1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

3. A Conversation Facilitated by Paul Signorelli Writer/Trainer/Consultant Paul Signorelli & Associates paul@paulsignorelli.com Twitter: @paulsignorelli., @trainersleaders Saint Mary’s College of California November 4, 2015, Moraga, CA paul@paulsignorelli.com Learning for the Future: Habits of Mind and Teaching for Life Skills

4. Setting the Context: From Classroom…

5. …to Workplace

6. A Different Approach to Working?

7. 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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. 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

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

13. Critical Thinking

14. 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”

15. Shared Inquiry

16. Written and Oral Communication

17. 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?

18. Association: Social Media

23. Association: Personal Learning Networks

26. Association: Professional Organizations

32. Association: Conferences

37. Preparing for Black Swans, Revisited

39. 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?

40. A Visual Summary

47. Resources

48. Questions, Comments, and Next Steps

49. For More Information Paul Signorelli & Associates 1032 Irving St., #514 San Francisco, CA 94122 415.681.5224 paul@paulsignorelli.com http://paulsignorelli.com Twitter: @paulsignorelli, @trainersleaders http://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com

50. 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o Collaborative Classroom: From Derek Bruff’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/pyd7rjt 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 http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/3006348550/sizes/m/in/photostream/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9ohttp://tinyurl.com/pyd7rjt http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/3006348550/sizes/m/in/photostream/