The Instrumented Classroom

SUPPORTING DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AND

TIERED INTERVENTION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

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Setting the context…

Background

• Sept. 2008 – Dec. 2009

– Research – primary and

secondary

– Site visits

– Focus groups

– Online Forum

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How do we ensure that your

children/our students graduate

prepared for a future that is changing

at an unprecedented rate?

Embrace the six “Education for

the Future Guiding Principles”

as filters for decision-making.

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Education for the

Future

Guiding PrinciplesAll Students Achieving Their Full Potential Achievement Matters Engagement Matters Equity Matters

Embrace the six “Education for the Future Guiding

Principles” as filters for decision-making.

• The world has changed

– Today’s students will have multiple jobs, many that

have not been created yet.

– The Digital World has connected us like never before.

– The future is unpredictable

How do we ensure that your children/our students graduate

prepared for a future that is changing at an unprecedented rate?

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• The learner has changed

– Self-learner

– Networked-learner

– Lifelong-learner

How do we ensure that your children/our students graduate

prepared for a future that is changing at an unprecedented rate?

Embrace the six “Education for the Future Guiding

Principles” as filters for decision-making.

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All Students Achieving Their Full Potential

- Achievement Matters

- Engagement Matters

- Equity Matters

How do we ensure that our students graduate prepared for a

future that is changing at an unprecedented rate?

- The world has changed

- Existing models no l longer “fit”

- The learner has changed

6 Education for the Future Guiding Principles

The Journey

Implementation

Science:

Getting from Here to

There in Education

Inspiring and

Modeling

Evidence-Based

Practice

Teaching and

Learning in the

digital age

21st Century Fluencies Strategy

Foundation -People

-Plan-Processes and Protocols

-Alignment

-Sustainability

Pedagogy-21st century teaching and learning

-collaborative inquiy

-higher order thinking skills

Technology

-tools, emerging technologies and equipment that enhance teaching and learning in the digital age

-access

Learning Environment

-infrastructure

-physical / virtual

-informal / formal spaces

Learning Communities

& Networks

-Capacity building with staff

-Student and parent voice

-Community connections

HWDSB 21st Century FluenciesSolution Fluency

• Problem-solving and application

• Adaptability

Information Fluency

• Communication

• Information Processing, Reasoning & Synthesis

• Critical Thinking and Analysis

Creative Fluency

• Creativity

• Innovation

• Artistic Proficiency

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HWDSB 21st Century Fluencies

Media Fluency

• Technological Literacy

• Critical Thinking and Analysis

• Graphic Literacy

Collaboration Fluency

• Collaboration

• Teamwork

• Global/Digital Citizenship

• Self Awareness

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Strategic Choice

• Student/parent/school – equal partners

• Student voice and empowerment =

engagement = student achievement

• Equitable access to programs that meet

student needs, abilities, learning styles,

interests, career paths

• Strategic choice in where, when and how

learning occurs

• Flexible programming

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Personal Learning Environments

(PLEs)

• Flexible environment

• Supports local and global collaboration

• Structures to support learning beyond

school walls

• Supports students natural interface with

technology

• Everything is “temporary” and changes

when needs change

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Program Strategy For

Personalized Learning• All, Some, Few

• Best meet the needs of students in the 21st

century

• Provide students with choice, support and

direction

• Provide safe, nurturing and innovative learning

environments

• Provide pathway to success for every single one

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Significant change does not happen overnight and must be

considered in a planned, purposeful and strategic way. Consider the

potential of an environment where…

Why do we need to

act?

• The world has

changed

• The existing models

no longer “fit”

• The learner has

changed

How we respond…

• The world is “flat”

• 21st Century

Fluencies

• Strategic Choice

• Personal Learning

Environments

• Real, Relevant,

Responsive

• Community

Find out more at dev.commons.hwdsb.on.ca

Learning for All:

HWDSB Program

Strategy

Learning for All:

HWDSB Program

Strategy

Tier 1- Universal Programming

- Schools/Class-wide Learning

- Instruction and Assessment for all

Students

Learning for All:

HWDSB Program

Strategy

Tier 2- Programming for at-risk

students

-Selected Interventions planned

for students who are

experiencing difficulty

- Instruction is adjusted as

needed

Learning for All:

HWDSB Program

Strategy

Tier 3-Programming for Identified

students

-Targeted Interventions

- Students require more

precise and intensive

instruction and assessment

Questions?

Thank you for Joining Us.

The Collaboration space at

casa.commons.hwdsb.on.ca

will continue to be available for further reflection.

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