Being a teacher in the 21st century

Being a teacher in the 21st century

Drawing by Alexey Iorsh

Let’s begin by asking…

What is Education?

Education is just…

a story of stories.

Someone wants to tell them

Someone wants to listen to them

Education happens

when you put together…

someone who wants to teach

+someone who wants to learn

It is a simple equation.

abc

t1

p1

TIME

PLACE

Teacher

You have the time and place of the teacher

abc

t2

p2

Student

And the time and place of the student

TIME

PLACE

abcabc

t1

p1

t2

p2

Teacher Student

Traditional Education

abcabc

t1

p1

t2

p2

==

In traditional education both times and places are equal

Virtual Education

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t1

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t2

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WWW

In virtual education times or places can be different

abcabc

WWW

And the connection is…

WWW

Technology

But virtual education

has been around for centuries.

Teachers and students

in different times and places

have been connected

by a technology called

Books!

With thisancient technology

someone in one time and place

can tell a story

to someone in a different time and place.

Hopefully…

Successful education

was based on «expert users»

of this ancient technology.

That is good readers and good writers

That is:good readers and good writers

Yesterday:

Berthe Morisot (1870) Johannes Vermeer (1670)

Reading+

Writing

Today:

Recording+

Playing back

The process is the same

The tools are different

Different Media Different Speeds

When education has a time and a place

We havea course

A course is a place

where you can go

to listen to a story

Then a course is

One story

One story+

One host

One story+

One host+

Several guests

But today we have

New principles

The MaterialsAtoms vs. BitsProcessing Information

vs. Moving ObjectsIntangibles

Collective KnowledgeGeneration of Ideas

OverinformationMisinformation

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New principles

The PlaceDistance is redefinedFrontiers are obsoleteThe World is your audience

and your competitorChallenges and threats

are closer…one click apart

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New principles

The TimeInstantaneous Interactive / FeedbackReal time / MultitaskingConstant Change

A Life Project vs. A Life of Projects

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¡Help!

There is a new arena

for this ongoing conversation

between teachers and students.

The virtual classroom

WWW

Virtual Campus

Virtual Classroom

Activities• Discussions• Questionnaires• Homework• Glossaries• Chats• Blogs• Wikis

Resources• Links• Readings• Learning Objects

Files• Folders• Documents• Videos / Audios

A place full of tools

for the host to find new ways

to tell the story

A story can be told in sequence

Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom

Or not…

It can be full of resources

Readings

Links Videos

SimulationsLearning objects

Audios

And activities

Discussions

Chats

Homework

Questionnaires

Blogs

WikisGlossaries

Puzzles

But it will be lifeless

without an active

interaction

of all the participants

So the resources

and activities

areimportant

but not asimportant

ascreating

A community

We can have

the best of both worlds

and go to school

in many ways

But what about the “old” classroom?

Education is …

…an economic process …

…of transformation.

Education

When I pass through this process…

…I become…

Education

…an «educated» person.

Education

Education

It is a costly process

$

PrivateEducation

…that I pay…

$

PublicEducation

…or someone else pays.

$

Taxe

s

Citizens

Enterprises

It is expensive. Yes.

But… is it valuable?

What is value?

Value

Value = worthiness

What is my value to society?

Values = principles

Which are

my values?


Valor= bravery

How brave am I?

Which are

my values?


Education as a process…

…should raise my value.


+Valuable


+Values

+Valuable


+Values

+Valor

+Valuable

Is it working?

Who should be blamed?

The Bureaucracy?


The Congress?

The Bureaucracy?


The President?

The Congress?

The Bureaucracy?


The private sector?

The Congress?

The Bureaucracy?

The President?

No…

The private sector?

The Congress?

The Bureaucracy?

The President?

The blame is

The private sector?

The Congress?

The Bureaucracy?

The President?

The Bureaucracy?

The blame is

…on us!

Students

…on us!

The blame is And on us!

TeachersStudents

Because…

Because…

We tolerate mediocrity!

¡Toleramos la mediocridad!

Education is us…


We want quality in education…


…but we don’t show up for it.


And when we go…


…we are not there.


We want more resources…


…to «preserve» them.


We want freedom…


…of expression.


We are against privatization…


…but we never deprive ourselves…


…of the products…


…of the products…

…of the private sector.


We want changes…


…but we don’t vote.


We deplore corruption…


…of others.


We embrace technology…


…that “eases” our lives.


We understand originality…


…as not being caught.


…as not being caught.

Investigation = Compilation

A teacher is measured…

…by the amount of diplomas.

The job of the educator

The job of the educatorhas turned into«diplomacy»


Or the art ofaccumulating…


Or the art ofaccumulating… diplomas

We want to be doctors…

…so we won’t teach to undergrads

Our intellectual «production»…

…is buried in unread magazines.

…is buried in unread magazines.

And rarely used in the classroom.

Investigation…

…is just a cruel joke.

The quality of education…

…is attested in certifications.

…is attested in certifications.

Far, far away from the classroom.


Undergraduated studies are…


…undervalued.


So we need to «acquire»...


…more diplomas.


We became «consumers»…

…of the diploma industry.


Many graduated

Educamos a muy pocos


Many graduated

Few educated

So we need…

…a real education reform…

…in the classroom.


We have everything:The place

The peopleThe time

¡Toleramos la mediocridad!Why don’t we

rescue the classroom?


Let’s value the hour of class!

Do we investigate?Do we question?Do we debate?Do we share?Do we build?Do we create?Do we…

learn?


Let’s celebrate the encounter!

What do I bring?What do I take away?

Was it valuable?

What’s next?


Let’s enrich the experience!

Do we knoweach other?

Do we laugh?Do we live?

Are we accomplices?


Let’s value the «product»!

What’s the value of …what I wrote?…what I read?…what I built?…what I brought?…what I asked?


Let’s privatize education!

In the privacy

…of my classroom

…of my teammates

In my privacy.

Let’s certify education!

Am I a little bit

…wiser?…worthier?…braver?

Do I attest it?Do I certify it?

Let’s reform education!

In each classroomIn each course

In each hour of class

In each teacher…

What are we waiting for?

Who needs permission?

Let’s start the«conspiration»…!

…in the classroom!

Thank you

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Guillermo Ramírez

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