1. ACM 97 Educating The Barney Generation’s Grandchildren Elliot Soloway University of Michigan The Solid, Stable Middle of America

2. ACM 97 THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF COMPUTING

3. ACM 97 Copyright  1997 ACM, Association for Computing The files on this disk or server have been provided by ACM. The files distributed by this server have been provided by ACM. Copyright and all rights therein are maintained by ACM. It is understood that all persons copying this information will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by ACM’s copyright. These works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of ACM. Reuse and/or reposting for noncommercial classroom use is permitted. Questions regarding usage rights and permissions may be addressed to: permissions@acm.org THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF COMPUTING

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5. What is an educated person? –.... we need to change our pedagogy What are the roles of technology? –...technology is absolutely critical to realizing this new pedagogy How transition to that future? –...technology can play a catalytic role Today’s Story

6. ACM 97 What Is Educated Individual? Industrial, Product Economy – Classroom reflects a factory – Breed for punctuality, orderliness, respect for authority – Teach to pass a test

8. ACM 97 Or, To Put It In The Vernacular “When I think back to all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all” – Paul Simon, Kodachrome Camera

9. ACM 97 Need NEW Type of Workers Knowlege-work, Process Economy – Teach for understanding & to take action Kids should be able to... (Gov. Engler, MI, Republican) – Solve hard problems, without being led by the nose – Learn new things on their own – Communicate with their co-workers

10. ACM 97 A Old Pedagogy To Meet The New Needs John Dewey& Your Mother – Don’t just sit there; do something!! – Think about what you just did!!

11. ACM 97 A Old Pedagogy To Meet The New Needs John Dewey& Your Mother Sustained Inquiry – What is the quality of the water in my local river? – Where does my school waste energy?

12. ACM 97 Student Inquiry Looks Like What Adults Do

13. ACM 97 Enabling Inquiry: Technology’s Roles Address fundamental problems Four elements – School, Community, Learning, Teaching

14. ACM 97 School, Community, Learning, Teaching Fundamental problem: – Enable healthy, caring teacher - student relationships Enabling technology: – Not applicable!

17. ACM 97 School, Community, Learning, Teaching Fundamental problem: – Enable student- student relationship Enabling technology: – Not applicable!

18. ACM 97 School, Community, Learning, Teaching Fundamental problem: – Enable student-teacher & student- student relationships Enabling technology: – Not applicable! – SURE tech is applicable; but please be careful!!

19. ACM 97 School, Community, Learning, Teaching Fundamental problem: – Support learning in context Enabling technology: – Truly personal computers, collaboration technologies

20. ACM 97 Star Trek’s Tricorder Lives!

21. ACM 97 It Really Does Take A Whole Village To Raise A Child

22. ACM 97 School, Community, Learning, Teaching Fundamental problem: – Develop literacy Enabling technology: – Computational media

25. ACM 97 "For the next generation or two one must expect literacy to include some letteracy, since our culture's past is so connected with expression through writing....it will not follow that learning the letters should be the cornerstone of elementary education." – Seymour Papert, Wired, 1993 – "Obsolete Skill Set: The 3 R's/Literacy and Letteracy in the Media Ages"

26. ACM 97 School, Community, Learning, Teaching Fundamental problem: – Deal with complexity Enabling technology: – Learner-centered design of software

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32. Summary: Probems & Enabling Technologies

33. ACM 97 But.......

34. ACM 97 Technology Has Had ZERO Impact On Education, So Far “ I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.” – Thomas Edison, 1922 Wrong!!

35. ACM 97 What Wil Be Different? Availability: – Consumer prices – A laptop in every lap Functionality: – Previously: support telling – Now: support doing

37. ACM 97 Parable of the Trojan Horse

38. ACM 97 Trojan Mouse.....

39. ACM 97 Public Education -- Democray’s Premier Institution