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understandING schools through gaming some background
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A game is to a puzzle as a secret is to a mystery as learning is to school
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personalization
& individualization of instruction Technology allows us to hold learning constant and let 9me and effort vary
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WE KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE LEARN THAN WE EVER DID BEFORE Gary Weisserman
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Whatgotushere
won’t get our kids there. Making sense of 21st century literacies.
TOOLS AND ENGINEERING
KNOWLEDGE BUILDING
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Mastery of technical skills and the disposi9on to use them well
Ability and desire to make useful contribu9ons to a learning community
Not just aesthe9c apprecia9on and skill, but innova9on and design
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
Skills and sense of authority to analyze and address real issues beyond ourselves
Tools and sense of self to engage in a life9me of personal and spiritual growth
Energe9cally and thoughIully tackle ambiguous problems with unclear solu9ons
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usethedata It’s a big confusing world out there. Facts are our best tools in naviga=ng it. 5.0 3.8 Comparison Variable Model
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Decision-‐making without using evidence is foolish. Instruc=on without using evidence is malprac=ce.
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LINE UP towards THE SECOND BASEMAN. “When the rate of change inside an organization is slower than the rate of change outside it, that organization’s failure is imminent.” (Jack Welch)
HIT THE BALL OVER THE SHORTSTOP. Gary Weisserman
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A BIG WORLD NEEDS A BIG CLASSROOM CREATIVE DESIGN TIKKUN OLAM PLACE-‐BASED LEARNING IMAGINING THE FUTURE Gary Weisserman
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RETHINKINGcurriculum scope and sequence? benchmarks and standards? content and knowledge base?
“Creating environments--hothouses--that maximize the likelihood that students will learn something truly valuable, then figuring out what they might have learned.� Gary Weisserman
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BRIDGETHEGAP BETWEEN K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND POPULAR CULTURE
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changing a school is like moving a cemetery
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number of careers a graduating student is expected to have in his or her lifetime (tony Wagner)
percent of college professors reporting that what is taught in high schools doesn’t prepare students for college (tony Wagner)
millions of jobs added to the workforce from the creative class by 2018--roughly half of all projected employment growth (Richard Florida)
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autonomy, purpose, and masteryare the three most important factors in motivating people to dream, grow, and thrive Gary Weisserman
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