21st Century Skills Leadership and Learning in the 21st Century
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21 st Century Skills Leadership and Learning in the 21 st Century
Transcript of 21st Century Skills Leadership and Learning in the 21st Century
21st Century Skills
Leadership and Learning in
the 21st Century
Technology Disclaimer
“The digital tools used during the course of
the NCDPI trainings have been helpful to
some educators across the state.
However, due to the rapidly changing
digital environment, NCDPI does not
represent nor endorse that these tools are
the exclusive digital tools for the purposes
outlined during the NCDPI trainings.”
• Draw the 21st Century Learner
Activate Prior Knowledge
At the end of this session
participants will…
• Explore the 4Cs (communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity) as 21st Century skills
• Consider the 7 Habits of Highly-Effective Tech-Leading Principals
• Review the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System standards to understand the role 21st Century skills play in professional growth
• Discover and explore tools to support your professional growth and develop your PLN
New School
Hopeful
Skeptic Old
School
Are You Old School or New School? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/teachers/#3
New School
Hopeful
Skeptic Old
School
Old School You're not convinced that
technology is the answer
to the challenges educators
face today. You see the future
of education as continuing in the
tradition that has been established
by previous generations.
Are You Old School or New School? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/teachers/#3
New School You're enthusiastic about digital
technology as a tool for
transforming education, and
you support collaborative,
student-centered
approaches to learning.
Hopeful You know that technology can
engage students in learning and
help teachers transmit the
knowledge and skills
students
need for a well-rounded
education.
Skeptic The quality of instruction is
what matters most.
Student- centered
approaches really
make a difference in
improving learning.
Technology isn't really
the solution here.
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Top: Core Content & Outcomes
21st Century Skills...Why?
• communication
• collaboration
• critical thinking
• creativity
What are the 4 C's?
SUPER SKILLS
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Task #1
• Watch the video through the lens of your
“C.”
– Collaboration
– Communication
– Creative Thinking
– Critical Thinking
• Record examples of your “C.” http://bit.ly/Lhm0xL
Interactive Stations
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Task #2
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• On the top half of your sheet, compile your
thoughts.
• Choose a recorder and a reporter to
document and share your work.
Task #3
http://bit.ly/MxVqBZ
• On the bottom half of your paper, think
about what you have learned about your
“C.” What is another station the teacher
could add to provide another opportunity for
students to explore your “C?”
How does
This “tie”
into the
North Carolina
Teacher
Evaluation
Instrument?
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Making Connections
“Learning and innovation skills are
what separate students who are
prepared for increasingly complex
life and work environments in the
21st century and those who are not."
Principal's Evaluation Handbook (p. 13) citation)
What might this
video say about
us as 21st
Century
professionals?
Above and Beyond
How does
This “tie”
into the
North Carolina
Teacher
Evaluation
Instrument?
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Making Connections
-adapted from quote by Jay Baer
"The changes in classrooms are
not big moves on the chess board;
they are little moves made every
day that eventually add up to a
major shift."
Tools and Resources
• Examples of 21st Century Classrooms
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZjZd
• Becoming a 21st Century School or District: Using the 4Cs
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-leadership-
overview-ken-kay
• P21 Milestones for Improving Learning in Education (MILE)
Guide
http://p21.org/storage/documents/MILE_Guide_091101.pdf
• Revisit the 21st Century Learner
Sticky Activity & Break
Webinar Protocol
Active Engagement
and Technology
What have teachers always needed?
What? How?
Engaging Learners
• How do we engage learners?
• What makes a learning experience
engaging for you?
• Think about your own
school/district…
• Share an example of a time when
you experienced students actively
engaged in their learning.
http://bit.ly/MwUF90
Are “what” and “how” enough?
Content Pedagogy
What’s Missing?
?
Three Types of Knowledge
Hook Stations
• What characteristics do you see that mirror our
earlier discussion about actively engaging
students?
• If you were conducting a post-observation
conference with this teacher, what might you
suggest she do to incorporate technology into an
existing station, or what resources do you have to
share where she could explore some ideas for
incorporating technology into a new station?
Pedagogical Knowledge
Knowing...
Who the learners are.
Why you're teaching a certain topic,
concept or skill.
Where the lessons are going to take you.
How to teach.
Content Knowledge
• Within a given field, knowing...
o Central Facts
o Concepts
o Theories
o Procedures
A Memorable Class
Technology Knowledge
• Standard Technology
o Books, paper, and chalkboards
o More recent technologies like the internet and digital
video
• Digital Technology
o Operating systems and computer hardware
o Software tools like word processors, spreadsheets,
presentation software, web browsers, email, etc.
o Source: www.tpack.org
Technology in Education
One reflects knowledge…...
...the other builds knowledge.
Table Activity
• Create a Venn Diagram with a circle for
content knowledge, pedagogical
knowledge, and technological
knowledge.
• Review Standard IV of the Teacher
Evaluation Instrument and write the
elements in your diagram where they fit
best.
The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective Tech-Leading
Principals
Leadership and Learning in
the 21st Century
“…the most successful implementation
of technology programs takes place in
schools where the principal sees him or
herself as a technology leader.”
http://bit.ly/NtOVy1
The Journal June/July 2012
“The principal who models the behaviors
of a technology will inspire innovation
much more effectively than a principal
who simply requires that teachers use
technology, collaborate, or take risks.”
Jigsaw Activity
• Number on Notecard
corresponds to your habit
• Read your habit (3 minutes)
• Meet with your group to share
insights (5 minutes)
• Choose a spokesperson to
share three big ideas that
emerged.
http://bit.ly/Mx19q9
Read Habit 1
“If we’re not trying new
things, we’re not learning.”
- Eric Sheninger,
Principal – New
Milford High School,
New Milford, NJ
Standard III: Cultural Leadership
Inspiring Innovation
• Penzu: Reflect on where your
school is and what you want it
to be.
• My Tymz: iPad alternative
with much of the same
functionality.
• What steps do you need to
take to get there?
How do I get
from where I
am to where
I want the
school to
be?
Find a Job-Alike Partner
• Share your vision for where you want your
school to be and the steps you need to take
to get there.
http://bit.ly/LS5e9s
Read Habit 2
“If the adults in the building
aren’t collaborating with
each other and having open
conversations using tools
like Twitter, then it’s not
going to translate down to
our students.”
- Patrick Larkin Principal – Burlington High
School, Burlington, MA
Standard III: Cultural Leadership
Standard III: Cultural Leadership
Deciphering Twitter
The Power of Twitter
• #21cprin
Who to Follow…
Hashtags to Know
• #edchat
• #ntchat
• #ncadmin
• #edtech
• #cpchat
• The A-Z Dictionary of Educational Twitter Hashtags
Sheninger’s Recommendations
• Connected Principals: Community and
resources for principals.
• The Educator’s PLN: Digital discussion
forum with more than 9,000 educators.
• Administrators discussion group at
Edutopia.
• edWeb.net: Connect with colleagues in
education.
• ASCD EDge: A professional networking
community for educators.
Habit 3
Create an
Atmosph
ere that
Inspires
Innovatio
n…
http://bit.ly/MwZUay
Be Open to New Ideas…
Read Habit 3
“It’s the principal’s job to
get everybody in the
school involved and
invested in a new vision for
the school and to
demonstrate to them that
their input is valued.”
- Lyn Hilt, Principal – Brecknock
Elementary School,
Denver, PA
Standard VII: Micro-Political
Leadership
Using Skype?
• How are you or your teachers already using
Skype or other video software to connect to
others?
Skype an Author Network
• Skype an Author Network provides k-12
educators with a 21st century format for
connecting authors, books, and young
readers through virtual visits.
• One option is free and provides a 10-15
minute author session.
• Search the Skype an Author Network list of
children’s authors who are in the network.
Habit 4
Foster
collabora
tion
http://bit.ly/MQWi5l
Be a Connected Learner
Yourself…
Read Habit 4
“If I can pinpoint the
catalyst for all the change
and transformation that’s
taken place in my school,
none of it happened until I
became a connected
learner.”
- Eric Sheninger Principal – New Milford
High School, New Milford,
NJ
Standard I: Strategic Leadership
• “If it is important to my
principal, it is important to me
and to my colleagues. If my
principal doesn’t make a big
deal of an initiative, then
neither are we.”
– NC Educator
Getting Started…
Surf the Tools
• 10 minutes to surf
• Choose a new tool
• Check it out
• Think about how you might
suggest a teacher use this tool
in your school
http://bit.ly/KYzSS0
Six-Step Partner
• Find a six-step partner with
whom you have not worked
today.
• Next, discuss a tool you
explored that you would like to
know more about.
http://goo.gl/Vb2g8
Habit 5
Foster
collabora
tion
Locate and Provide
Adequate Resources…
http://bit.ly/OngP4S
Read Habit 5
“When you speak with tech-
leading principals, they will
tell you that it’s not
fundamentally about the
technology. It’s about the
technology supporting what
the learning goals are.”
- Patrick Larkin Principal – Burlington High
School, Burlington, MA
Standard I: Strategic Leadership
Standard II: Instructional
Leadership
• Access the Lino.it
• Share a great resource with colleagues
Share a Great Resource
Delicious & Diigo
Read Habit 6
“There has to be a
concerted effort on the part
of the principal to allow the
faculty to believe that risk-
taking is ok.”
- Eric Sheninger Principal – New Milford
High School, New Milford,
NJ
Standard II: Cultural Leadership
Read Habit 7
“We have to model how to
use these tools
appropriately, how to have
a positive digital footprint,
and this is all part of the
new literacy.”
- Lyn Hilt Principal – Brecknock
Elementary School, Denver,
PA
Standard I: Strategic Leadership
Visionary Focus
• Modeling
• Focus on what really matters
• Vision dictates culture
Table Talk:
Revision Faculty Meetings
How can you revision your
faculty meetings to provide
opportunities for discovery,
discussion, and
demonstration of 21st
century classroom and
professional practices?
http://bit.ly/MWAgKH
“…the most successful implementation
of technology programs takes place in
schools where the principal sees him or
herself as a technology leader.”
http://bit.ly/NtOVy1
@Rmbyrne
10 Things You Can Do To Make Yourself
an Ed Tech Star This Summer
Reflection
1.Think about an observation you did this past
school year where a teacher may have had
difficulty with Standard IV. After viewing many
technology resources, would you have any
suggestions for a teacher and how to better
implement technology?
2.Tweet your response to #21cprin
Heather Mullins,
Professional Development Consultant –
Region 7
@carolinablondie
www.mullinshe.wordpress.com
• “The digital tools used during the course of the NCDPI Summer Institute 2012 have been
helpful to some educators across the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital
environment, NCDPI does not represent nor endorse that these tools are the exclusive
digital tools for the purposes outlined during the Summer Institute.”
