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THEN WHAT?

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Everyone's Guide to Living, Learning and Having Fun in the Digital Age–A Story Having it all is within our grasp at present. All we lack is a concrete vision. The essential components of this vision follow: * using wisdom to guide our increasing intelligence * respecting the lessons of the past as we create our futures * setting schooling in the larger "real-life" context of community and industry to shape it in ways that make sense to adults and young people alike * requiring our students to contribute to the neighborhoods that nurture them * raising the role of "teacher" to an elevated status in which classroom leaders deservedly are respected equally for their knowledge and their practical wisdom * preparing and compensating teachers for their role in society * loving the mystery; knowing that not knowing all the answers provides us an opportunity to explore our imaginations, believe in magic and push ourselves to overcome our fears * celebrating the differences between humans and machines * seeing all of our new technologies as story-telling amplifiers that allow us to create social narrative in new, often-confusing yet enlightening ways * engaging in the active stewardship of our technologies so that we can direct them—at least as much as they will let us... * learning the language of art—which has become the next literacy (or 'fourth R') in the age of multimedia—so that we can communicate effectively in the global village and reflect on the machines that overwhelm us * accepting that getting lost is part of any journey no matter how well we plan, and that planning for change is preferable to changing our plan believing that our attitude about learning will control our aptitude because knowledge will be so fast-changing that only those who actually enjoy learning will thrive * accepting that the linear, "either/or" problem-solving approaches of the past no longer work in the continuum-based, multi-cultural "both/and" world of the Digital Age * understanding fully that who we are in an age of highly amplified and far-reaching tools—ethically, cognitively, socially, spiritually, emotionally, interpersonally—is a matter of human survival and liberation, not simply cultural preference or predisposition * reading McLuhan—as unreadable as his work tends to be—so that we can better understand our ancestry as global citizens * practicing the art of having fun because it is the only way to keep the child within from becoming horribly adult-like * viewing the world through the lens of absurdity because doing so is often the only way to visualize the sanity we seek * accepting each other's limitations as a prerequisite to emotional networking, and practicing compassion as we do so * believing that we are what we believe—spirit made flesh, and not the other way around * believing that technologies are just ideas with clothes on—just mirrors that tell us who we are * accepting that "Then What?" is an ageless question, both historically and personally * and, most importantly, knowing that the degree of kindness and compassion we show others during our lives is all anyone will remember about any of us at our memorial service This is the book's message. All the rest in the pages that follow consists of case-building and commentary.

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Publisher: Brinton Books

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  • ISBN: 0742090663
  • Release date: August 31, 2004

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  • ISBN: 0742090663
  • File size: 1650 KB
  • Release date: August 31, 2004

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Everyone's Guide to Living, Learning and Having Fun in the Digital Age–A Story Having it all is within our grasp at present. All we lack is a concrete vision. The essential components of this vision follow: * using wisdom to guide our increasing intelligence * respecting the lessons of the past as we create our futures * setting schooling in the larger "real-life" context of community and industry to shape it in ways that make sense to adults and young people alike * requiring our students to contribute to the neighborhoods that nurture them * raising the role of "teacher" to an elevated status in which classroom leaders deservedly are respected equally for their knowledge and their practical wisdom * preparing and compensating teachers for their role in society * loving the mystery; knowing that not knowing all the answers provides us an opportunity to explore our imaginations, believe in magic and push ourselves to overcome our fears * celebrating the differences between humans and machines * seeing all of our new technologies as story-telling amplifiers that allow us to create social narrative in new, often-confusing yet enlightening ways * engaging in the active stewardship of our technologies so that we can direct them—at least as much as they will let us... * learning the language of art—which has become the next literacy (or 'fourth R') in the age of multimedia—so that we can communicate effectively in the global village and reflect on the machines that overwhelm us * accepting that getting lost is part of any journey no matter how well we plan, and that planning for change is preferable to changing our plan believing that our attitude about learning will control our aptitude because knowledge will be so fast-changing that only those who actually enjoy learning will thrive * accepting that the linear, "either/or" problem-solving approaches of the past no longer work in the continuum-based, multi-cultural "both/and" world of the Digital Age * understanding fully that who we are in an age of highly amplified and far-reaching tools—ethically, cognitively, socially, spiritually, emotionally, interpersonally—is a matter of human survival and liberation, not simply cultural preference or predisposition * reading McLuhan—as unreadable as his work tends to be—so that we can better understand our ancestry as global citizens * practicing the art of having fun because it is the only way to keep the child within from becoming horribly adult-like * viewing the world through the lens of absurdity because doing so is often the only way to visualize the sanity we seek * accepting each other's limitations as a prerequisite to emotional networking, and practicing compassion as we do so * believing that we are what we believe—spirit made flesh, and not the other way around * believing that technologies are just ideas with clothes on—just mirrors that tell us who we are * accepting that "Then What?" is an ageless question, both historically and personally * and, most importantly, knowing that the degree of kindness and compassion we show others during our lives is all anyone will remember about any of us at our memorial service This is the book's message. All the rest in the pages that follow consists of case-building and commentary.

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