Presentation given a

1. Deeper Thinking,
the Common Core and
Integrating Technology to
Ensure Success
Chromebook Seminar

2. Today’s conversation
Look at landscape of
education today
Look at what is being
required/expected of
students, teachers and
administrators
Where does technology
fit in

3. Today’s Education
Landscape
Common Core curriculum and assessments
APPR
Shrinking budgets
Research that challenges education models
that were used when we were in school

4. Horizon Project
Charts the landscape of emerging
technologies for teaching, learning, and
research, creative inquiry
Purpose - to help educators build upon
innovation taking place at their institutions by
providing them with expert research and
analysis
- New Media Corporation

5. Horizon Report –
Key Trends
Focus of assessments shifting from “what you
know” to “what you can do”
Social media is changing the way people
interact, present ideas and information,
and communicate
New emphasis in the classroom
on more challenge based,
active learning

6. Horizon Report - Challenges
Faculty training does not acknowledge that digital
media literacy continues its rise in importance as a
key skill in every discipline and profession
Innovating pedagogy is a complex process requiring
research into impacts, responsive state of mind to
technology changes, and understanding what
strategies can make innovation in pedagogy
possible
K-12 must address the increased blending of formal
and informal learning.

7. PISA Report
Provides a snapshot of a nation’s
performance
Provides important insights into
policies and practices that can
inform education leaders as they
refine their education systems
Provide guidance to U.S. as states move to implement
standards for college and career readiness

8. PISA Questions
Test whether students can apply their
knowledge to real-world problems and
to “analyze, reason and communicate
effectively as they pose, interpret, and
solve problems in a variety of
situations.”

9. PISA Findings
Nations with top performers
have clear expectations for student learning that
include emphasis on using knowledge to solve
real-world problems
ensure that teachers are deep learners, and can
lead classrooms where students think critically,
solve problems, and communicate effectively

10. A Tale
of
Two Schools

11. Gray School
Principal meets daily for one period
with one grade level - occasionally
does formal observations, rest of the
day in her office
Knows some students by name
Purchased $350,000+ of technology
equipment based solely on input
from vendors
Teachers vocalize that expectations
are not clear - procedures change
very often, with little or no warning

12. Red School
Principal meets daily for one
period with one grade level - rest of
the day spent doing informal
observations, formal observations,
has lunch in her office with students
Knows just about every student
by name, greets students and
teachers everyday at front
entrance
Has concrete, clear, well-articulated
expectations of students and
teachers

13. School Environment
4 computer carts housed in a
“Staff development”
classroom -hardly if ever
used
Smartboards in every room -
more than half not used at all
Computer lab - students go
once a week use drill and
practice software
Two classroom computers
used for word processing
and drill and practice
Google Apps for Education
school
4 computer carts in use
continually - teachers
decide among
themselves when used
Smartboards in every
room - used continually
No computer lab
Two classroom computers
used for word processing
Google Apps for Education
school

14. It’s not about technology
it’s about learning and
teaching

15. Our accepted beliefs?
Schools need to provide and create opportunities
for students to engage in deeper thinking
Teaching and engaging in deeper thinking is hard
work - (can’t be done with an app!)
The skill and knowledge of teachers critical to the
process of student learning and achievement

16. “Can we change our traditional culture
of teaching and learning so that
students are empowered to take more
responsibility for making important
contributions to their own learning and
to their
learning community.”
- Alan November

17. Not one path to change
Culture and environment of each
school/district is unique
It needs to be considered and honored
Important to plan and strategize
Develop action and plan and implement
Less is more - although plan can envision
many changes implement one or two at a
time
Include constituents in planning

18. Teachers need to be deeper
thinkers too!
Need to engage in deeper
thinking activities
Need to see what deeper thinking
lessons and activities look like
Need professional development
Need to be supported in taking risks to try new
approaches
show some video clips from Ed Leader 21 youtube

19. Some paths to consider
Using data to inform instruction
Alternative classroom settings e.g. flipped
classroom
Students taking responsibility for their learning
Access to equipment and network connectivity

20. What should student
learning include?
Students need to deal with information
to construct new knowledge
Find - Analyze - Manage - Present
-Share/Collaborate
21st century skills
Creativity, Communication, Collaboration,
Critical Thinking

21. Important to think about
how you can and want to
use technology

22. Technology in the
Common Core
http://commoncore.fcoe.org/sites/commoncore.fcoe.org/files/resources/SPIRAL%20FINAL.pdf

23. Google Can Be a
Support Tool
Find - Google Search and Google Scholar
Analyze - Google spreadsheets and forms
Manage -
Google Drive organizing files
social bookmarking sites (not Google!)
concept mapping software (not Google!)
Present - Google presentations
Share / Collaborate - Google Suite

24. Using Google Docs
in the Classroom

25. Google Drive Enables
Students to
Access their work from any computer, anywhere,
with an Internet connection
Create and submit work electronically to teachers
Work collaboratively
peer editing
collaborative projects
Organize and analyze data
Collect information

26. Google Drive Enables
Teachers/Admins to
Access their work from any computer, anywhere,
with an Internet connection
Teachers can create and submit content to students
teachers comment directly on student work
Provide student feedback and extra-help
Work collaboratively
curriculum writing
data analysis, and more!
Collect information
from various constituencies

27. Role of Administrators
Model what we believe in
Provide an environment of communication and
collaboration
Support (reasonable!) risk taking
eSchool News Article - 5 Qualities of a Tech Savvy Administrator
Role of Leaders in 21st Century Education

28. What does this look like
in your school?
Access to technology
Professional development
Is it available?
Are you evaluating its effectiveness?
Technology plan
Do you have one?
Are you using it?
Do your constituents know about it?

29. “The world as
we have created it is a
process of our thinking.
It cannot be changed without
changing our thinking.”
- Albert Einstein

30. Questions ???

31. For info on this presentation
and resources cited
http://tinyurl.com/custom-june-2014

32. Example of Deeper Thinking
Student Activity
“Tools not as
important as the
connections
made possible
by them”

33. Hallmarks of Connected
Classroom
1.Reliable broadband and Wi-Fi internet access
2.One-to-one and/or bring-your-own-device
3.Teachers who give up control
4.Students and teachers learn together
5.Administrative support
6.Communication and collaboration between IT and
curriculum leaders
•eSchool News article

34. What Educators Want
from Digital Tools
Deliver instruction
Diagnose student learning
Vary delivery method
Tailor learning experiences
Support student collaboration and interactivity
Foster independent practice
•Survey results from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

35. College and Career
Ready Students
Demonstrate independence
Build strong content knowledge
Respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose,
discipline
Comprehend and critique
Value evidence
Use technology strategically and capably
Come to understand other perspectives and cultures
http://coretaskproject.com/2013/04/12/wagners-21st-century-learning-skills-and-the-ccss/

36. Collective Intelligence
• “How can people and computers be
connected–so that collectively–they act
more intelligently than individuals, groups,
or computers have ever done before?”
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence