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Bob Pearlman
Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Initiative (TSTEM)
March 29, 2006
21st Century High Schools:
The New Tech High School Model
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Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Initiative (TSTEM)
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“Results That Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform”
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Improving high schools requires the nation to redefine “rigor” to encompass not just mastery of core academic subjects, but also mastery of 21st century skills and content. Rigor must reflect all the results that matter for all high school graduates today. Today’s graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers and effective communicators who are proficient in both core subjects and new, 21st century content and skills. These 21st century skills include learning and thinking skills, information and communications technology literacy skills, and life skills.
-- March 24, 2006
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Small and Smaller: The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, March 4, 2004
Globalization 1.0
From the late 1800's to World War I, was driven by falling transportation costs, thanks to the steamship and the railroad. shrank the world from a size large to a size medium.
Globalization 2.0
From the 1980's to 2000, was based on falling telecom costs and the PC, and shrank the world from a size medium to a size small.
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Small and Smaller: The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, March 4, 2004
•Third, the convergence of a variety of software applications — from e-mail, to Google, to Microsoft Office, to specially designed outsourcing programs — that, when combined with all those PC's and bandwidth, made it possible to
create global "work-flow platforms."
Globalization 3.0
Produced by three forces:
•Massive installation of undersea fiber-optic cable and bandwidth (thanks to the dot-com bubble) that have made it possible to globally transmit and store huge amounts of data for almost nothing.
•Second, the diffusion of PC's around the world.
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“ … the winners will be those most adept at marshaling the creativity and skills of workers around the world.”
-- Business Week, March 21, 2005
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What are the key questions for building schools of the future?
What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st century?
What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning?
What assessments for learning, school-based and national, foster student learning, engagement, and self-direction?
What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21st century student learning?
How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?
knowledge and skills
curricula
assessments
facilities
technology
London Challenge Visualization, November 2004
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What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st Century?
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SCANS U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
COMPETENCIES - Effective workers can productively use:
Resources - allocating time, money, materials, space and staff.
Interpersonal Skills - working on teams, teaching others, serving customers, leading, negotiating, and working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Information - acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communication, and using computers to process information.
Systems - understanding social, organizational and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and designing or improving systems.
Technology - selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks, and maintaining and troubleshooting technologies.
FOUNDATIONS - Competence requires:
Basic Skills - reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking and listening.
Thinking Skills - thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning.
Personal Qualities - individual responsibilities, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity.
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Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
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http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
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New Technology HS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• TECHNOLOGY LITERACY
• COLLABORATION
• CRITICAL THINKING
• ORAL COMMUNICATION
• WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
• CAREER PREPARATION
• CITIZENSHIP AND ETHICS
• CURRICULAR LITERACY (CONTENT STANDARDS)
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What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning? And what does schooling look like?
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Teachers talk and students listen.
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21st Century High Schools The teacher has a monopoly on information
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Students learn by not doing
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How do we get them here?
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New Technology High SchoolNapa, California
http://www.newtechhigh.org/
Integrating technology into every class
Interdisciplinary and project-based
Internship class consisting of classroom curriculum and work-based learning in regional companies
Digital Portfolio
http://www.newtechfoundation.org/
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At the core is a student centered, project and problem based
teaching strategy that is tied to both content standards and
school wide learning outcomes.
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Project- and Problem-Based LearningKeys to 21st Century Learning
To learn collaboration, work in teams.
To learn critical thinking, take on complex problems.
To learn oral communication, present.
To learn written communication, write.
To learn technology, use technology.
To develop citizenship, take on civic and global issues.
To learn about careers, do internships.
To learn content, research and do all of the above.
NTHS teachers start each unit by throwing students into a realistic or real-world project that both engages interest and generates a list of things the student need to know. Projects are designed to tackle complex problems, requiring critical thinking. New Tech’s strategy is simple:
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Each unit begins when students are presented with a complex, standards-based problem
Students form a team, develop a work contract and build a work plan
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Students get to work!
Students are provided an online briefcase specific to the project with information, resources, links and
assessment criteria that help guide them.
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Students Need To Know
Student questions and “need to knows” drive classroom lectures and activities. Sometimes for the whole class … sometime for just
one student
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Students experiment and apply learning
Students test their ideas and experiment to find solutions and breakthroughs while receiving ongoing
feedback from instructors.
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Students get back to work!
Students work and collaborate in a business-like environment, where they know their deliverables and
have the technology tools to do their jobs.
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Students prepare to present
Students work on building presentations to repre-sent their work and defend their solutions
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Students present their solutions!
Students present ideas through debates, skits, panels, presentations, etc… where their work is evaluated by peers,
teachers, parents, and community
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CURRICULUM INTEGRATION
POLITICAL STUDIESGovernment/EconomicsPolitical Literature2 teachers, 45-50 students,
meeting for 2 hour blocks each day SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
Algebra IIPhysics
AMERICAN STUDIESUnited States History American Literature
COMMUNICATION STUDIES9TH Grade Language ArtsDrama
GLOBAL STUDIESWorld History and Civilizations10th Grade Language Arts
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College Courses and Internships•Major impact on high school performance
•Major impact on Post-secondary success
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PersonalizationProjectsExhibitionsDigital Portfolios InternshipsTechnology
Transform the Secondary School Student Experience!
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What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21st century student learning?
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Schools as Workplaces for
21st Century Students
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FACILITIES FRAMEWORK
Large classrooms that allow for team teaching, computers,
group work and creates an environment that reflects
school’s purpose.
Technology infrastructure to support 1:1 computer
ratios
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How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?
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TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
FOR …
Learning
Curriculum
Communication
Assessment
Scalability*
• Computerized Tutorials• On-Line Curriculum
• E-Library• Academic Systems
• Document Libraries• Project Design Template
• Project Standardization• Digital Textbooks
• Student E-Mail• Parent E-Bulletin
• Online Curriculum• Internship Coordination
• Digital Gradebooks• Student Journals
• Collaboration Database• Learning Logs
• PBL Unit Library• Customizable Templates
• Support Databases• Account Management
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TOOLS: PROJECT BRIEFCASE
The Project Briefcase allows teachers to put all project materials in one spot for easy student access and to share with other teachers.
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CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
The Project Library allows teachers in our
network of schools to
search, view and download
projects that other teachers
have found successful.
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TOOLS: COURSE AGENDA
The Course Agenda helps keep complicated projects organized.
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Teachers enter activities for each day including links to resources and homework assignments.
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TOOLS: PRESENTATION EVALUATION DATABASE
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Use technology to create a collaborative learning environment and a Learning Community
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RESULTS THAT MATTERPost-Secondary Success
In 2005, Rockman et al conducted a six-month study of Napa New Technology High School (NTHS) alumni (8 graduating classes since opening in 1996). The study gathered feedback from NTHS graduates regarding their postsecondary education and/or career, 21st Century skills, knowledge and use of technology, and on what they valued most about their NTHS experience:
•89% of the responding alumni attended a 2-year or 4-year college/university or professional or technical institute.
•92% of respondents have applied some or a great deal of what they learned at NTHS to their postsecondary education or career.
•96% of the respondents would choose to attend NTHS again.
•40% of the alumni respondents were either majoring in STEM fields or were working in STEM professions.
High School Success
New Tech High School students graduate with a mastery of 21st Century knowledge and skills, prepared for college, career, and citizenship. New Tech High School uses multiple measures to assess student performance and school accountability, including measures of student engagement, academic success, 21st Century skills, and post-secondary success. NTHS Results that Matter shows high school success data on student achievement, 21st Century Skills, graduation requirements, graduation rates, post-secondary enrollments and STEM Careers, Recognitions, and NTHS Network School Success .
www.newtechfoundation.org/articles.html
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New Technology High School Grads:» Powerful» Articulate» Self-Directed» Collaborative» Leaders & Entrepreneurs
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A School Development Organization
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NETWORK PROGRESS
Portland
Anchorage
New Orleans(2)
Chicago
DenverNorthernCalifornia (8)
North Carolina (6)Los Angeles (4)
Texas (1)
2006/2007 School Year2006/2007 School Year
2005/2006 School Year2005/2006 School Year
N. EugeneKlamath
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NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Study Tours and Visits(late September March)
http://www.newtechfoundation.org
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New Technology High Network Schools -- current
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA New Technology High School, Napa Anderson New Technology High School, Anderson Technology High School, Rohnert Park Mare Island Technology (MIT) Academy High School, Vallejo Sacramento New Technology High School, Sacramento Marin School of Arts and Technology, Novato Leonardo DaVinci High School, Davis Castlemont Business & Information Technology School, Oakland
OREGON: BizTech High School, Portland, Oregon
ALASKA: Highland Tech High, Anchorage, Alaska
LOUISIANA New Orleans New Technology High School, New Orleans Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Jefferson Parish
COLORADO: Welby New Technology High School, Mapleton School District
CHICAGO: Little Village Infinity Math, Science and Technology High School
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New Technology High Network Schools – Starting 2006-7
TEXAS Akins New Tech High School, Austin
OREGON Riverside New Tech, Klamath Falls School of IDEAS (Industry, Design, Engineering and Science), Eugene
NORTH CAROLINA Camtech High School, Camden Cherokee New Technology High School, Cherokee East Wake HS of Integrated Technology, Wendell CMS New Technology High School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Information Technology HS, Accelerated Learning Academy, Robeson County Math, Science, and Technology High School, Laurinburg
LOS ANGELES Los Angeles School of Global Studies, Local District #4 New Technology High School for Environmental Studies, Local District #4 Jefferson New Technology High School for Student Empowerment, Local District #5 Jordan New Technology High School, Local District #7
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Contact Information
New Technology Foundation
Susan Schilling - CEO
www.newtechfoundation.org
707-253-4287
1746 Yajome
Napa, CA 94559
Bob Pearlman
Director of Strategic Planning
www.bobpearlman.org
520-881-9965
PowerPoint Slides at www.bobpearlman.org/texas2.htm