Knowledge, Networks & Wisdom Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego
State University Slide 2 Disclaimer ME An entomologist doesnt have
to be a spider to write about spiders. - Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi
Slide 3 T. S. Eliot Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where
is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we
have lost in information? T.S. Eliot's The Rock (1934) Slide 4
Overview How the net makes us smart How the net makes us stupid Why
smart wise Wisdom, technology and you Slide 5 How the Net Makes Us
Smart Or so they say Slide 6 Net Penetration by Region
http://www.internetworldstats.com/ Slide 7 AMDs 50x15 Effort
http://www.50x15.com/ Slide 8 Number of Net Users Worldwide
http://www.internetworldstats.com/ Slide 9 Internet Use According
to the Pew Internet & American Life Study (December, 2006),
each day 65% use the internet 54% read or send email 41% use a
search engine 31% get news 28% surf for fun Slide 10 Blogging Stats
(2005) 6% of US adults have created a blog Age 18-29: 19% Age 50+:
5% 16% of all US adults read blogs
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/p/1083/pipcomments.asp Slide 11
Wikipedia Growth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia There are
currently about 2.4 million articles in the English version of
Wikipedia Slide 12 Facebook More than 80 million active users
Facebook is the 6th most-trafficked website in the world (comScore)
Over 55,000 regional, work-related, collegiate, and high school
networks More than half of Facebook users are outside of college
The fastest growing demographic is those 25 years old and older
Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 How the Net
Makes Us Dumb Or so they say Slide 19 Whats Hot?
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends 1.misty maymisty may 2.kerri
walshkerri walsh 3.sal the moviesal the movie 4.sal aunesesal
aunese 5.armor allarmor all 6.anthony kimanthony kim 7.roger
federer wikipediaroger federer wikipedia 8.usa jet airlinesusa jet
airlines 9.mark everettmark everett 10.nadal wins wimbledonnadal
wins wimbledon Slide 20 Blogs, Politics & Polarization 94% of
political blog readers consume only blogs from one side of the
ideological spectrum Slide 21 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Slide 22
Slide 23 These things probably do not make us wiser And they divert
us from things that might Slide 24 The Machine Stops Slide 25 Why
Smart Wise And what wisdom is Slide 26 Wisdom
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/performance/understanding.html
Slide 27 Talmudic Wisdom Ben Zoma says: Who is wise? The one who
learns from every person... Who is brave? The one who subdues his
negative inclination... Who is rich? The one who is appreciates
what he has... Who is honored? The one who gives honor to others...
(Talmud - Avot 4:1) Slide 28 Ben Franklin Who is wise? He that
learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his
passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Slide 29 Maybe Wisdom is Hard to Define But we know it when we see
it Slide 30 Whos the Wisest? Slide 31 Slide 32 A Short Definition
Wisdom is expert knowledge in the fundamental pragmatics of life
that permits exceptional insight, judgment and advice about complex
and uncertain matters. Baltes & Smith, 1990 Slide 33 One more
thing Wisdom is rare Slide 34 Amish Saying We grow too soon old and
too late smart. Slide 35 Wisdom and Age But only if the grapes were
good in the first place. Its true, some wines improve with age.
Wisdom doesnt come automatically with age. Nothing does - except
wrinkles. -- Abigail Van Buren Slide 36 Age & Wisdom After
adolescence, no relationship So building a foundation for wisdom in
middle and high school years is critical Slide 37 Maybe our job is
to improve the grapes Slide 38 Berlin Model of Wisdom Paul Baltes
identified five factors in two categories: Basic Meta Slide 39
Berlin Model Factors Basic Rich factual knowledge about life
Consideration of general (human condition) and specific (e.g., life
events, institutions) features of life matters as well as scope and
depth in coverage of issues Slide 40 Berlin Model Factors Basic
Rich procedural knowledge about life Consideration of decision
strategies, goal selection, choosing means to achieve goals, people
to consult with, as well as strategies of advice giving Slide 41
Berlin Model Factors Meta Life span contextualism Consideration of
past, current, and possible future life contexts and the
circumstances in which a life is embedded Slide 42 Berlin Model
Factors Meta Values Relativism Consideration of variations in
values and life priorities and the importance of viewing each
person within an individual framework, but also the importance of a
small set of universal values oriented toward the good of others
and oneself Slide 43 Berlin Model Factors Meta Recognition and
management of uncertainty Consideration of the inherent uncertainty
of life (in terms of interpreting the past and predicting the
future) and effective strategies for dealing with uncertainty Slide
44 Measuring Wisdom A teenager learns that he or she has failed a
test that is very important for his or her future. What could one
or the teenager do and think in such a situation? Responses are
analyzed for Factual & Knowledge about Life Lifespan
Contextualism Values Relativism Uncertainty Slide 45 Good News
Clinical psychologists tested higher in wisdom, so Wisdom may be
teachable Slide 46 Robert Sternberg Slide 47 Balance Theory of
Wisdom Wisdom is defined as the application of tacit as well as
explicit knowledge as mediated by values toward the achievement of
a common good through a balance among intrapersonal, interpersonal,
and extrapersonal interests over the short term and long term to
achieve a balance among adaptation to existing environments,
shaping of existing environments, and selection of new
environments. Slide 48 Sternbergs Advice 4. Role-model wisdom
because what you do is more important than what you say. Wisdom is
action dependent and wise actions need to be demonstrated. 5. Have
students read about wise judgments and decision making so that
students understand that such means of judging and decision making
exist. Slide 49 Sternbergs Advice 6. Help students to learn to
recognize their own interests, those of other people, and those of
institutions. 7. Help students learn to balance their own
interests, those of other people, and those of institutions. Slide
50 Sternbergs Advice 12. Show students the importance of dialogical
thinking, whereby they understand interests and ideas from multiple
points of view. 13. Teach students to search for and then try to
reach the common gooda good where everyone wins, not only those
with whom one identifies. Slide 51 So infusing wisdom into schools
should be easy Right? Slide 52 Slide 53 Wisdom Isnt on the Test! At
least not this year Slide 54 Wisdom, Technology and You Taking the
best, crowding out the rest. Slide 55 Why Technology? InputsOutputs
Interactions Transformations Slide 56 Habits and Events Habits:
ongoing routines that widen your inputs and refine your insights.
Events: specific learning events that have a beginning, middle and
end Slide 57 Sample Habits Keep a wisdom blog Develop a diverse
feed list Keep a to-know list Develop your own proverbs wiki Slide
58 Keep a Wisdom Blog Slide 59 Develop a Diverse Feed List Slide 60
Keep a To-Know List Slide 61 Develop a Proverbs Wiki Summarize and
synthesize daily experience from your blog into simple statements,
each with a story. Examples: Choose your battles Dont assume you
deserve power even when someone wants to give it to you People
sometimes re-enter your life at a later time so be nice Slide 62
Sample Learning Events DIY Proverbs Wikis To-Know Lists Role Plays
Choice Charts Slide 63 Slide 64 India2 Slide 65 India3 Slide 66
India4 Slide 67 Take a complex human situation and identify choices
of action Guess what the consequences of each action choice would
be Decide what action choices would result from each new situation
Slide 68 Choice Charts Slide 69 What to do next Monday? Explicitly
think about wisdom when designing reading and writing assignments.
Give students decisions to make and explain, questions about people
very different from them, opportunities to experience different
points of view. Dont think of it as an add-on. Slide 70 Modal
Occupations Pre-1850: Farmer 1850 - 1950: Factory Worker 1950 -
present: Clerk Next? Soldier or Priest Alvin Toffler Slide 71
