District 25 - edited

Bringing 21st Century Learning to Your ClassroomLucy Gray • Arlington Heights School District 25 • August 28, 2007

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1Saturday, April 12, 2008

Did You Know?

Karl FischArapahoe High School

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http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html

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Why should educators

care?3


Why change?

• The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

• A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink4


Outsourcing• We can no longer compete in

the global marketplace like we used to…outsourcing is the economical choice of corporations.

• Ingenuity will be valued in tomorrow’s workforce.

• Most of the jobs our students will have do not exist today.

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It’s a New Age…

• From left–brained, linear thinkers of yesterday to…

• right–brained thinkers with empathy and creativity for success today and in the future.

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It’s a New Age…• The Agricultural Age – agrarian,

farms

• The Industrial Age – factories; transitional stories, the tale of John Henry

• The Information Age – knowledge workers; humans versus computers, i.e., chess and Gary Kasparov

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Six Aptitudes for Success

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• Design – creative, engaging, beautiful

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• Story – high–concept, high–touch

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• Symphony – synthesis, big–picture

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• Empathy – relationships

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• Empathy – relationships

• Play – games, humor, but still serious

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Why should students

care?9


The 21st Century StudentCreative - Mobile - Multitasking - Collaborative - Producers

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The 21st Century StudentCreative - Mobile - Multitasking - Collaborative - Producers

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Connected Individuals

Connected in innovative and new ways

The 21st Century Student

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New Connections

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New Connections

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New Communities

Virtual Communities



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20052000

New Connections

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New Communities

Virtual Communities

New Content

Collaborative Communities



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What changes have you seen in your students?

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iPods and Cell Phones – Everybody has them!

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Millennials Want to Learn…

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Millennials Want to Learn…

• With technology

• With one another

• Online

• In their time

• In their place

• Doing things that matter

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Defining 21st Century SkillsThe central task of education is to implant a will and a facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

- Eric HofferReflections on the Human Condition, aph. 32 (1973)

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Partnership for 21st Century Learning

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“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 formation from bad, or speak a language other than English.”

How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18,

2006

Overview


Every student in your school or district must be:

• A critical thinker• A problem solver• An innovator• An effective communicator• An effective collaborator• A self-directed learner• Information and media literate• Globally aware• Civically engaged• Financially and economically literate

Overview


1. U.S. students must compete in a new global economy.

2. The U.S. is falling behind.

3. The nature of work is changing.

4. The requirements of the 21st Century work force are changing.

5. We need to prepare our students to be effective 21st Century citizens.

Why 21st Century Skills?


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1 – 2 Jobs 10 – 15 Jobs

Critical Thinking Across

Disciplines

Integration of 21st

Century Skills intoSubject Matter

Mastery

Mastery ofOne Field

SubjectMatter

Mastery

Number ofJobs:

JobRequirement:

Teaching Model:

SubjectMatter

Mastery

Integration of 21st

Century Skills intoSubject Matter

Mastery

Assessment Model:



What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?


20th Century Education Model

21st Century Skills Framework




- English

- Reading or Language Arts

- Mathematics

- Science

- Foreign Languages

- Civics

- Government

- Economics

- Arts

- History

- Geography

Core Subjects



Thinking and Learning Skills

• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills• Creativity & Innovation Skills• Communication & Information Skills• Collaboration Skills



Life Skills

• Leadership• Ethics• Accountability• Adaptability• Personal Productivity• Personal Responsibility• People Skills• Self Direction (e.g. Lawrence Township)• Social Responsibility



21st Century Content

• Global Awareness• Financial, Economic, Business and

Entrepreneurship Literacy• Civic Literacy• Health & Wellness Awareness



These 21st Century Skills should become the new “design specs” for 21st

Century education.



What about teachers in the 21st century?

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Descriptors of 21st Century Teachers

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Descriptors of 21st Century Teachersadaptable adventurous artistic bridge builders

caring collaborative collegialcomfortable with

paradox

communicative creative culturally aware current

disciplined dynamic enterprising evolved

excitable excited experiential exploring

flexible humble information hunting innovative

integrating interested intrepid involved

leaders learners life-long learners listeners

networkers open-minded passionate persevering

persistent pioneering positive probing

process-orientedprocess-oriented

questioners reflective

relationship builders relentless resilient seize opportunities

simpatico team-oriented venturesome visionary

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What is different?

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What is different?

“It's not the ideas or descriptors that are different- the WORLD is different...” - Kristin Hokanson, technology integration mentor, Upper Merion PA

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What is different?


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What is different?


“...the manifestation of what those words look like in practice is different.” - Chris Lehmann , principal of Science Learning Academy, Philadelphia PA

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Change in Practice

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy

Information literacy

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy


Personal learning environments

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy



Workflow

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy



Workflow

Learning momentum

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Change in Practice

Collaboration

Community Building

Metacognition

Global Awareness

Relevance

Visual Literacy



Workflow

Learning momentum

Continual & personal professional development

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Tools Facilitating Change

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Web 2.0

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web

User generated content

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive

social networking sites

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive


blogs

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive


blogs

wikis

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive


blogs

wikis

podcasts

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive


blogs

wikis

podcasts

newsreaders

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Web 2.0

Read/Write Web


Social

Driven by RSS

Interactive


blogs

wikis

podcasts

newsreaders

photo/video sharing

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Wikis and Blogs

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To see video, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNW0ptfyzOM


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Social Networking

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Podcasts

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Newsreaders

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Photosharing

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Videosharing

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Apple

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Google

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A note for administrators...

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Determine flexible but responsible policy

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Develop an “elevator pitch”

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Prevent censorship by educating your consituency

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Prevent censorship by educating your consituency

Support change

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Just one thing....

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Thanks to Julene Reed of St. George’s School for assorted slides!

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