Learning in the

21st century

classroom?!

What does learning in the 21st

Century Classroom mean?

What does learning in the 21st

Century Classroom look like?

What should learning in the 21st

Century Classroom look like?

Your thoughts

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Technology

is becoming

embedded

http://www.flickr.com/photos/86251769@N00/438190053

It’s a way of life!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00/2796862756

Mobile(s) (devices) are here to stay

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48600091327@N01/4569922802

But...

Are we welcoming technology in

the Classroom?

Digital dissonance

http://www.flickr.com/photos/futurestreet/3334257292/ (CC BY 2.0)

Digital Natives?

Digital

Visitors

or

Digital

Residents White & Le Cornu

“Learners do not appear ‘to see beyond’

the immediately obvious functionality of

the technology and there is little evidence

of transfer” Clark et al, 2008, p.68

“To possess the machines,

[they] only need economic

capital; to appropriate them

and use them in accordance

with their specific purpose

[they] must have access to

embodied cultural capital,

either in person or by proxy”

Pierre Bourdieu

1986

Digital literacies defines those who exhibit

a critical understanding and capability for

living, learning, and working in the digital

society. JISC, 2013

Within Curriculum for Excellence

literacy is defined as:

the set of skills which allows an individual to engage

fully in society and in learning, through the different

forms of language, and the range of texts, which

society values and finds useful.

Literacy across learning: principles and practice

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/16155220/13

What is our role in cultivating cultural

capital in a world mediated by

technology?

Curriculum innovation to drive

technology

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/5861614/sizes/l/

*Not* technology to drive the

curriculum

Where to begin?

... with the end!

What are pupils to achieve?

How are pupils to engage with

their learning?

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Any technology tends to

create a new human

environment... Technological

environments are not merely

passive containers of people

but are active processes that

reshape people and other

technologies alike.

M. Mcluhan, 1962

Authentic learning requires

authentic assessment

Changing assessment changing the way learners communicate their learning

Technology can support that

process...

... but cannot replace it!

as a book? ~Michael Coghlan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearsandrain/3526002850/in/faves-

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beyond the pdf...

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Embedded

Moving

beyond

the

classroom

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from consumer to co-producer

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prosumer

learner centred

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social

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The role of the teacher?

creating contexts

for learning

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The digital classroom is a mind-set!

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Examples from the classroom

“I use twitter as a “recap of the day” and, at the same time, a

chilling out period.”

http://www.anadominguez.org/blog/twitter/

@Anadz

Developing digital

literacies

Sharing!

Documenting!

http://www.anadominguez.org/

Google Lit Trips: bringing stories to life

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

http://youtu.be/dkaQztcVWEA

Storytelling with voicethread

the tourist guide

a webquest http://knowmansland.com/etivities/going_around_lisbon_tp.htm

Valentine’s day An All-Skills Valentine Podcast

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setting challenges

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Project based

learning

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Promoting forms of inquiry

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72211347@N00/327122302#

Encouraging

collaboration

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Unlocking potential

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CfE

4 capacities

Confident

Individuals

Effective

Contributors

Responsible

Citizens

Responsible

Citizens

with

•self respect

•a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing

•secure values and beliefs

and able to

•relate to others and manage themselves

•pursue a healthy and active lifestyle

•be self aware

•develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world

•live as independently as they can

•assess risk and take informed decisions

•achieve success in different areas of activity

Confident individuals

Effective

Contributors

Successful learners

Responsible

Citizens

Responsible

Citizens

with

•enthusiasm and motivation for learning

•determination to reach high standards of achievement

•openness to new thinking and ideas

and able to

•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills

•use technology for learning

•think creatively and independently

•learn independently and as part of a group

•make reasoned evaluations

•link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations

Confident

Individuals

Effective Contributors

Responsible

Citizens

Responsible

Citizens

with

•an enterprising attitude

•resilience

•self-reliance

and able to

•communicate in different ways and different settings

•work in partnership and in terms (again, are you sure this

isn't teams?)

•take the initiative and lead

•apply critical thinking in new concepts

•create and develop

•solve problems

Responsible

Citizens

Responsible Citizens with

•respect for others

•commitment to participate responsibly in political,

economic, social and cultural life

and able to

•develop knowledge and understanding of the world and

Scotland's place in it

•understand different beliefs and cultures

•make informed choices and decisions

•evaluate environmental, scientific and technological

issues

•develop informed, ethical views of complex issues

Digital learning

what does the future hold?

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Your thoughts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91903883@N00/2385264019

The best way to predict the

future is to invent it.

~ Alan Kay, 1971

NMC Horizon Report - 2013 K-12 Edition

http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-k12

Cloud computing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23697075@N03/3983719036

Mobile learning

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32511838@N06/4669872860

Learning analytics

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Open Content

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In short...

It’s people…

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…talking

Jeff Jarvis, 2013

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…connecting!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28541331@N00/5659594528

…sharing!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33128961@N00/142455033

…participating!

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Image and quote by Dean Shareski http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/2655113202/in/pool-858082@N25 (CC BY-NC 2.0)

And...

...we need to start with ourselves!

Other topics on the radar:

- Digital Literacies

- Digital Citizenship

- Learning Design

- Networked Learning

- Games Based Learning

- Mobile Learning

- e-Safety

- etc.