David W. Deeds' presentation on K-12 trends and challenges, part of Schutz American School's Oct. 11th Professional Development Day. Covers how schools can use the Horizon Report via the Toolkit and Summary Slide Deck.

1. David Deeds, Islam Lamey, Ahmed Fouad
K-12 Trends/Challenges
SAS PD Oct. 11, 2017
NMC/CoSN
Horizon
Report

2. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Goals for today:
• Provide quick overview of HR, Toolkit
• Choose 2-3 Trends/Challenges, discuss
them at your table
• Think: Policy, Leadership, Practice
• Then report on your discussions
• Check out the cool stuff in the back as
time permits

3. K-12 Trends/Challenges
If you haven’t already, get your free copy of
the 2017 K-12 Horizon Report and the full
Digital Toolkit:
https://www.nmc.org/publication/nmccosn-
horizon-report-2017-k-12-edition/
I have some “old school” hard copies of the
Summary Slide Deck.

4. K-12 Trends/Challenges
4 reports per year (K-12, Higher Ed,
Libraries, Museums) by the NMC (New
Media Consortium), an international
community of experts in educational
technology. And the CoSN (Consortium of
School Networking), the premier
professional association for school system
technology leaders. The Toolkit helps
schools use the HR.

5. K-12 Trends/Challenges
The K-12 Horizon Report:
• Developments: Adoption timeline for
educational technologies
• Trends: Directions education and
educators are taking
• Challenges: Problems preventing
progress

6. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Developments
Time to Adoption: 1 Year or Less:
• Makerspaces
• Robotics
Time to Adoption: 2-3 Years:
• Analytics Technologies
• Virtual Reality

7. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Developments (cont.)
Time to Adoption: 4-5 Years:
• Artificial Intelligence
• The Internet of Things

8. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Trends
Long-Term (Next 5+ Years):
• Advancing Cultures of Innovation
• Deeper Learning Approaches
Mid-Term (Next 3-5 Years):
• Growing Focus on Measuring Learning
• Redesigning Learning Spaces

9. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Trends (cont.)
Short-Term (Next 1-2 Years):
• Coding as a Literacy
• Rise of STEAM Learning

10. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Challenges
Solvable:
• Authentic Learning Experiences
• Improving Digital Literacy
Difficult:
•Rethinking the Roles of Teachers
•Teaching Computational Thinking

11. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Challenges (cont.)
Wicked:
• The Achievement Gap
• Sustaining Innovation through Leadership
Changes

12. K-12 Trends/Challenges
Shukran!
Questions/Comments?
ddeeds@schutzschool.org.eg