October 2016@Tvanderark

  

Personalized Learning in Project-Based Math Classrooms

How Has the World Changed?

Connected

Contested

Complex

Contribution० Nonconformity:

∙ Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius (Peter Thiel)

० Creativity: ∙ We're going to need every ounce of

ingenuity, imagination, and creativity to confront…problems (Ken Robinson)

० Design Thinking:∙ Tools, methods, and processes to create

new answers for challenges (IDEO)

GenDIY

Competitive

New Demands

०Connected०Contested०Complex०Contribution०Competitive

Connected Communicate Clearly

Esther Wojcicki’s journalism program, Palo Alto HS

6th grade math blend, Eastside Prep

Contested Collaborative

Science Leadership Academy, Philly

Complex Critical Thinking

KM Explore, Kettle Moraine, WIStudent-centered, competency-based

Contribution Creativity

Competitive Crank

Blue Valley (KC KS) Center for Professional Studies

Metro ECHS, Columbus

New Demands New Skills

०Connected०Contested०Complex०Contribution०Competitive

०Communicate०Collaborate०Critical thinking०Creativity०Crank

….but that was 2015

To think correctly about the future, you need to imagine things moving much faster

2016: Platform Revolution

2016: Rise of AI & Automation Economy

2016: Rise of Industry 4.0

Project-based world requires an Innovation Mindset

Growth Mindset

Maker Mindset

Team Mindset = + +

Effort Initiative Collaboration

…a mindset we can cultivate in classroom & across a city

Project-Based Learning

Personalized Learning

Instructional Design Opportunity:

Interest-Based

Learning

Standards-Based

Learning

Instructional Design Opportunity:

Implications for the Math Classroom

Growth mindset

Developing a Math Mindset

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Do students persist through challenging

problems?

Do students have an opportunity to practice

the unknown?

Do students think creatively about how

to arrive at a solution?

Personalized learning for projects in projects, with projects

Support Integrated Projects

Differentiating around a singular topic

Shorter Cycle Math

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