Transcript 21st Century Teaching for 21st Century Students

21st Century
Teaching for
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21 Century
Students
Brad Fountain
Discovery Education
“The illiterate of the 21st
century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but
those who cannot learn,
unlearn, and relearn.”
- Alvin Toffler
“This is a story about the big
public conversation the nation is
not having about education…
whether an entire generation of
kids will fail to make the grade
in the global economy because
they can’t think their way
through abstract problems,
work in teams, distinguish good
information from bad, or speak
a language other than English.”
How to Build a Student for the
21st Century, TIME Magazine,
December 18, 2006
Who are 21st Century Learners?
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As large in number as Baby Boomers
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Consumers- $150 billion annually
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Digital Media Users – 6 ½ hrs daily (Exposed to 8 ½ hours)
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Multi-taskers: online - phone - print
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Hyper-Communicators -socially & civically
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Gamers-interactive learning
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Risk-Takers
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Depersonalization
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Pursuers of ongoing education
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Futurists & Optimistic
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IQ is up by 17 points between 1947-2001 with most gains post 1972
Are They REALLY That Different?
• 21st Century Student’s Brain
– Neuroplasticity
• 50 hours to affect change
• Video games
– Hypertext Minds
• Point to Point vs. Linear
• Breadth vs. Depth
– Environmental Impact
– Thinking Patterns
– ADD or Disengaged
Marc Prensky – Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 2
What Are They Missing?
• Critical Thinking
– Reflection
– Evaluation
– Linear Processing
– Personal Communication
– Meaningful Persistence
– Formal processes
Why 21st Century Skills?
Workforce Survey:
“Are They Really Ready to
Work?”
Released October 2, 2006, by The Conference Board, Corporate Voices
for Working Families, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the Society
for Human Resource Management groups.
Why 21st Century Skills?
What skills are most important for job success
when hiring a High School graduate?
Work Ethic
Collaboration
80%
75%
Good Communication
70%
Social Responsibility
63%
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
58%
Why 21st Century Skills?
Of the High School Students that you recently
hired, what were their deficiencies?
Written Communication
81%
Leadership
Work Ethic
73%
70%
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
70%
Self-Direction
58%
Why 21st Century Skills?
What applied skills and basic knowledge are
most important for those you will hire with a
four-year college diploma?
Oral Communication
95.4%
Collaboration
Professional/Work Ethic
Written Communication
94.4%
93.8%
93.1%
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
93.1%
Why 21st Century Skills?
What skills and content areas will be growing
in importance in the next five years?
Critical Thinking
78%
I.T.
Health & Wellness
Collaboration
77%
76%
74%
Innovation
74%
Personal Financial Responsibility
72%
So What Does
this Mean for
Teachers and
Schools?
“If you are not prepared to be wrong,
you’ll never come up with anything
original. By the time students become
adults they have lost that capacity. And
national education systems are where
mistakes are the worst things you can
make. The result is we are educating
people out of their creative capacities.”
- Sir Ken Robinson
New Definitions for Schools
• Schools will go “from ‘buildings’ to nerve centers,
with walls that are porous and transparent,
connecting teachers, students and the community
to the wealth of knowledge that exists in the world
while creating a culture of inquiry”
• Teachers will go from primary role as a dispenser
of information to orchestrator of learning and
helping students turn information into knowledge,
and knowledge into wisdom.
21stCenturySchool.com
New Definition for Students
• In the past a student was a young person who went to
school, spent a specified amount of time in certain
courses, received passing grades and graduated. Today
we must see learners in a new context:
– First we must maintain student interest by helping them see
how what they are learning prepares them for life in the real
world.
– Second we must instill curiosity, which is fundamental to
lifelong learning.
– Third we must be flexible in how we teach.
– Fourth we must excite learners to become even more
resourceful so that they will continue to learn outside the
formal school day.”
21stCenturySchool.com
Being Literate Today Means…
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Finding the information
Processing different media
Decoding the information
Analyzing the information
Critically evaluating the information
Organizing it into personal digital libraries
Creating information in a variety of media
Teaching the information to find the user
Filtering the information gleaned
Inquiry Learning
Dewey defines productive inquiry as that aspect of
any activity where we are deliberately seeking what
we need in order to do what we want to do. (Dewey,
1922 and Cook and Brown, 1999) In the net age we
now have at our disposal tools and resources for
engaging in productive inquiry – and learning – that
we never had before.
-John Seely Brown
20th Century vs. 21st Century Learning
20th Century Classrooms
21st Century Classrooms
Time-based
Outcome-based
Focus on memorization of discrete facts
Focus on what students KNOW, CAN DO and ARE
LIKE after all the details are forgotten
Lessons focus on lower level of Bloom’s Taxonomy
– knowledge, comprehension and application
Learning is designed on upper levels of Bloom’s –
synthesis, analysis and evaluation
Textbook-driven
Research-driven
Passive learning
Active learning
Learners work in isolation – classroom within 4 walls Learners work collaboratively with classmates and
others around the world – the Global
Classroom
Teacher-centered: teacher is center of attention and
provider of information
Student-centered: teacher is facilitator/coach
Little or no student freedom
Great deal of student freedom
Fragmented curriculum
Integrated and Interdisciplinary curriculum
Grades averaged
Grades are based on what was learned
20th Century vs. 21st Century Learning
Low expectations
High expectations – “If it isn’t good, it isn’t
done” We expect, and ensure, that all students
succeed in learning at high levels. Some may go
higher – we get out of their way to let them do that.
Teacher is judge. No one else sees student work.
Self, Peer and Other assessments. Public audience,
authentic assessments.
Curriculum/School is irrelevant and meaningless to
the students.
Curriculum is connected to students’ interests,
experiences, talents and the real world.
Print is the primary vehicle of learning and
assessment.
Performances, projects and multiple forms of media
are used for learning and assessment.
Diversity in students is ignored.
Curriculum and instruction address student
diversity.
Literacy is the 3 R’s – reading, writing and math
Multiple literacies of the 21st century – aligned to
living and working in a globalized new millennium.
Why change is needed…
In the 20th century, the approach to education was to focus on ‘learningabout’ and to build stocks of knowledge and some cognitive skills in the
student to be deployed later in appropriate situations. This approach to
education worked well in a relatively stable, slowly changing world where
students could expect to learn one set of skills and use them throughout
their lives. Careers often lasted a lifetime. But the 21st century is quite
different. The world is continuously changing at an increasing pace. Skills
learned today are apt to be out-of-date all too soon. When technical jobs
change, we can no longer expect to send a person back to school to be
re-trained or to learn a new profession. By the time that happens, the
domain of inquiry is likely to have morphed yet again.
-John Seely Brown
Other Cultures
• Korea
– Little time reading newspapers or watching TV. Life
moves at the speed of the net and being connected is
the only way to remain current
• Japan
– Laptops are viewed as dinosauric technology. The cell
phone provides the privacy and instant connectivity
individuals crave
What will the future hold?
Future Forces Affecting Education
Putting it into
practice.
Where do I Start?
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0
Tools of the Trade
• Online Collaborations
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Blogs
Wikis
Google Docs/Spreadsheets
Skype
Flickr
RSS
• Digital Storytelling
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Photostory 3
Movie Maker 2
Adobe Premiere Elements/iMovie
Audacity
Freeplay Music
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Google Earth
Podcasts
Bubbleshare
Slideshare
Innertoob
NewsMap
Toondoo
What does it look like?
• Cross-Curricular Projects on the Web
– Johnny Appleseed Project
– Journey North
• Classroom Blogs
– Mr. C’s Class Blog
– The Secret Life of Bees
• Classroom Podcasts
– Room 208
– RadioWillowweb
What does it look like?
• Google Earth
– Grapes of Wrath Google Earth Littrip
– Coral Reef Temperatures
– Tree Coverage Percentage
• Wikis
– Vicki Davis
– Tim Frederick
• Technospud
How can I help my school?
• Professional Development Needs Assessment
• MILE Guide
• How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
• Engauge
• Visions 2020
• Building the Perfect School
Some good reads…
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2 Cents Worth – David Warlick
Teach42 – Steve Dembo
The Strength of Weak Ties – David Jakes
Moving at the Speed of Creativity – Wes Fryer
Weblogg-ed – Will Richardson
Dangerously Irrelevant – Scott McLeod
Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom – Beth Knittle
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Tested – Linda Perlstein
Don’t Bother Me Mom—I’m Learning! – Marc Prensky
A Whole New Mind – Daniel Pink
The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman
What Video Games Have to Teach us About Literacy and Learning
– James Paul Gee
What Will You Do to Make A
Difference?
Brad Fountain
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