Technology:

Gifted Students and

21st Century Learning

Cindy Sheetscindysheets@smsd.org

Ginger Lewmangingertplc@gmail.com

• What brought you here today?• What are you hoping to take away

from this workshop?• How many attended one of our

sessions yesterday?• Plan to set some goals for yourself –

what will you do when you return to work?

• Purpose–Provide you with words,

phrases, and resources that you need in order to advocate

Change is the law of life.

And those who look only to

the past or present

are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy

Kids are Different

Brain Research

Connectivity

Rip Van Winkle

What does this mean for you and your learning community?

No generation in history has ever been so

thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/02/16/happy-birthday-jude/

Knocking

Down the

4 Walls

Shift Happens

Did You Know? 4.0

Shelfari

• http://www.shelfari.com/groups/38463/about

BGBefore Google

Social Media Count

http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/

OLPC

One laptop per child

TED TalksTechnology, Entertainment, Design

Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers - - - - for free

Berkeley, MIT, Stanford Learning no longer bell-bound

Pause & PonderPause & Ponder

Take a BreakTake a Break

21st Century Skills

Process not Product

“We teach a subject not to produce little living libraries on that subject,

but rather to get a student to think mathematically for himself, to consider

matters as an historian does, to take part in the process of knowledge-

getting. Knowing is a process, not a product.”

(Bruner, 1966, p. 72)

Core Subjects

Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century.

Moving Beyond the Basicsbeyond a focus on basic

competency in core subjects

to promoting understanding at much higher levels

by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:

•Global Awareness•Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy•Health Literacy•Civics Literacy

Global, Economic . . .Global, Economic . . .

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Sept. 10, 2008 – Creating a 21st century education system that prepares students, workers and citizens to triumph in the global skills race is the central economic competitiveness issue currently facing the United States, according to a new report released by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Learning & InnovationThis will separate students who are

prepared for increasingly

complex life and work environments in

the 21st century,

and those who are not - -

A focus on creativity,

critical thinking, communication and

collaboration is essential to prepare

students for the future.

Collaboration – Collaboration – CooperationCooperation

3 Steps

Sir Ken Robinson - Creativity

Information, Media & Technology• In our world . . .

– technology and media-suffused environment

– access to an abundance of information

– rapid changes in technology tools

– ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale.

•Information Literacy

•Media Literacy•Information, Communication & Technology Literacy

Information LiteracyWhen they know how to access data, they are better able navigate the

vast data ocean that surrounds our world. evaluate that data, to make sense of it, thus turning it into information. effectively use information, in order to convert it into useful knowledge.

Information literacy has a truly transformative effect, one that makes possible the acquisition of other skills necessary for 21st century life.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills White Paper

Life and Career

Skills

“What we resolve to do in school only makes

sense when considered in the broader context

of what the society intends to accomplish through its educational

investment in the young.”

Jerome S. Bruner, The Culture of

Education

21st Century Teachers

Who’s the expert?

“We live in a time of such rapid change and growth of knowledge that only he who is in a fundamental sense a scholar – that is, a person

who continues to learn and inquire – can hope to keep

pace, let alone play the role of guide.”

Nathan M. Pusey,

The Age of the Scholar

The lines are beginning to blur between teacher and student

Student – Learner - Teacher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2Iv5D10Bs

.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills White Paper

Students may speak “technology” with

greater fluency than their digital immigrant

parents, but they do not always do so

with . . .

as much sophistication as they imagine,

as much wisdom as their parents would wish,

or as much competence

as their teachers

would like

Web 2.0

The Internet is not JUST a Library

New technologies provide access to a vast array of information, including digital libraries, real-

world data for analysis, and connections to other people who provide information, feedback, and inspiration, all of which can enhance the learning of teachers

and administrators as well as students. (p.xix)

How People Learn

by Bransford, Brown and Cocking (1999)

Here Comes Everybody

By Clay Shirky

Instutitions vs. Collaboration

Podcasting

Our City

Audacity

Tools• Skype http://www.skype.com• Wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/

http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki• Blogs http://www.classblogmeister.com/• Social Networks Nings

http://giftededucation.ning.com/http://www.classroom20.com/

• Social Bookmarking http://delicious.com/• http://www.diigo.com/• Podcasting • Moodle http://moodle.com

• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

Google Tools

• Google Docs http://docs.google.com

• Wonder Wheel

• Google Squared http://www.google.com/squared

• Other Google options

http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

Take a break

What would you like to ask students who are working and living in a technology

rich environment?

Change Can Be Difficult

Become a powerful advocate for change

Share your knowledge and passion

Showcase your work

and student’s work

Have High Expectation

s

Use All Available Resources

And be sure to gather a support group . . .

What do you need to change in yourself, your

school and your community in order to

achieve, embrace, encourage the potential

of technology?

What are the implications for traditional high ability/gifted programs

in our schools?

As a result of today’s workshop, what are your goals as you return to work?

What can reasonably expect to accomplish in the next 6 months? How much time to you have to commit to the digital diet?

How are you going to start the process of achieving those goals? What needs to be accomplished?

Who are you going to connect with that will help support you in the journey?

In science, the most

exciting expression

isn’t ‘Eureka!’

It’s ‘Huh?’

– Michael Hawley