Podcast107: Be (Constructively) Digitally Disruptive in 2007

In this first podcast for 2007, I outline seven different reasons educators should consider being constructively, digitally disruptive in 2007. These include 1) Strong reasons for changing our prevalent educational paradigm, 2) Change requires disruption to the status quo, 3) Digital technologies can provide differentated means to engage each learner in the educational process, 4) Emphasizing collaborative learning and technologies which promote collaboration, 5) Enhanced personal digital competencies carry over to professional practices, 6) Modeling lifetime/lifelong learning activities, 7) Designing instructional interactions (lessons) which follow the revised model of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Show notes for this podcast include:

1. Disruptive Technology WikiPedia entry
2. Disruptive Technology/Innovation wiki from K-12 Online 2006
3. More Buzzword Mangling (discussion of “disruptive technology” term and definition)
4. Some Examples of Disruptive Innovations in Ed-Tech (more on the thread of disruptive tech)
5. The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
6. “The Greatest University of All” blog post
7. Using the New Bloom’s Taxonomy to Design Meaningful Learning Assessments by Kevin Smythe & Jane Halonen
8. Graphic of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
9. 21st Century Education reform blog post
10. Filamentality
11. Free wiki options: WikiSpaces and PBWiki
12. My notes from Michael Porter’s HLA06 Presentation “flickr and libraries”
13. “Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science” by Dr. Carl Wieman (includes reference to 1st year university physics student learning and their force/motion inventory)

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Posted by Wesley Fryer on January 1, 2007.

Categories: disruptive-technology, podcasts, web 2.0

4 Responses

1. Thanks Wes - very timely for me. I’ll be using these resources soon.

   by Brian Crosby on Jan 1, 2007 at 7:16 pm

2. [...] Wes Fryer - Podcast 107: Be (Constructively) Digitally Disruptive in 2007 [...]

   by Weekly Roundup (6 January 2007) - Reflections and Plans at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk on Jan 6, 2007 at 4:22 pm

3. [...] Wesley Fryer over at “Speed of Creativity” has an interesting entry in his blog about ‘disruptive technologies’. Seems kind of apt, given the title of the upcoming CAL 07 conference. He says: I outline seven different reasons educators should consider being constructively, digitally disruptive in 2007. These include 1) Strong reasons for changing our prevalent educational paradigm, 2) Change requires disruption to the status quo, 3) Digital technologies can provide differentated means to engage each learner in the educational process, 4) Emphasizing collaborative learning and technologies which promote collaboration, 5) Enhanced personal digital competencies carry over to professional practices, 6) Modeling lifetime/lifelong learning activities, 7) Designing instructional interactions (lessons) which follow the revised model of Bloom’s Taxonomy. [The podcast] [...]

   by A Learner’s Space » Archives » Disruptive Technologies on Feb 23, 2007 at 3:57 pm

4. [...] A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or product in the market. : WikipediaWesley Fryer over at “Speed of Creativity” has an interesting entry in his blog about ‘disruptive technologies’. Seems kind of apt, given the title of the upcoming CAL 07 conference. He says:I outline seven different reasons educators should consider being constructively, digitally disruptive in 2007. These include 1) Strong reasons for changing our prevalent educational paradigm, 2) Change requires disruption to the status quo, 3) Digital technologies can provide differentated means to engage each learner in the educational process, 4) Emphasizing collaborative learning and technologies which promote collaboration, 5) Enhanced personal digital competencies carry over to professional practices, 6) Modeling lifetime/lifelong learning activities, 7) Designing instructional interactions (lessons) which follow the revised model of Bloom’s Taxonomy. [The podcast]You know, sometimes I know how he feels. I get quite frustrated in my classroom at times. There are so many exciting and new things happening in ICT and I’m forced, still, to push my students through some antiquated coursework that requires 500,000,000 screenshots and a tick box of skills that drives both them and me crazy half the time… blogs, podcasting, wikis, etc. don’t get a look in! Well, that’s not quite true - thankfully, they are mentioned in the new review of ICT for the future curriculum in the changeover to 14-19 education and so on - and not before time! What can I say! [...]

   by A Learner’s Space » Archives » Disruptive Technologies on Mar 10, 2007 at 6:38 am

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