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Tomorrow's Learners Today Brain Gain Session May 9, 2006 Kevin Driscoll

Tomorrow's Learners Today Brain Gain Session May 9, 2006 Kevin Driscoll Prospect Hill Academy Charter School. Tomorrow's Learners Today: Overview. 0. Who am I? 1. MySpace is good for kids 2. Plagiarism in a cut'n'paste culture 3. Leveraging technology vs. privelege

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Tomorrow's Learners Today Brain Gain Session May 9, 2006 Kevin Driscoll

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  1. Tomorrow's Learners Today Brain Gain Session May 9, 2006 Kevin Driscoll Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

  2. Tomorrow's Learners Today: Overview 0. Who am I? 1. MySpace is good for kids 2. Plagiarism in a cut'n'paste culture 3. Leveraging technology vs. privelege 4. What's next?

  3. Tomorrow's Learners Today: Looking at PHA • PHA's “Upper” School is grades 6 – 12 • Computer Science is required for 6 – 9 • Advanced CS is an elective for 10 – 12 • Highly diverse (ethnicity and income) • Many first generation Americans

  4. Tomorrow's Learners Today: MySpace • Meta-social environment, parallel ecosystem • Integral to high school social lives • More common than IM or email

  5. Tomorrow's Learners Today: MySpace • Building identity • Developmentally appropriate • Absolute control of one's appearance • Experimentation, exploration • Existential need fulfilled

  6. Tomorrow's Learners Today: Originality? • Fundamentally different understanding • Hip-hop and punk as pop appropriation • Cut'n'paste is powerful! • “Someone else said it better.”

  7. Tomorrow's Learners Today: Empowerment • Many PHA students without PCs, Internet • Barriers to access / institutions of power • Private information perpetuates privilege • Control over one's expression via text • Educate a student = empower a family

  8. Tomorrow's Learners Today: What's next? • When does CS stop being Science? • Supporting parents, training teachers • Spending our money effectively

  9. Thank you! http://kevindriscoll.info/ driscollkevin@gmail.com

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