1. What is your district’s 2020 headline? Developing a Shared Vision of Innovation for 21st Century Learning Julie Evans Chief Executive Officer Project Tomorrow April 19, 2010 © Project Tomorrow 2010 Leading Our Way Forward Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium

2. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Deconstructing our keynote topic “ Developing a shared vision of innovation for 21st century learning”

3. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Deconstructing our keynote topic Shared vision Innovation 21st century learning

4. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Defining shared vision “ A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts ...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question: What do we want to create?” Peter Senge MIT Sloan School of Management

5. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Defining innovation "Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things ." Theodore Levitt Harvard Business School

6. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Defining 21st century learning “ I believe that the purpose of education is not to make men carpenters, but to make carpenters men. To be competitive in a workplace that is changing and will change continuously throughout our careers, my peers and I need to be able to read and understand new information at a level never before prevalent. This should be, however, a familiar aim for the forces of academia, however, since what we must learn, in essence, is to learn. I would ensure a broad and balanced education that exposes every student to rigorous inquiry in every discipline, from physics to pottery and makes them active participants in the process of inquiry and learning.” 11 th grade student Pittsburgh PA

7. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Deconstructing our keynote topic “ What is your district’s 2020 headline?”

8. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Knowing where you are today What is your district’s 2010 headline?

9. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Some 2010 Headlines About Education “ NYC to End Rubber Rooms for Teachers Who Await Hearings” “ Teacher Training No Boom for Student Math Scores” “ Parents Reflect on Previous Edmonton School Closures” “ Public Schools Foundation Aims to Create Level Playing Field” “ Central Falls to Fire Every High School Teacher” “ High Speed Networking Changes How We Learn Our ABCs” “ Edmonton School Boards Tighten Belts in New Budgets” “ Eliminating School Boards a Good First Step” “ Calgary Classrooms Go Digital” “ Maybe It is Time to Fix Education System”

11. © Project Tomorrow 2010 “ Warm up worksheet” Imagine you are designing the ultimate school for 21st century learners. Which of these technology tools or strategies do you think holds the greatest potential for increasing student achievement and success? Your point of view – check your top 5 responses from the list! Micro blog your thoughts and comments!

12. © Project Tomorrow 2010 5 Most Important Questions Peter Drucker Father of Modern Management 1909 – 2005 Thought Leader Author Teacher Consultant Cared deeply about leadership and innovation in the Social Sector

13. © Project Tomorrow 2010 5 Most Important Questions What is our mission? Who is our customer? What does our customer value? What are our results? What are our plans?

14. © Project Tomorrow 2010 5 Most Important Questions What is our mission? Who is our customer? What does our customer value? What are our results? What are our plans?

17. © Project Tomorrow 2010 5 Big Questions “ Planning is not an event. It is the continuous process of strengthening what works and abandoning what does not , of making risk-taking decisions with the greatest knowledge of their potential effect , of setting objectives , appraising performance and results through systemic feedback , and making ongoing adjustments as conditions change.” Peter Drucker

18. What forces are shaping your “customer’s expectations” for a 21st century learning environment? © Project Tomorrow 2010 Customer = Your Students

19. What forces are shaping your customer’s expectations for a 21st century learning environment? © Project Tomorrow 2010 Your Students District/Provincial Education Priorities Millennial Attitudes & Values Their Techno-infused Lives

20. © Project Tomorrow 2010 What the top 5 challenges that “ wake you up in the middle of the night?” District/Provincial Education Priorities

23. © Project Tomorrow 2010 How important is the effective implementation of technology to your district’s core mission ? District/Provincial Education Priorities

24. © Project Tomorrow 2010 How important is the effective implementation of technology to your district’s core mission?

25. What forces are shaping your customer’s expectations for a 21st century learning environment? © Project Tomorrow 2010 Your Students District/Provincial Education Priorities Millennial Attitudes & Values Their Techno-infused Lives

28. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Millennial Attitudes & Values 7 Defining Characteristics: Special – high self-esteem, limited consequences Sheltered – expect to be protected Confident – they will fix the world Team-oriented – dislike school but like group projects Conventional – trust institutions, fairness important Pressured – increase in pre-college stress and burnout Achieving – expect success and college for all Millennials Rising (Neil Howe and William Strauss)

29. Millennials & Accomplishment © Project Tomorrow 2010 86% say their generation will produce the next Bill Gates

30. Millennials & Accomplishment © Project Tomorrow 2010 86% say their generation will produce the next Bill Gates 67% say they know the next Bill Gates

31. Millennials & Accomplishment © Project Tomorrow 2010 86% say their generation will produce the next Bill Gates 67% say they know the next Bill Gates and 24% say they could be that person!

32. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Millennial Attitudes & Values Collaboratively Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace Structured activities Relevancy with real world Millennials Rising (Neil Howe and William Strauss) How do these students want to learn?

33. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Millennial Attitudes & Values Collaboratively Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace Structured activities Relevancy with real world And with all kinds of emerging technologies Millennials Rising (Neil Howe and William Strauss) How do these students want to learn?

34. What forces are shaping your customer’s expectations for a 21st century learning environment? © Project Tomorrow 2010 Your Students District/Provincial Education Priorities Millennial Attitudes & Values Their Techno-infused Lives

35. What can we learn by listening to our customers? © Project Tomorrow 2010 Speak Up 2009 Selected Data Findings Their Techno-infused Lives

41. Speak Up Data Findings © Project Tomorrow 2010 Who am I? Interactive Exercise

44. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Who am I?

45. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Who am I? 3 rd Grade Girl with Average Tech Skills

47. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Introducing the “Digital Advance Team” Today’s K-12 Students Adopting/adapting technologies for learning Tech trend setters Their use predicts widespread acceptance Out of school use drives in school use Pace car for others Teachers ultimately catch up

48. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Introducing the “Digital Advance Team” Case Study: Use of email technology for communications

50. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Introducing the “Digital Advance Team” Let’s listen in and learn!

55. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Digital Disconnect – in perceptions 21%

57. Result: A new uniquely “student vision” for leveraging emerging technologies to drive achievement and educational productivity © Project Tomorrow 2010

101. © Project Tomorrow 2010 “ Warm up worksheet” Imagine you are designing the ultimate school for 21st century learners. Which of these technology tools or strategies do you think holds the greatest potential for increasing student achievement and success? Now, let’s listen to the student point of view. How do your responses compare?

105. © Project Tomorrow 2010 It all starts with you . . . today “ Developing a shared vision of innovation for 21st century learning”

106. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Pretend it is April 19, 2020 today.

107. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Pretend it is April 19, 2020 today. Congratulations! CBC is here to report on your district’s success in creating a truly 21st century learning environment for all of your students.

108. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Pretend it is April 19, 2020 today. What will be the lead story about your district’s success? What will be the results that validate your success? Will you have achieved the shared vision you developed in 2010?

109. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Pretend it is April 19, 2020 today. What will be the lead story about your district’s success? What will be the results that validate your success? Will you have achieved the shared vision you developed in 2010? What will be your headline?

110. © Project Tomorrow 2010 5 Big Questions “ Planning is not an event. It is the continuous process of strengthening what works and abandoning what does not , of making risk-taking decisions with the greatest knowledge of their potential effect , of setting objectives , appraising performance and results through systemic feedback , and making ongoing adjustments as conditions change.” Peter Drucker

111. © Project Tomorrow 2010 Table Talk Exercise: Create your headline Pithy Tangible Measurable Representative Inspiring

112. © Project Tomorrow 2010 It all starts with you . . . today “ Developing a shared vision of innovation for 21st century learning”

113. Introducing the new Visionary Administrator © Project Tomorrow 2010 Key finding from the Speak Up data: There is a new cohort emerging of visionary administrators who share common behaviors, values & aspirations for 21 st century learning . . .

114. Introducing the new Visionary Administrator © Project Tomorrow 2010 Key finding from the Speak Up data: There is a new cohort emerging of visionary administrators who share common behaviors, values & aspirations for 21 st century learning . . . and they have more in common with their students than their peers .

115. © Project Tomorrow 2010 New Visionary Administrator Profile Who are these new visionary administrators? 93% believe that using technology improves student achievement 100% say that effective technology use is important to their school or district mission More likely to rate their tech skills as advanced – 58% Twice as likely as their peers to use emerging technologies – closing the digital disconnect with their students

116. © Project Tomorrow 2010 New Visionary Administrator Profile Who are these new visionary administrators? Almost 100% say tech use within instruction is a “wake up” issue for them (only 39% of their peers say so) More interested in incorporation of 21st century skills into instruction (46% vs. 28%). Tech skill assessment and evaluating emerging technologies are more prominently on their radar screen than their peers.

117. © Project Tomorrow 2010 New Visionary Administrator Profile Who are these new visionary administrators? Their vision of 21st century learning is more in line with the aspirations of their students – than with their own peers.

118. Designing the ultimate school – the administrator point of view © Project Tomorrow 2010

119. © Project Tomorrow 2010 What is your district’s 2020 headline? Are you a visionary administrator?

122. © Project Tomorrow 2010 More data and reports are available on our website: www.tomorrow.org Julie Evans Project Tomorrow [email_address] 949-609-4660 x15 Copyright Project Tomorrow 2010. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author. Thank you!