XMind

Yong Zhao

Keynote Address delivered at the BLC conference in Boston YZ is a University Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University. Also founding director of the Center for Teaching & Technology.

1. Assessing Instructional Technology

   1. $10 Million Dollar Study

      1. Comissioned by Congress

      2. Showed that test scores were not significantly higher in Tech Classrooms compared to control group

         1. Responded with caution to Scrutinize.

            1. CoSN

            2. Time

            3. Department of Education

            4. Bad

               1. Bad sampling

               2. Bad Design

               3. Student wasn't designed to track tech benefits

               4. Bad methodology

         2. When Yong reads Study

            1. Study says that tech does as good a job as teachers

               1. Not Worse

               2. Not Better

            2. Schools, fire teachers & buy more software & save money

   2. Two groups of pictures, all are entertainers

      1. Group does well with HD

      2. Other group doesn't do well with HD

         1. "Do you want Don Trump on your HD TV?"

      3. When you have new technology, talent gets redefined

         1. Technology redefines Talents

            1. When you introduce new technology then talent value changes

            2. After staircases

               1. Thos who were enabled

               2. Those whow were disabled

            3. With Written language

               1. Before written language there was not illiteracy

               2. Literate

               3. Illiterate

            4. Book: The Alphabet Vs. The Godess

               1. Written by a carterologist

               2. In every Culture

                  1. Worshipped Godess

                  2. Alphabet Invented

                  3. Culture switches to male gods

                  4. The invention of the Alphabet devalued the talents of women

                     1. Men are more skilled at abstract...

            5. With the return of multimedia, women will do better

               1. Economy

                  1. Not china

                  2. Not India

                  3. Women will dominate economy

               2. Technology redefines Talents

   3. Real World

      1. Industrial Age

         1. Prior to IA

            1. Schools were teaching Latin & Greek -- the Classics

            2. Difficult to challenge

         2. Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

            1. Asks, what knowledge is important?

               1. For all practical Purposes

                  1. Science

                  2. People Paid Attention & Curriculum Changed

      2. Information Age

         1. It's about "Being Digital," Nicolas Negropponte

            1. About to work with digital information

            2. Virtual Environments

               1. iAppartment

                  1. Rent virtual appartment

                  2. Court someone virtually

                  3. Get married virtually

                  4. Very Compelling

               2. Second Life

                  1. Techers should be trying this.

                  2. Talks about unemployed English Teacher who becomes the First to make a million dollars in Second Life

                  3. Virtual Economy merges with the real economy

                  4. Look at Gold farming (Digital Farmers Market)

            3. Today's children are too well taken care of. they have not place to go try things out.

               1. Yong Had the Rice fields.

               2. For today's children it may be video games and virtual worlds

                  1. Perhaps social networks as well

      3. What are the new skills, emotional, and cognitive abilities are needed today.

         1. Everyone has the potential to reach an audience

            1. book

            2. blog

            3. video

            4. podcast

         2. What about the Global Part

            1. Marshal McCluen talked about new media in the 1960s

            2. In 2005 Friedman talks about the global aspects

            3. What is Globalization?

               1. Global free flow of goods of stuff...

               2. Global free flow of people...

               3. Global free flow of money...

                  1. Where's your retirement money

               4. MacDonaldiszation

                  1. MacDonalds forced Japanese to reject chop sticks

                  2. Imported obesity

                  3. MacDonalds helped Hong Kong people to stand in lines

               5. Our will is effected by a wide range of cultural values

               6. Mini Cooper, british brand, made in Germany from parts from 14 other countries.

               7. How can today's children fit into the global supply-chain?

            4. What Talents should we teach our students

               1. Unique Talents

                  1. Huge increase in self-employed

                  2. Suggests more agriculture

               2. Global Reach

               3. Conceptual Skills

                  1. Channeling Dan Pink

                     1. Design

                     2. Story

                     3. Symphany

                     4. Empathy

                     5. Play

                     6. Meaning

               4. Global Citizens

                  1. Unique Talents

                  2. Creativity, Imagination, & Passion

                  3. Cross-cultural Competencies

                     1. Understanding the globe

                     2. Foreign Languages

                     3. Understanding other cultures

               5. Digital Citizenship

                  1. Living in a digital world

                     1. Consumers

                     2. Citizens

                     3. Community Leaders

                  2. Making a living in a digital world

                     1. Digital Works

                     2. Global workers

                  3. (re)Creating the digital world

                     1. Innovators

                     2. Entrepreneurs

               6. Multiple Intellegences

      4. Education is is ignoring this. Spending millions on networks and then blocking access.

         1. NCLB presses math & reading

         2. U.S. reform is taking an opposite direction from Asia

         3. Teacher Jobs

            1. Present Information

            2. Figure out what technology does well & what teachers do well...