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Page 1: 21 st Century Teaching for 21 st Century Students Brad Fountain Discovery Education

21st Century Teaching for 21st Century Students

Brad FountainDiscovery Education

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“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

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

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

December 18, 2006

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Who are 21st Century Learners?

• As large in number as Baby Boomers

• Consumers- $150 billion annually

• Digital Media Users – 6 ½ hrs daily (Exposed to 8 ½ hours)

• Multi-taskers: online - phone - print

• Hyper-Communicators -socially & civically

• Gamers-interactive learning

• Risk-Takers

– Depersonalization

• Pursuers of ongoing education

• Futurists & Optimistic

• IQ is up by 17 points between 1947-2001 with most gains post 1972

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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

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Meet My Little GirlNameAlex

Age3 1/2

About AlexAlex has never been satisfied with simply watching characters on TV. She craves interaction with her world. As a result of growing up in a digital world her brain is wired differently.

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The long rise of IQs:

“genes have profited from…strong feedback loops between performance and environment”

“enhanced problem solving skills have become necessary to fully enjoy enjoy our leisure activity”

“unexpected and massive gains”

Nov. 2007, James Flynn, Scientific American

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•A research-based synthesis consisting of 30

years of educational research indicates:

– participation in social practice is a fundamental form

of learning

– learning is increased by a diversity of cultural

experience and community participation

Brown, Ann L, Cocking, Rodney R & Bransford , John D. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington: National Academies Press, 2000.

How People Learn

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What Are 21st Century Students Missing?

• Critical Thinking

– Reflection

– Evaluation

– Linear Processing

– Personal Communication

– Meaningful Persistence

– Formal processes

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Workforce Survey:

“Are They Really Ready to Work?”

Why 21st Century Skills?

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.

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Why 21st Century Skills?

What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate?

Work Ethic 80%

Collaboration 75%

Good Communication 70%

Social Responsibility 63%

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 58%

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Why 21st Century Skills?

Of the High School Students that you recently hired, what were their deficiencies?

Written Communication 81%

Leadership 73%

Work Ethic 70%

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 70%

Self-Direction 58%

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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 94.4%

Professional/Work Ethic 93.8%

Written Communication 93.1%

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 93.1%

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Why 21st Century Skills?

What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years?

Critical Thinking 78%

I.T. 77%

Health & Wellness 76%

Collaboration 74%

Innovation 74%

Personal Financial Responsibility 72%

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So What Does this Mean for Teachers and Schools?

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“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

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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

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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

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         Aliteracy Poem

Mrs. Thompson's second graders are amazing! The principal says they can comprehend anything--Even a medical textbook.Mrs. Thompson's second graders are incredible! The superintendent says their oral reading is completely seamless--Like the gentle flow of an eternal spring.Mrs. Thompson's second graders are fantastic!The PTA president says they finished the reading workbook and the phonics workbook before the end of the Third Quarter. Mrs. Thompson's second graders worry me.You see, I'm the aide who works in Mrs. Thompson's classroom,And I know something that others don't.Mrs. Thompson's second graders don't like to read.

Poetry for Literacy Teachers from "Life's Literacy Lessons" by Steven L. Layne. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. 2001

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Being Literate Today Means…

• 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

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20th Century vs. 21st Century Learning20th 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

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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.

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-John Seely Brown

Search Engines moving toward video

• Four week period ending June 24, 2006• 23,696 searches sent traffic to video sites• Four week period ending June 23, 2007• 110,775 searches sent traffic to video sites

Hitwise, Phil Butler, profy.com

YouTubeother sites

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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

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What will the future hold?

Future Forces Affecting Education

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Putting it into practice.

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Where do I Start?

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0

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Tools of the Trade• Online Collaborations

– Blogs– Wikis– Google Docs/Spreadsheets– Skype– Flickr

• Digital Storytelling– Photostory 3– Movie Maker 2– Adobe Premiere Elements/iMovie– Audacity– Freeplay Music

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Tools of the Trade

• Google Earth• Podcasts • VoiceThread• Slideshare• NewsMap• Toondoo• Surveys

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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

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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

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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

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Some good reads…• Blogs

– 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

• Books– 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

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What Will You Do to Make A Difference?

Brad Fountain

[email protected]