3. Experiences
• Graduate of Lake Forest
Country Day
• Worked at University of
Chicago
• Apple Distinguished
Educator
• Google Certified Teacher
• Founder, The Global
Education Collaborative
• Co-founder, The Global
Education Conference
• Multiple Opportunities to
visit and work with schools
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4. The Power of Social
Media
Flickr
YouTubeTwitter Facebook
LinkedIn Google+
Diigo
SlideShare
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5. Another Nation at Risk
Moment ?
How do we improve teaching and learning?
What’s Truly Innovative?
How do we effectively assess students?
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8. The New Media Consortium
Horizon Report 2011
K-12
•1 year or less
• Cloud Computing
• Mobiles
•2 to 3 years
• Game-based learning
• Open Content
•4 to 5 years
• Learning Analytics
• Personal Learning
Environments 2011 Report
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14. Independent Schools
• Time
• Resources
• Streamlined
bureaucracy
• Organizational vision
• Community Consensus
• Administrative and
collegial support
• Authentic curriculum
• Recognition of the
Importance of 21st
century skills
• Professional
development
• Teacher autonomy
• Prepared students
• Commitment to
developing the whole
child
• Parental support
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15. Public Schools
• Increased pressure
via Race to the Top,
AYP, RTI
• Less funding
• Less Time
• Emphasis on
standards and high
stakes testing
• Teacher Proof
curriculua
• Less instruction in
the arts, World
Languages, etc.
• Longer school days
• Technology seen as
a content delivery
Mechanism
• Constant seeking of
silver bullets
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16. What do all schools
seem to have in common?
• A WIDE RANGE OF EFFORTS TOWARDS
CULTIVATING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS AND
IMPLEMENTING ROBUST TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS
• THE SUCCESS OF ANY PROGRAM DEPENDS ON:
• VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
• STRATEGIC PLANNING
• COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SCHOOL IS PRESSURED
TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A CHANGING WORLD
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17. The School at Columbia
• K-8
• Columbia University faculty and local kids
• Innovation driven
• 1 to 1 laptop program
• 3 technologists plus tech staff
• Extensive Google Apps for Education and new
media use
• Other: field trip guides, computer programming,
robotics, conference
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33. A Pedagogical Shift
• New models of teaching and learning are emerging
• Rigorous content + 21st century themes
• “Sage on the stage” to “guide on the side”
• New literacies need to be taught strategically
• Examples:
• developing a search mentality
• Student personal learning networks (PLNs)
• Standards and accountability still are important;
assessments need revision
• Going global is within reach using current technologies
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37. The Global Achievement
Gap
Critical
Thinking and
Problem-
Solving
Collaboration
Across
Networks and
Leading by
Influence
Agility and
Adaptability
Initiative and
Entrepreneuri
alism
Effective Oral
and Written
Communication
Accessing and
Analyzing
Information
Curiosity and
Imagination
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39. Teachers and Students
• Adults have different learning styles. How
are we taking this into account in terms of
professional development and human capital?
• Baby Boomers
• Gen Xers
• Gen Yers
• Kids have had different levels of exposure to
technology. The period of time at which our
schools have been wired is fairly short.
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41. Basic online entertainment
(online videos, playing games)
E-commerce
(online shopping, banking, and travel reservations)
Research and information gathering
(product research, news, health and religious information searches)
Email and search
Active engagement
with social media
(visit SNS, create SNS profile,
create blogs)
More advanced online
entertainment
(download videos, music and
podcasts)
More advanced communication and
passive social media use
(instant messaging, visit SNS, read blogs)
From: State of the
Internet 2009: Pew
Internet Project
Findings and
Implications for
Libraries
The vast majority of
online adults from all
generations uses email
and search engines.
While there are always
exceptions, older generations
typically do not engage with the
internet past e-commerce.
The majority of teens and Gen
Y use SNS, but fewer maintain
blogs. Online adults older than
Gen X are less likely to use
SNS.
Online
activity
pyramid: by
generation
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42. Project Tomorrow
Recommendations
• Un-tether learning and leverage mobile devices to extend
learning beyond the school day and meet all learners in their
own world
• Create new interactive, participatory learning spaces using
tools such as online classes, gaming and simulations, online
tutors, and virtual reality environments
• Incorporate Web 2.0 tools into daily instruction especially
those that develop collaborative or social-based learning and
provide unique opportunities for students to be content
developers
• Expand digital resources in the classroom to add context and
relevancy to learning experiences through new media tools
• Get beyond the classroom walls and make learning truly
experiential such as using high tech science instrumentation
and creating podcasts with content experts
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43. 0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
K-12 Classroom Internet Connectivity
Classroom Internet Connectivity
2007
Coming Soon to Campus: The New "Free
Agent" Learner
Julie Evans, CEO-Project Tomorrow Campus
Technology 09
Jul 27, 2009
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44. Class of 2011 – just graduated seniors
8th grade
Class of 2013 – your rising juniors
6th grade
Class of 2015 – your current incoming freshman
4th grade
How digitally “native” are these students?
What are their expectations for learning?
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45. Implications for Schools
• Need for strategic human capital planning
• Need for increased targeted, sustained,
personalized and thoughtful professional
development
• Need for long range planning for students’
use of technology. Requires schools to think
of skills sets needed by students at various
points in their academic careers while gauging
the future of technology.
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47. NYC’s The School of One
• Summer school pilot
• Middle school math
• Flexible space
• Personalized curriculum
• Regular assessments
• Variety in delivery of instruction
• Lesson plan bank
• Partnered with publishers
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48. NYC’s The School of One
• Summer school pilot
• Middle school math
• Flexible space
• Personalized curriculum
• Regular assessments
• Variety in delivery of instruction
• Lesson plan bank
• Partnered with publishers
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51. So what?
• Networked learning: You must be open to at least letting
your kids drive the technology use in your classrooms. Be
willing to engage them in the ways that they learn best.
• Generational diversity: Change is not going to happen
without schools working as teams to examine at
longitudinal goals.
• 21st century skills: The art of teaching comes through via
the weaving of 21st century themes into core content. You
need to provide guidance and be thoughtful when designing
classroom activities.
• Learning environments: Just as we’ve looked at the whole
child, we need to start emphasizing the whole learning
environment. Personalized learning for both students and
teachers is important.
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