For the Discovery Educator's Network Spring 2010 Virtual Conference. An updated version of a presentation I've done before, most of the content is new.

1. When you’re not the Smartest Person in the Room
How networked Learning Changes Everything
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Dean Shareski
DEN Spring Virtual Conference
April 24, 2010

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5. Who’s the Smartest Person You Know?

6. Part 1... Getting Rid of Walls

9. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

10. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

11. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

12. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

13. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

14. The Elusive Terms

15. Individualized Instruction
The Elusive Terms

16. Individualized Instruction
The Elusive Terms
Adaptive Dimension

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/devilarts/1347405206/
Isolated

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/2899350082/
Community Lost

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2760563132/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewf/393637161/
Mind Your Own Business Learning

20. We do what we do
until we know
better

21. cc licensed flickr photo by William Hook: http://flickr.com/photos/williamhook/2431704208/
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22. Who’s your Teacher?

23. Who’s your Teacher?

24. “The longer we keep up the facade that
school is the primary place of learning, the
sooner it becomes irrelevant.”

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Slide Credit: Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radical -­‐Seth
Godin,
Linchpin
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical

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“How can we begin to move past an educational model that is
tethered to time and place and move closer to learning that is
immersive, mobile, collaborative, and social?” Educause

28. Networked Teacher
Alec Couros

29. Networked Teacher
Alec Couros

30. My Research Team circa 2007

31. Mentors

32. Teaching via Skype

33. “I could not put it in enough words how much I
gained from this experience and how much I
actually enjoyed it. Lorraine was a great
person to work with and I learned a lot about
what I wanted to do in my future classroom as
well. Furthermore, I felt appreciated when
Lorraine would email me thanking me for all
the hard work I put into the assignments as
well.”

34. 1st Graders talk with a Geologist

36. Even From Here

37. “for teaching
students about
presentation, TED is
my textbook”
Clay Burell

40. Author Study with Dan Pink

41. The common denominator?

42. Part 2... Consider your Assets

44. The smartest person in the room,
is the room. Dave Weinberger
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45. Who are they?

46. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau

47. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald

48. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling

49. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin

50. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin Phil Mickelson

51. Who are they?
Phillipe Cousteau Ella Fitzgerald JK Rowling
Menachem Begin Phil Mickelson My neighbour

52. “...the current generation of college
student has no memory of the
historical moment before
the advent of the
Internet, we are
suggesting that
participatory learning
as a practice is no
longer exotic or new
but a commonplace
way of socializing and learning.
For many, it seems entirely
unremarkable.”
The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2831891520

53. http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwebster/3795409752/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656
What’s so good about face to face?

54. Homework at School

55. http://www.flickr.com/photos/patjmoore/3336220827/
What’s so good about face to face?

57. How did you contribute to the
learning of others?
What did you learn from others?

62. Transparency Ain’t Easy

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