21st Century Education

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A 21st Century Education

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A 21st Century Education

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Traditional classroom model

We get a lot of this...

and some of this...

but very little of this...

Source: Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University

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But what if this was our classroom...

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What prevents this from happening? 

Tremendous amount of constraint in education

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Kids lives are filled with constantly changing pieces

Schools

Classes

Interests

Extracurriculars

Grade Levels

FriendsBoyfriends

Clothing Style

Music

Girlfriends

Food

Entertainment

Responbilities

ExpectationsAuthoritative Figures

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A Vision of Students Today (mwesch)

Complete 49% of readings assigned -- only 26% of which were deemed relevant to

life 

Will read 8 books, 2,300 Web pages,and 1,281 Facebook profiles per year

 Will write 42 pages for class

and 500 pages of email

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A Day in the Life of a Student Today...

7 hours sleeping1.5 hours watching TV

3.5 hours online2.5 hours listening to

music2 hours talking on the cell

phone3 hours in class2 hours eating2 hours work3 hours study

  

 26.5 hours

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Did You Know 3.0• The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004

 • Today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38 (US Dept

of Labor) • 1 in 4 workers have been with their current employer for less

than a year • 200 million registers users in MySpace, 5th largest country in

world • 31 billion Google searches per month

 • 4 exabytes (4.0 x 10^19) of unique information will be

generated each year • By 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational

capabilities of the entire human species

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Social media depends on interactions between people as the discussion and

integration of words builds shared-meaning (source: netlingo.com)

Social Media - so·cial me·dia - \ˈsō-shəl ˈmē-dē-ə\- noun - Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information

Social media is an educational tool

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IncorporateWeb 2.0projects

Generate content

on Moodle

Connect and Network

Students need to take ownership

over their educations

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Creativity provides leadership for the community

 

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Watch podcasts on TED.com

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Follow experts on Twitter

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Connect with Skype & iChat

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Join a workgroup online

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Work with your teacher and create a Ning or Wiki for a topic

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Make a Voicethread for study sessions

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Rethink Knowledge

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