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Policy in Action
Greg Butler
Worldwide Education Strategy Director
Microsoft Corporation
Does ICT Access Improve Performance?
Frequency of use of computers at home and student performance on PISA science scale
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Frequent use Moderate use Rare or no use
OECD Study Shows Technology use is connected to performance
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The frequency and Use of Technology at SCHOOL does not matter?
Does ICT Access Improve Performance?
Shutt, K., Phillips, R., Van Horne, K., Vye, N., & Bransford, J. B. (2009). Developing science inquiry skills with challenge-based, student-directed learning. Presentation to the LIFE Center: Learning in Informal and Formal Environments, University of Washington, Seattle WA.
Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
WHO WHAT WHYWHERE WHEN
• University run
• Company sponsored
• Methods to assess schools’ teaching of 21st Century Skills
• Recommendation on updating assessment tools (ie PISA & TiMSS)
Pilot Countries
• Australia • Portugal• Finland• Singapore• United Kingdom• United States
• 3 year project
• PISA Pilot
• countries using new methodsby 2014
• Improve education and innovation
• Positively impact the global economy
OBJECTIVE
Project Objective and Scope
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Contribute to transforming educational practice by transforming educational assessment
SCOPE
Specify 21st Century skills in measurable terms
Identify and address methodological and technological barriers to ICT-based assessment
Develop and pilot new assessment methodologies
Recommend ICT-enabled, classroom-based learning environments and formative assessments to support development of 21st Century skills
Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
Ways of thinking• Creativity and innovation• Critical thinking, problem solving, decision making
Ways of working• Communication• Collaboration (teamwork)
Living in the world• Citizenship – local and global• Life and career• Personal & social responsibility• Delivering high percentage of STEM-D Skills
Tools for working• Information literacy• ICT literacy
http://www.atc21s.org
Examples
UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT)
UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers Portal
PartnershipsMulti-stakeholder and Cross-sector Partnerships Help
