SUNY COETAIL@ QA

Session 2John TurnerMarch 2010

Session 2: What defines a School in the 21st C?

nowness.com didyouknow

Admin andAssessment

Twitter (#qasuny)Ning (qaning: Suny group)eportfolio wiki page

7: 6+ adding valued ideas / initiatives6: 5+ recognized as having contributed valued ideas (B-A) 5: 4+ reflecting / responding on others (B)4: 3 tools are regularly active (C-D)3: off and on communication2: occasional evidence 1: hard to find evidence[relevant to 21stC Literacy issues]

Progress report: every 2 weeks

Project: Use Action Research to report on teaching in light of course experiences with an identified 21st Century Literacy idea, question or issue.

5 min movie / multimedia (Voice overlay)1200 words text (with photos)

Criteria (Ex, VG, G, S, Nwork)1. Description of initial situationWhat are we looking at?2. Objective of researchWhat will you be doing?3. Identification and explanation of relevant 21st C (Literacies)What is the relevance?4. What do we know about this already?What has gone before5. Research Referencing and intended methodology How will you do it?6. Research Report (Use Action Research)What happened?7. Reporting of Knowledge Outcome and reflectionWhat did we learn and what questions does this raise for next time?

Due: tba

Friday 26 March 8am - 11amGary Stager SeminarRec CentreBring Laptop and bring Friend

Recap

21st C Literacy

Development of skills in:

Problem SolvingCommunicationCollaborationCreativityInformationDigital SkillsDigital Citizenship

Authentic

Personally Relevant

Student Direction

Visual

Issue is – how do we in schoolsDo justice to the development of such skills?

Moving Beyond Teacher to Student Transmission and Direction

Recap

Twitter

My Lists

Ning

SUNY COETAIL Group

eportfolio

Readings

2009 MILE Guide: Milestones for Improving Learning & Education www.21stcenturyskills.org

ICT Trends in Education (Gerry White ACER June 2008) research.acer.edu.au

Bain and Weston (2009)Future of Computers and 1-1 Laptop initiatives.pdf

Mark E. Weston and Alan Bain (2009) The End of Techno-Critique: The Naked Truth about 1:1 Laptop Initiatives and Educational Change

MILE Guide provides self-assessment for schools to see if they at Early Stage, Transition Stage, or at 21st Century stage

White’s article highlights the “dearth of documentation in Australia on good practice implementing ICT in education in large scale systems” at a time of accelerating rates of change and diversity. It also points to “the spreading use of so called Web 2.0 ICT applications may well change the manner in which people connect and interact.

Bain and Weston highlight a growing body of research on 1:1 laptop that raises serious concerns about the ‘conceptualization, implementation, and unresolved expectations associated with computers in school.’

They contend that the way forward lies in:

1. Agreed upon “simple rules” that the entire school community “believes about teaching and learning.”

2. School communities “deliberately and systematically using its simple rules” to design and implement school tasks and actions.

3. All members of community “engaged in creating, adapting, and sustaining the … design of the school.”

4. Real-time feedback from all community members that “drives bottom-up change,” and makes each member accountable.

5. The interaction of rules, design, collaboration, and feedback leading to a shared conceptual framework for daily classroom and school activities that is self-organized and ever changing.

6. A self-organized, dynamic community that “demand(s) systemic and ubiquitous use of technology” (p.13) to use “cognitive tools” everyday in classroom practice.

Keeping up with what’s going onDiigo: www.diigo.com/user/jturner

Issue 1Schools in the 21st Century?

“If you think you are doing enough, think again”

“Cognitive jobs are being outsourced”(Scott McLeod)

Describe Education in the 21stC- a melting pot?- a treadmill?- a river

Video: Did you know?

Today’s taskVisual Report on 21stC Schools

Respond to: What schools like QA are doing or should be doing to be a leading 21st Century school

Include “simple rules” we all should be following

Work as Group (4-7) covering 21stC Literacy list

Create a visual report (drawing)- mindmap- diagram- use drawing package, web2 (such as Dabbleboard)

Post drawing to Ning (as graphic file)- comment on what you learn from others

Add to your eportfolioTo help thinkinguse1940s video, media literacy videoAnd use MILE Assessment toolhttp://www.21stcenturyskills.org/mileguide/

If away join with others also away- Twitter if here, or not