21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

Making the Shift

IT IS ALREADY THE 21 S T CENTURY

Are we there?

Will it be easy?

Does it happen by itself?

Is it the same thing we did when we were in

school?

WHAT IS 21 S T CENTURY EDUCATION

It is bold

It breaks the mold

It is flexible

It is creative

It is challenging

It is complex

Scott McLeod

FROM “HERE” TO “THERE”

According to Dr. Douglas Kellner at UCLA this

technological revolution will have a greater impact

on society than the transition from an oral to a print

culture.

Today's kindergarteners (in 2008) will be retiring

in the year 2067

21ST CENTURY SKILLS

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Collaboration across Networks and Leading by Influence

Agility and Adaptability

Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

Effective Oral and Written Communication

Accessing and Analyzing Information

Curiosity and Imagination

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FACTORY MODEL

Textbook-driven

Teacher-centered

Paper and pencil

One Way, One Answer

Drill and Kill

NEW DEFINITIONS

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.

Teacher – From primary role as a dispenser of

information to orchestrator of learning and helping

students turn information into knowledge, and

knowledge into wisdom.

LEARNER

In the past a learner was a young person who went

to school, spent a specified amount of time in certain

courses, received passing grades and graduated.

Today?

LEARNER - FIRST

We must maintain student interest by helping them

see how what they are learning prepares them for

life in the real world.

LEARNER - SECOND

We must instill curiosity, which is fundamental to

lifelong learning.

LEARNER - THIRD

We must be flexible in how we teach!

LEARNER - FOURTH

We must excite learners to become even more

resourceful so that they will continue to learn

outside the formal school day.

Time – based

Focus: memorization of discrete facts

Bloom’s Taxonomy – Knowledge,

comprehension, and Application.

Textbook-driven

Passive Learning

Isolation

Teacher-Centered

Fragmented Curriculum

Grades averaged

Outcome – based

Focus: What students know, can do and are

like after all the details are forgotten

Bloom’s Taxonomy – synthesis, analysis,

and evaluation (and more)

Research-driven

Active Learning

Collaboratively (Globally even)

Student-centered

Integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum

Grades based on what was learned

(benchmarks)

2 0 T H C E N T U RY C L A SS R O O M V S.

2 1 S T C E N T U RY C L A SS R O O M

TECHNOLOGY?

Not Once has the word computers been used in

this presentation yet.

Myth 21st Century Education is Computer Training.

“DIGITAL NATIVES” VS. “D IG ITAL IMMIGRANTS”

entire lives have been immersed in the 21st century media culture

digital learners – they literally take in the world via the filter of

computing devices:  the cellular phones, handheld gaming devices,

PDAs, and laptops they take everywhere, plus the computers, TVs,

and game consoles at home

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found that young people (ages

8-18) mainline electronic media for more than six hours a day, on

average.  Many are multitasking – listening to music while surfing

the Web or instant-messaging friends while playing a video game. 

EVEN TODDLERS

ASSESSMENT

Supports a balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing

along with effective classroom formative and summative assessments

Emphasizes useful feedback on student performance that is embedded into

everyday learning

Requires a balance of technology-enhanced, formative and summative

assessments that measure student mastery of 21st century skills

Enables development of portfolios of student work that demonstrate mastery of

21st century skills to educators and prospective employers

Enables a balanced portfolio of measures to assess the educational system’s

effectiveness at reaching high levels of student competency in 21st century skills

HOW ARE WE ASSESSING?

Are we assessing?

Is it effective?

Is it working?

What does the assessment tell us?

AS OF TODAY

This screen listed students who are struggling, and

we talked about how can we help them