A Conversation Facilitated by Paul Signorelli Writer/Trainer/Consultant Paul Signorelli & Saint Mary’s College of California November 4, 2015, Moraga, CA Learning for the Future: Habits of Mind and Teaching for Life Skills

Setting the Context: From Classroom…

…to Workplace

A Different Approach to Working?

Pew on Millennials’ Approach to Learning Millennials “are on track to become the most educated generation in American history.” --Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next

Pew on Millennials’ Approach to Learning A portrait of a generation with a firm recognition of and commitment to the importance of education

Discussion #1 What have you read, seen, or heard from your graduated students about their learning at SMC that has helped them in the employment landscape they are encountering?

Discussion #1 What have you read, seen, or heard from your graduated students about their learning at SMC that has helped them in the employment landscape they are encountering? What are you reading, seeing, or hearing that makes you most concerned about your students’ lifelong employment landscape?

Predicting vs. Preparing for the Future “Black Swan logic makes what you don’t know far more relevant than what you do know.” --Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Shaping a Future …preparing for “a” future rather than “the” future…

Critical Thinking

Information Evaluation & Research Practice “Crap detection skills and the lack of them are a life-and-death matter for more people every day.” --Howard Rheingold, “Crap Detection 101”

Shared Inquiry

Written and Oral Communication

Discussion #2 How can we help our students prepare to match the skills we are teaching them in the classroom with what employers and customers/clients need?

Association: Social Media

Association: Personal Learning Networks

Association: Professional Organizations

Association: Conferences

Preparing for Black Swans, Revisited

Discussion #3 What steps can we take over the next few weeks/months/years to more effectively match what we are teaching with what our students need for long-term success?

A Visual Summary

Resources

Questions, Comments, and Next Steps

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Credits & Acknowledgments (Images taken from Flickr.com unless otherwise noted) Opening Screenshots of Student: From “A Vision of Students Today,” by Michael Wesch, posted on YouTube 10/12/2007 at Collaborative Classroom: From Derek Bruff’s photostream at Collaborative Work Space (South of Market, San Francisco: Photo by Paul Signorelli Chessboard: Photo by Paul Signorelli New Media Consortium 2015 Summer Conference Black Swan Session: Photo by Paul Signorelli Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (Washington, D.C.): Photo by Paul Signorelli Black Swan Graphic: Detail (photograph by Paul Signorelli) of graphic facilitator Giselle Chow’s Black Swan design from the NMC Black Swan Ball (retreat) held near Austin, Texas in January 2015 Question Marks: From Valerie Everett’s photostream at