speaking). Understanding and knowledge were key. Now the 21st century is the creativity sector (analyze, synthesize, apply). Internet is necessary to be creative. Wellington 25,000 people in creative sector 250,000 around the world depend of them.

New Zealand is at the beginning of new understanding … it is called Nouvelle Comprehension … the beginning is now and the next 10 years will explode rapidly with the new paradigm of learning. Core skills that will be needed: Managing self, thinking.

The outcome of new paradigm is to have kids that are WISE. Wisdom to make right choices. A 15 year old can buy a gene splitter on internet and put a virus into the water supply … unwise decision. Bring back values education into the curriculum. Confident, connected, actively involved Life-long, self-motivated learners. Decisions based on values.

more info can be found at:
Mark’s Online Notes
KnowledgeNET
School v2
PD Resources
Global Curriculum
Consultancy
Digital Learning Objects Libraries
Thinking
Image Libraries
Newsletter/reviews
Inquiry Learning

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