Presentation at ISTE 2010 June 30th, 2010 Beyond Tools - Thoughtful 21st Century School Reform Chris Lehmann Principal - Science Leadership Academy

1. Beyond Tools:
Thoughtful 21st Century School Reform
Chris Lehmann
Science Leadership Academy
Philadelphia, PA

2. Why This Matters

3. The World In Which We Live:
The Maddening Paradox of Education 2010.

4. Things Are Different
Know The Difference Between
Change and Innovation

5. Neil Postman:
Certain Technologies Are
Not Additive, They Are
Transformative

6. Technology Like Oxygen
Ubiquitous, Necessary and Invisible

7. Technology Transforms:
Creation
Research
Collaboration
Presentation
Networking

8. A Convenient And Reasonably False Taxonomy
Research Collaborate Create Network Present
RSS Wikis Blogging Twitter uStream
Google
Del.icio.us Docs Drupal Skype Flickr
Google Moodle Podcasting Facebook iTunes U
Wikipedia Digital Films IM Voicethread
Email

9. Tell A Better Story:
We Must Have Vision
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lnx/6257130/

10. Caring Institutions
We Teach Kids, Not Subjects

11. Inquiry Driven
What are the questions we
can ask together?

12. Student Centered
It’s Not About Us.

13. Teacher-Mentored
Kids Need Adults

14. Community-Based
We can learn from many

15. Collaborative
Synthesis Works

16. Passionate
And it has to matter.

17. Integrated
The day has to make sense

18. Meta-Cognitive
We need to think
about thinking.

19. The Goal
Thoughtful Passionate
Wise Kind

20. Discussion:
What Is Your Vision
For Your School?

21. How Do We
Innovate?

22. Be Humbled By
The Task

23. Ideas Must Live In Practice
Build Systems and Structures that Reflect Your Vision

24. Common Language of
Teaching and Learning

25. Common Inputs

26. Common Process

27. Common Outputs

28. Traditional
Classrooms:
Recall-Based Tests
Homework
Projects
Class Participation

29. SLA:
Understanding-
Driven Projects
Homework
Class Participation
Tests & Quizzes

30. ILPs and Capstones

31. The Schedule

32. Hiring

33. Discussion:
Examine One System or Structure of
Your School or Classroom.
How can you change it to better reflect
your values / mission?

34. Continue the
Conversation
Dream big in every community

35. Empower
the Kids
It is their education, and it will be their world

36. Conversations:
• Who are the stakeholders?
• How can they be brought into this
vision?
• What fears do you need to address?
• How will the student voice be part of
the discussion?

37. Keep Asking
Questions
And Don’t Settle For Easy Answers

38. Hard Questions:
• What is the worst consequence of your
best idea?
• How can you mitigate them?
• What are the obstacles to this change?
• How can you overcome them?

39. Don’t Forget to
Slow Down
Be intentional in the use of tools and time

40. Life Questions:
• How are the lives of teachers different
in this model?
• How are the students’ lives different?
• How will you deal with the change?

41. Be Willing to Be
Transformed
We Have So Much Left to Learn

42. Keep In Touch:
Chris Lehmann
Science Leadership Academy
chris@practicaltheory.org
http://www.practicaltheory.org
Twitter: chrislehmann
Skype: chrislehmann
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