On The Rise K12 - #OTRK12 Spotlight Presentation: David Truss is Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of Coquitlam Open Learning and Inquiry Hub Secondary School, (as well as co-founder of Inquiry Hub). The Inquiry Hub was just recently named the recipient of the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Education Association. David has been in education for 17 years, with two of those years as a Principal in China, and the rest of his experience in Coquitlam, BC. He has worked in schools from Pre-K to Adult education, and he has an interest in blended learning and the use of technology to create open, connected learning environments. His 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog has been his open learning journal for the past 9 years: pairadimes.davidtruss.com

1. Shifting Education
- Embracing the Transformation -
David Truss
Thurs. April 25th, 2015 10am
@datruss #OTRK12 http://2di.me

2. Who am I?
A husband, a parent…
An educator, a student…
A thinker, a dreamer…
An agent of change.
Think Good Thoughts, Say Good Words, Do Good Deeds.
~~~
Vice Principal
Coquitlam Open Learning
Lead Administrator
Inquiry Hub Secondary School

3. Share with you the
amazing
transformation
happening in
education.
Inspire you to see
that you are part of
the change that
you want to see in
education.
Learning intentions:

4. Since you chose a
session like this,
I am going to
make a few
assumptions:

5. You think our educational systems
can be better?
Do you believe the youth of today,
'our' children, deserve the best education
that we can give them?
Do you want to contribute to making
that change, even in the smallest of ways?
Yes No

6. You think our educational systems
can be better?
You believe the youth of today,
'our' children, deserve the best education
that we can give them?
Do you want to contribute to making
that change, even in the smallest of ways?
Yes No
Yes No

7. You think our educational systems
can be better?
You believe the youth of today,
'our' children, deserve the best education
that we can give them?
You want to be part of the change, a change
agent, even if in the smallest of ways?
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No

8. Great!
Then please
do me a favour…
Because it will
do you a favour…
(And help us all shift!)

9. Everybody please cross your arms…

10. Everybody please cross your arms…
Now switch them around!

11. Everybody please cross your arms…
Keep them crossed (relax) and watch the next video...

12. Welcome to the Bronze Age

13. “As a general rule, adults are much
more likely to act their way
into a new way of thinking
than to think their way
into a new way of acting.”
Surfing the Edge of Chaos pg. 14

14. Still have your arms crossed?
For many people switching arms is
uncomfortable, but the act of switching
and staying switched, makes it more
comfortable.
You’ve acted your way into
a new way of thinking…

15. Do you know someone like this?
Naysayer
Status Quo
Keeper
Prophet from
another land
Early adopter

16. Shifting language and perspective:
Are we working from the right
perspective in education?
Are we using the right metaphors?
Maybe we need to shift our
thinking too!

17. “Metaphors We Live By ”—
metaphors that can shape our
perceptions and actions without
our ever noticing them.”
Lakoff & Johnson
met·a·phor

18. If our metaphors shape our perceptions
and actions, then why don’t we shift to
more compelling metaphors when we
talk about educational transformation?

19. Transforming
NOT
Broken
Education is:

20. Transforming
NOT
Broken
Abandon
Repair
Fix

21. Transforming
http://2di.me/myphilosphy

22. MariaTeresaAmbrosi
Shifting Education http://2di.me/1shift
To the unshifted ->

23. MariaTeresaAmbrosi
Shifting Education http://2di.me/1shift
(Be a Learner first)
To the unshifted ->
Shift or retire!

24. Shifting Education http://2di.me/1shift
To the shifting -> Be Brave
Brave new WWW http://2di.me/bnwww
KevinCheng

25. Shifting Education http://2di.me/1shift
To the shifting -> Be Brave
Brave new WWW http://2di.me/bnwww
KevinCheng
Alec Couros http://2di.me/acouros

26. KimCofino

27. Shifting Education http://2di.me/1shift
To the shifted -> Serve/Lead
DebBassett

28. Shifting Education http://2di.me/1shift
To the shifted -> Serve/Lead
DebBassett
http://2di.me/1lonewolf

29. Model what we want to see.
Teachers will become even more important!

30. So what does
the future hold?
Teachers will become even more important!

31. http://2di.me/2shift

32. http://2di.me/2shift

34. http://2di.me/2shift

35. http://2di.me/2shift
I used the
wrong
word here:

36. Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey
Personalization vs. Differentiation vs. Individualization
Chart Version 3 http://2di.me/pdiV3

37. Blended Learning
Past
Present
Future
Bricks
and
Mortar
Distributed
Learning
- Blended Learning -
another example of the
TRANSFORMATION
“I believe that blended
learning will soon be
‘invisible’ in that varying
degrees of blended will be
‘just what we do’.”
Flexible Learning Opportunities
http://2di.me/FLO4DL14

38. Transforming
NOT
Broken
http://2di.me/igniteyvr

39. Other useful
metaphorical
SHIFTS
in educational
thinking...

40. Streams
NOT
Silos

41. Streams
NOT
Silos
Departments
Subjects
Units

42. Streams
NOT
Silos

43. Streams
Climate
Change
Biology
Sociology
Big
Data
Weather
Per-
spective
Research
Energy

44. Climate
Change
Biology
Sociology
Bio-
Diversity
Inquiry
Big
Data
WeatherBiomes
Politics
Graphing
Per-
spective
Research
Energy
Inno-
vation
Presenta-
tion
Endang-
Streams

45. Scaffolding
NOT
Standardization

46. Scaffolding
NOT
Standardization
Pre-determined
Teaching to test
Lock-step

47. Scaffolding

48. Journey
NOT
Destination

49. Journey
NOT
Destination
University Prep
Counting Marks
Content

50. Journey
Learning is a VERB:

51. Journey
• Designing
• Improving
• Developing
• Inventing
• Examining
• Creating
• Constructing
• Promoting
Learning is an ACTION:

52. But changing the metaphors isn’t enough…
We need to change what we do!

54. Here are the TOPICS discussed:
• Homework
• Award Ceremonies
• Marks/Grading/Assessment
• Zeroes and Late Penalties
• High Stakes Testing
• Personalization &
Professionalism
• 1:1 and Bring Your Own…
• Facebook
• Filters
• Change
• Learning Spaces
Challenging the Status Quo: http://2di.me/ChallengeSQ

55. You are
the Lead
Learner!
It STARTS
WITH
YOU, and
then…

56. What can we do to
help students leave our schools
feeling like they are inspired and
empowered learners?

57. There is a SHIFT happening!
A CHANGE in PERSPCTIVE…

60. What a CHANGE in PERSPCTIVE can do…

61. What a CHANGE in PERSPCTIVE can do…
Allow you to see new possibilities
Increase the importance
Reduce excuses

62. What a CHANGE in PERSPCTIVE can do…
Allow you to see new possibilities
Increase the importance
Reduce excuses

63. http://2di.me/edshift

64. Key elements to support the SHIFT:
TIME -> Collaboration as well as prep time.
TOOLS -> Not just the tools… How you use them!
HOW -> 7 Ways to Transform your Classroom
WOW -> Share the good stuff you are doing!
NOW -> Being ‘Open’– Blogging, Twitter, ‘Be Brave’
http://2di.me/edshift

65. TIME -> Collaboration as well as prep time.
http://2di.me/learnbiz

66. TOOLS -> Not just the tools… How you use them!
http://2di.me/edtools

67. HOW -> 7 Ways to Transform
your Classroom
http://2di.me/7trans4m

68. WOW -> Share the good stuff you are doing!
An imperative to share http://2di.me/shareski
SHARING:

69. NOW -> Being ‘Open’– Blogging, Twitter, ‘Be Brave’
Why Blog
http://2di.me/blogspaces

70. NOW -> Being ‘Open’– Blogging, Twitter, ‘Be Brave’
Twitter EDU
http://2di.me/twitEDU

71. NOW -> Being ‘Open’– Blogging, Twitter, ‘Be Brave’
Be in Perpetual Beta
http://2di.me/perbata

73. Winner of the Canadian Education Association’s
Ken Spencer Award
For Innovation in Teaching and Learning
http://2di.me/ihubaward

74. Inquiry Hub:
A small BYOL
Gr. 9-12 Secondary
School of choice.
http://inquiryhub.org

75. We are attempting to reframe the
learning experience through the use
of student-driven inquiry learning
activities, topical workshop and
online instructional activities.
~Stephen Whiffin

76. Students bring their own laptop;
Work on online courses that are
complimented by teacher-designed
topical workshops;
http://inquiryhub.org

77. Students work on Inquiry Questions
– projects and challenges
that they are interested in.
http://inquiryhub.org

78. • Topical workshops instead of daily classes
A typical day at iHub starts with:

79. • In a learning commons environment
A typical day at iHub is spent:

80. • Use of extensive online learning resources
A typical day at iHub includes:

81. • Use of extensive online learning resources
Moodle
Drop Box
Google Docs
YouTube
Math – Video instruction.
A typical day at iHub includes:

82. • Dedicated Inquiry Time!
A typical day at iHub provides:

83. http://green.inquiryhub.org
Our Garden

84. http://2di.me/greeninquiry

85. What are our students doing?
Current inquiries include:
• Designing a portable aquaponic garden
• Improving writing in different genres
• Developing a commercial glass recycling program
• Inventing longboarder protective gear
• Examining how colour influences food purchasing
• Creating a mural with community influence
• Building and designing 3D Printers
• Coding facial recognition software
• Promoting healthy living with activity breaks

86. What are our students doing?
Current inquiries include:
• Designing a portable aquaponic garden
• Improving writing in different genres
• Developing a commercial glass recycling program
• Inventing longboarder protective gear
• Examining how colour influences food purchasing
• Creating a mural with community influence
• Building and designing 3D Printers
• Coding facial recognition software
• Promoting healthy living with activity breaks

87. And some of them will fail…

88. (Or at least I hope so!)
And some of them will fail…

89. Because if none of them did…
(Or at least I hope so!)
And some of them will fail…
Then we didn’t push them hard enough!

90. http://2di.me/fail2learn
By David Truss

91. http://2di.me/inquirypoints

92. (Students learning about learning.)

93. Foundations of
Inquiry
http://2di.me/inquiry11
Applications of Digital
Literacy
http://2di.me/diglit10
How do students get credit (courses)
for their inquiry studies?

94. What’s next?
(What are Students AND Teacher Learning?)
Continue with
cross-curricular themes:
http://2di.me/365binary

95. What’s next?
(What are Students AND Teacher Learning?)
As well as:
• A fully integrated
Grade 9 curriculum
• Continued student
(& parent) feedback
• Portfolio development
Continue with
cross-curricular themes:

96. Note:
None of this is
about technology!
Challenges for us include
how to use technology
to better meet our needs?
(Student created videos,
Moodle, Fresh Grade,
Twitter/Social Media…)
The shift is in blending…

97. http://inquiryhub.org
“Technology is at its best
when it allows us to be
more human.”
Dean Shareski

98. http://inquiryhub.org
QUESTIONS?

99. Share with you the
amazing
transformation
happening in
education.
Inspire you to see
that you are part of
the change that
you want to see in
education.
Learning intentions:

100. “As a general rule, adults are much
more likely to act their way
into a new way of thinking
than to think their way
into a new way of acting.”
Surfing the Edge of Chaos pg. 14

101. Do you know someone like this?
Naysayer
Status Quo
Keeper
Prophet from
another land
Early adopter

102. Can you be/help someone like this?
Needs
support
Needs
collaborators
Prophet in
YOUR land
Leader,
supporter
(Shifting your
perspective)

103. _ _ _ _ _
NOT
_ _ _ _ _ _
What metaphors will you transform?

104. All of Us
NOT
Alone
Because ‘our’ shared journey matters!
Let’s Transform Education

105. There is a wonderful SHIFT happening!
Thank you for being an agent of CHANGE!
David Truss http://2di.me @datruss