EDUTAINING THE CAREER EDUCATORS WITH PIRATES CANNEXUS 2009 John

EDUTAINING THE CAREER EDUCATORS…WITH PIRATES CANNEXUS 2009 John Horn | Career Manager & Piratologist | UBC*

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Introductions and Overview “John is a pleasure to work with. . . regardless of the task. I would recommend John to any team looking for a dynamic, hardworking, energetic, pirate loving leader. ” + - Howie Outerbridge, Director, UBC Career Services Horn has super powers. Here they are: #1 Super Giggle. #2 Intergalactic flight (without leaving the room). #3 Dental hygiene. = history nerd “where the hell is Merville? ” + + = career educator -“John - David Sovka, Director of Marketing, Camosun College - + + + = community passion

Some Johnisms My Modest Proposal for Today Let’s collect ideas from everywhere and use them to build community; because that’s a beautiful thing. My Classroom Policy “No stone throwing regardless of housing situation. ” Let me explain.

Learning Outcomes The style and content of this presentation are very important for your learning and personal and professional development! By the end of this workshop learners will be able to… Identify at least three different pirates Talk like a pirate Define the humourous pedagogy of “edutainment” Comprehend the power and dynamism of social media as it relates to the career education classroom (not to mention some basic “best practices” for use of this supercool medium) Apply “tips and tricks” on laughter and learning

Why Pirates are Important Jeremy Phan and the University of Chicago Jack Sparrow and the University of Victoria Fiona Walsh, Sauder and The Weekly Gumboot

Democracy The Articles of Piracy Over one hundred years before the French Revolution, democracy existed on Pirate ships Health Insurance did too Classroom collaboration and the democratic nature of students today

Race & Culture The community on a pirate ship The other options Dr. Mark Pope and 20% growth of visible minorities in Canada What will be happening by 2012?

Environmental Stewardship Pirates never built their own ships or made their own weapons Only one pirate in history commissioned a new ship (it sucked) The world is changing, we need green leaders

Please, introduce yourself! SOME PIRATE TERMS “Arrgh” = “hello” or “I agree” and “uh-oh” “Ahoy” = “greetings” “Avast” = “Stop!” “Grog” = “Rum” “Wench” = “Woman” “Scurvy Dog” = a biting insult, unless your Captain likes you! You have five minutes to meet your colleagues, name your table/ship, vote for a captain and have her/him introduce their crew to the group. Pirate Introduction Script: Ahoy! I be Cap’n ____! These scurvy dogs ____, ____ an’ ____ be the crew o’ the _______. By the turn o’ the hourglass, we be peerin’ into the deep to learn _____. Arrrgh!

JOHN, WHAT’S THE POINT? Consider yourselves engaged…

Defining Edutainment (also educational entertainment or entertainmenteducation) is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse. Edutainment typically seeks to instruct or socialize its audience by embedding lessons in some familiar form of entertainment: television programs, computer and video games, films, music, websites, multimedia software, etc. (Wikipedia. org) Edutainment combines education and entertainment into an engaging method of instruction that incorporates humour and media using a Web 2. 0 platform. It embraces truthiness, encourages collaboration in the classroom and motivates students to have fun with it as they learn. (John)

Relevance to Student Engagement The story of when Camosun College embraced Piratology and a unique kind of engagement “Humour is a catalyst for classroom ‘magic’, when all educational elements converge and both teacher and student are both excited about learning. ” (Kher, Molstad, Donahue: 1999) The hypertext mind, scanning, multi-tasking, and distributed cognition (Henry Jenkins) Participatory learning is more meaningful People + computers = collective intelligence FUN FACT: Do you hate texting? Last year in Japan, five of the top 10 best-selling novels were written on cell phones. LOL!

Relevance to Career Education Students rank Career Centres as second to last in terms of places to go to find resources for their work search (From Learning to Work, 2006) Parents: 35% Career Centres: 19% Is Career Development a “dread course”? Most common “dread courses” are statistics, methodology and maths John’s story about discipline and cover letters Humour means recall and retention Who should educate young people about online brand management? Social networking sites (Facebook, Linked. In, Twitter, My. Space) Eportfolios and reflections on learning

FINDINGS AND DATA

Laughter and Learning Psychologically, the effects of humour and laughter have been shown to reduce anxiety, decrease stress, enhance self-esteem, increase self-motivation, bolster mental sharpness, and engage learning by creating a positive emotional and social environment (Garner, 2006) Studies show learning is enhanced by curriculum-specific and instructionally appropriate humour (Korobbkin, 1989) Positive environment of a humour-enriched class has even been shown to increase attendance (Devadoss and Foltz, 1996) Humour is subjective, so keep it positive and classy (but don’t be afraid to take risks and maybe be a little edgy)

The Millennials at School A Vision of Students Today Collaboration is key, just ask Mark Zuckerberg Facebook founded on principles of procrastination Who knows about Chris Avenir? The end of the expert (according to Don Tapscott) Teacher-centred = Learner-centred One-size-fits-all = One-size-fits-one Instruction: learning about = Discovery: learning to be Individualistic learning = Collaborative learning Experiential learning and “intellectual tinkering”

The Millennials at Work www. yourcompanysucks. com (speed, challenges and integrity) Video games: collaborating in groups and training good surgeons Two out of three Net Geners think “working and having fun” should be the same thing; the boundaries between work and play should be funny (Tapscott, 2008) Infosys and the “corporate campus” Goran Carstedt on corporate change From hierarchy to community “A resource is something sitting waiting to be used by its owner. Relations imply collaboration and sharing. ”

Pirates (and Youth) like Web 2. 0 Facebook: privacy and power 20% of Facebook users don’t use privacy settings 20% of Facebook users who have “top” privacy settings share their telephone “Yes, number I’m a friends so is everyone else I know. I do believe however with thief. And that the definition of music ownership (and the transfer of ownership) is 47% of Facebookdoesn’tconcernedgeneration. I guess when weprovide them; 20% outdated. It just users fit for our about political views still come to posted their class schedule theft is. Hopefully we’ll also come up with a power we’ll redefine what new model so songwriters, artists, and others that actually create some If Facebook was a country, it would be the eighth-largest on Earth value get properly compensated. ” Social networking: the new basis for doing business - Morris, and ideas that matter Blogging and Linking: opinions 23, Marketing Manager Source: Grown Up Digital, 2008 35% of Canadians have a personal and professional blog Internet piracy a trillion-dollar-a year – Guy Kawasaki likes that Linked. In gets 7. 7 ismillion hits per month business. And Canada is second only to China in terms of illegal downloads. Twitter: “John Horn thinks you should pay attention to him” Source: The Canadian December 2008 Usage has increased 752% since. Recording Industry Association, 2008 The ultimate place for a polished value proposition Source: Canadian Social Media Survey, 2009

BEING FUNNY: SOME STRATEGIES [insert joke here]

Some Jokes Jerry Seinfeld on Public Speaking Demetri Martin on intelligence and “data” Chris Rock on emotional intelligence and networking Rick Mercer on passion, preparedness, politics, and planned happenstance Jon Stewart on social movements and giving hope to educated young people with good BS detectors Stephen Colbert and the democracy of knowledge

This isis a pie chart about procrastination” “This the Sauder Success Cycle!

A Pirate’s Resume COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT / LEADERSHIP CAREER HIGHLIGHTS SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Jack Trumpet Social Coordinator Current EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Rum Drinking Society, Manager of Plundering Sauder School of Piracy, UBC, Vancouver, BC First Mate and Strategic Management 2003 1234 Magnolia Terrace (604) 123 -4567– 2007 Consulting and Master of Piracy Completion: Burnaby, Revenge (Captain Blackbeard), Tortuga, Haiti johndoe@telus. net May 2009 BC V 5 M 1 M 1 Queen Anne’s. Manager of Plundering §Member Major First Mate and academic UBC, Vancouver, BC 2006 – Navy, Executive. Sauder School of Piracy, research projects included resource assessments of - The Royal 2007 East 2003 -2007 § Anne’s Revenge (Captain Blackbeard), than 50%Tortuga, Haiti a detailed pillaging. Improved Program, Tortuga Community Association, by creating crew’s productivity by more Merchant Sailors. India Trading Company and the Spanish Armada Transition Queen Tortuga, Haiti Bachelor of Arts (Honours Piratology) 2003 manual and implementing a new organizational business plan development and assisted § Advised hundreds of small-to-medium sized ships on structure and reward system Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec increase plunder (treasure, people, ships, § Helped Captain Blackbeard to Bartender 50 private mercenaries in evaluating potential investment opportunities 2003 – 2006 miscellaneous supplies) by more than 35% through development of a multi. Sales and Marketing Skull ‘n’ Bones Pub, Tortuga, Haiti facetted and complex, yet approachable, attackby more than 50% through a § Improved Blackbeard’s sales force productivity and ransom-negotiation strategies § Increased Blackbeard’s share in the Caribbean small fleet market by eight percent Peasant comprehensive re-branding campaign 1999 – 2002 by implementing‘n’ Bones revenue sharestrategy a market development in the Caribbean small fleet market by § Increased Norwich, England Sir Rotham’s Estate, Skull eight percent by implementing a market development strategy

Film, TV and Old School Media The Job Interview, as told by Spudd in Trainspotting An R-rated interview montage from Step Brothers Video resume tips from Trendspotting guru, Demetri Martin, who also has opinions on Life Coaching Networking tips from the CIA in Spy Game The best job proposal ever! From The Dark Knight

Social Media and Web 2. 0 Louis CK describes the culture of entitlement A video game about genocide in Darfur Deanna Rogowsky gives advice about Twitter Do you wiki? For discussion: what are your thoughts about a wikiresume builder (ie. a group of students collaboratively build/edit a resume through an online platform)? Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, E-Portfolios, and John’s vision A real video resume by Theodora Lamb

FUN ACTIVITY! Make your case for (or against) social media

Fun Activity: The Great Debaters Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to have a five-minute debate “on your ship” (that means your table) about the pros and cons of using social media as part of your career education curriculum. Here are some of the mediums to discuss: Facebook You. Tube Blogs Twitter Collect data and be prepared to present your findings to the group.

CONCLUSIONS, REFLECTIONS AND SOMALI PIRATES What’s your definition of a “bad economy”?

Somali Pirates Somalia: probably the worst place on Earth Environmental determinism Entrepreneurship Creativity | Risk-taking The Entrepreneurial Work Search Is it edutaining? CACEE 2009…

QUESTIONS? Personal branding? Gender? Health promotion?

References to Data and Findings Wikipedia and The Internet: search “pirates”. . . wow Secondary Sources Primary Sources Nigel Cawthorne, A History of Pirates David Cordingly, Under the Black Flag Peter Earle, The Pirate Wars Jon E. Lewis, Ed. , The Mammoth Book of Pirates Captain Johnson, The General History of the Pirates (1724) Alexander Exquemelin, Bucaniers of America (1684) Court Records, Ships Logs and Executions Fiction Daniel Dafoe, The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1881 -1883) JM Barrie, Peter Pan (1904, 1911)

References to Data and Findings Websites • TED – www. ted. com • Socialize. Mobilize – www. socializemobilize. com • Social Signal – www. socialsignal. com • www. todmaffin. com Blogs • Robin Sharma’s blog • Guy Kawasaki – blog. guykawasaki. com • Worpress. com • Social Media Watch • www. mashable. com • Nerd Girl - http: //www. globecampus. ca/blogs/nerd-girl/ Books and Articles • Don Tapscott, Grown up Digital • Scoble and Israel, Naked Conversations • Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation • Darzy Rezac, Work the Pond • Steven Strogratz, SYNC (The emerging science of spontaneous order) • Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death • “Using Humour in the College Classroom, ” Kher, Molstad, Donohue • “Humour in Pedagogy, ” Gardner

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