21st Century Learning presentation delivered at CCSTA May 2010 by Tom D'Amico, Superintendent of Information Technology, Ottawa Catholic School Board

1. 21st Century Learners Source: http://learning.rockyview.ab.ca/21-century-teaching-learning

2. 21st Century Schools How has high school changed since you graduated? How has it stayed the same? How should school look in the year 2020 when the current grade 2’s graduate?

3. Q. How many Internet users were there in the year 2000? 361 million Q. How many Internet users are there today (May 2010)? 1.7 billion

4. Q. How many unique web sites exist (as of May 2010)? Over 1 trillion!

5. Q. How many searches take place on Google each day? Over 300 million per day (U.S.) 3 Billion per day – worldwide (source: search engine land)

6. Q. How many tweets per day on twitter? Over 50 million per day or 600 every second (source: search engine land)

7. Q. How many YouTube videos are watched each day? Over 2 billion per day! (source: AFP May 2010) * YouTube has only been around for 5 years!

8. Q. How many emails are sent/received each day? 210 billion per day! (source: Radicati Group)

9. Q. How many blogs exist on the Internet? Over 120 million blogs (source: Technorati)

10. Q. How many Facebook users are there? Over 400 million!

11. Q. How many cell phones were sold in the last quarter of 2009? Over 320 million! (Source – Gartner Group)

12. Q. How many iPADs sold in the first two months? Over 2 million

13. Has school changed? You Tube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm1sCsl2MQY

14. Shifts in Power Born in 1984 – net worth 1.5 billion in 2010 Launched Facebook Feb. 2004 Mark Zuckerberg

15. Adult Role Models 1951 instructional manual for elementary schools

16. Where are the adult role models?

17. Teaching in the 21st Century http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh3deuJepWA

18. IPods are more than music! Over 200,000 apps – most 99 cents or free iTunes U has over 200,000 lectures, presentations, videos, readings, and podcasts from all over the world – free Teacher Tube http://www.apple.com/education/guidedtours/itunesu.html

20. Establish Policies

21. Establish Procedures

22. Monitor / Review

23. Be Realistichttp://www.thedoorthatsnotlocked.ca/

24. Educate yourself http://www.internet101.ca http://www.kidsintheknow.ca/

25. Educate staff http://www.media-awareness.ca/ http://www.texted.ca/app/en/

26. Books, podcasts, You Tube… Grown Up Digital – Tapscott The World is Open – How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education – Bonk Explore an iPod, iPad, Kindle, or other device Listen to a podcast 21st Century Fluency Series: http://www.21stcenturyfluency.com Teaching for Tomorrow, Attributes of Digital Learners , Understanding Digital Kids I and II, Literacy is Not enough, Living on the Future Edge

27. Watch a video on You Tube… Is a Chalkboard still the best device to engage today’s youth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

28. Google Books http://books.google.com/

29. Strategic Planning Contact North Ontario Public School Board Association http://www.contactnorth.ca/en/data/files/download/pdf/Strategic%20Directions%20for%20e-Learning%20in%20Canada.pdf http://www.opsba.org/files/WhatIf.pdf

31. Lobby Governmentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos http://education.alberta.ca/media/1232521/implementing%201-to-1%20laptop%20learning%20in%20alberta%20schools%20final.pdf

32. Strategic Planning http://www.education.alberta.ca/media/1261575/thss%20year%201%20report%202010-04-21%20-%20final.pdf http://www.education.alberta.ca/media/1225874/emerge%20year%20two%20report%20final.pdf

33. Strategic Planning Expertise from Vendors and Partners (BlackBoard) http://www.blackboard.com/resources/k12/K12_Teaching21st_Final.pdf

34. Strategic Planning Expertise from Vendors and Partners (Cisco) http://www.cisco.com/web/about/citizenship/socio-economic/docs/GlobalEdWP.pdf

35. Strategic Planning Various Stakeholder Perspectives http://www.blackboard.com/resources/k12/Bb_K12_ParentsReport.pdf

36. Strategic Planning Student Success Focus http://www.blackboard.com/resources/k12/Bb_K12_09_TrendsUpdate.pdf

37. Strategic Planning Stay Current – Flexible Technologies Change http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf

39. Increased bandwidth

40. Remove barriers by updating policies

41. Wireless access

42. Laptops for all teachers

43. LCDs in most classes

44. Portal development

45. Interactive whiteboards

46. Increased access to digital resources

47. Improved access to data

49. Questions We’re changing to meet the needs of all students Contact: thomas.damico@ottawacatholicschools.ca