Cathy Van Eperen

Fox Valley Technical College

Envisioning the Schools

of the Future

"If we teach today's students, as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow" 

~ John Dewey

School• Infrastructure

– Flexible learning spaces– Support 24/7 student learning – Reliable technology infrastructure (TPACK-TK)

– Community collaboration (ISTE-S)

• Curriculum and Standards– Authentic learning experiences

• project- and problem-based learning activities (TPACK-CK)

– Associated rubrics for:• content • collaboration• written and oral communication• critical thinking (ISTE-S)

– Competency-based education– Hybrid (online & f2f)

Teacher/Coach/Facilitator• Teach students how to:

– validate information– synthesize information– communicate information (ISTE-S)

– critically think and problem solve (ISTE-S)

• Participate in professional development (ISTE-T)

• Receive training on new technology

• Share ideas on new technology and howintegrate into the classroom (ISTE-T, TPACK-PK)

• Evaluate students progress throughformative and summative assessments (ISTE-T)

• Model digital citizenship (ISTE-T)

Students• Learning is:

– individualized– creative (ISTE-S)

– autonomous– collaborative (ISTE-S)

– interactive– interest driven– participatory

• Students in charge of their learning to:– discover new ideas (ISTE-T)

– gain insight– make connections – take risks and learn from failures– become responsible digital citizens (ISTE-S)

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http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar13/vol70/num06/Technology-Skills-Every-Teacher-Needs.aspx

• Pearlman, B. (2010). Designing New Learning Environments to Support 21st Century Skills [PDF, downloadable). Retrieved from http://www.bobpearlman.org/Learning21/New%20Learning%20Environments%20for%2021st%20Century%20Skills.PDF

• Schneiderheinze, T. (2012). The 21st Century Learner. New Hampshire Digital Resource Consortium. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/site/nhinstitutes/21st-century-learner/the-21st-century-learner

• Sheninger, E. (2014). Digital Leadership. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin.

• U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/oii-news/competency-based-learning-or-personalized-learning

• http://culturaldesigngroup.com/facilitation. Cultural Design Group. (2014). [photograph]. Retrieved from URL.

• https://twitter.com/foxvalleytech. Fox Valley Technical College. (2015). [photograph]. Retrieved from URL.

• http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us. Microsoft Surface. (2015). [photograph]. Retrieved from URL.