teaching and learning in the 21st century

Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

Board of VisitorsOctober 2, 2009

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

9 YEARS


Panel Discussion “What is the purpose of school?”• Joel Arquillos -- Executive Director, 826LA• Dr. Molefi Asante -- Professor, African American Studies, Temple

University• Kendall Crolius -- Founding Partner, The Sulevia Group• Jeff Han -- Founder, Perceptive Pixel and inventor of the multi-

touch screen• Prakash Nair -- Co-Founder, Fielding Nair International --

Architects and Change Agents for Education• Dr. Stephen Squyres -- Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration

Rover Mission, NASA• Moderated by Frederic Bertley -- Vice President of the Center for

Innovation in Science Learning, The Franklin Institute

CURRENT THINKING AROUND 21st CENTURY TEACHING & LEARNING


CreativityPhoto Credit: Flickr @laffy4k


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Collaboration


Courage

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Generate OriginalIDEAS


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“capture and harness student energy in order to shape it.”


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Communication


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What Do These Companies Have in Common?


Source: BusinessWeek “The Top 100 Most Innovative Companies Ranking “Wednesday, October 14, 2009

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_17/b3981413.htm


These companies contain environments that cultivate and foster creativity, innovation, collaboration, critical thinking, and real world problem solving.


HOW IS THE 21st CENTURY STUDENT DIFFERENT?


1970’s• Floppy Disc

• Microprocessor

• Apollo 17

• VCR

• Atari

• Jumbo Jets

• Barcodes

• Apple IIE, Commodore, TRS-80

• InkJet Printers


2000’s• iPod

• Affordable Digital Cameras

• USB Flash Drives

• Hybrid Vehicles

• Blogs, portals and wikis

• Blu-Ray Discs

• VOIP Skype/Vonage

• DVR’s/Tivo

• Netflix


The use of social media – from blogging to online social networking to creation of all kinds of digital material – is central to many teenagers’ lives.

Source: PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT “Teens and Social Media” December 19, 2007


Plugged In

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UNIQUE


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Worcester Academy81 Providence StreetWorcester, MA 01604


Always On

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Authentic Roles


play

appropriation

judgement

negotiation

transmedia navigation

performance

visualization

multitasking

simulation

collective intelligence

distributed cognition

Source: MIT New Media Literacies


Twenty-First Century Skills

In order to thrive in a digital economy, students will need digital age proficiencies. It is important for the educational system to make parallel changes in order to fulfill its mission in society, namely the preparation of students for the world beyond the classroom.

Source: 21st Century Workforce Commission National Alliance of Business

A FOCUS ON SKILLS


Our Spaces


Classroom Walker HallWorcester Academy


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United Nations Security Council Chamber Photo Credit: Picassa NickMcW


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Smart Crosstown Hybrid Concept Car @ Geneva Auto Show 2006


Photo Credit: http://www.eastportny.com/Classrooms/classroom 2Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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MIDDLE SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM


Sonia Sotomayor


MIDDLE SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM


Miles Davis


Albert Einstein


Miles Davis


J.K. Rowling


Our Teachers


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CreativityWednesday, October 14, 2009

Courage


CollaborationWednesday, October 14, 2009

Generate Original IDEAS


Communication


Learning Concierge

Connected Learning Incubator

Synthesizer

Learning Architect Change Agent

Modeler

Facilitator

Network Sherpa

Source: Wendy Drexler


“It is a world in which comfort with ideas and abstractions is the passport to a good job, in which creativity and innovation are the key to the good life, in which high levels of education—a very different kind of education than most of us have had—are going to be the only security there is.” Nearly every segment of the workforce now requires employees to know how to do more than simple procedures—they look for workers who can recognize what kind of information matters, why it matters, and how it connects and applies to other information.”

Source: “Measuring Skills For The 21st Century” E. Silva, Education Sector Reports 11/08

Final Thoughts


Sources

•“The 21st Century Learner” Presentation by Kim Cofino (http://www.slideshare.net/mscofino/the-21st-century-learner)

•“The Networked Teacher” Created by Alec Couros (http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/)

•“The Networked Student” Created by Wendy Drexler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA)

• “The Top 100 Most Innovative Companies Ranking “ Business Week 2006

•“The New Media Literacies” MIT Comparative Media Project (http://newmedialiteracies.org/)

•“Measuring Skills For The 21st Century” E. Silva, Education Sector Reports 11/08

•21st Century Workforce Commission National Alliance of Business


http://www.slideshare.net/mscofino/the-21st-century-learner




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