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The Challenge of Educating Students for the 21st Century

The Challenge of Educating Students for the 21st Century. Karin Horn ~ khorn@esc11.net Instructional Technology. Changing World. Internet 1.0 – Consume Information Research Web 2.0 – Contribute & Collaborate eCommerce Classroom 2.0 Instruction Interactive Tools Social Media Revolution.

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The Challenge of Educating Students for the 21st Century

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  1. The Challenge of Educating Students for the 21st Century Karin Horn ~ khorn@esc11.net Instructional Technology

  2. Changing World • Internet 1.0 – Consume Information • Research • Web 2.0 – Contribute & Collaborate • eCommerce • Classroom 2.0 Instruction • Interactive Tools • Social Media Revolution

  3. Converging Technologies • iPhone/Blackberry Texting • TV/Phone/Internet • Ubiquitous computer programming • Cars • Cameras

  4. Changing Economy - Work Reinventing Schools: The Technology Is Now! S J Brooks-Young Consulting U.S. Department of Labor

  5. Changing Economy - Location • “The World is Flat” – Global Economy • Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize Winner, New York Times Columnist • World's economic playing field is being leveled • In 2005, an estimated 400,000 American I.R.S. returns were prepared in India. • ''Any activity where we can digitize and decompose the value chain, and move the work around, will get moved around. Some people will say, 'Yes, but you can't serve me a steak.' True, but I can take the reservation for your table sitting anywhere in the world,''

  6. Changing People • Children of Today • What is your child (or grandchild) like? • Games they play • Stories they hear or like

  7. Changing People • Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants • by Marc Prensky • Lives are media-saturated, spending an average of 6.5 hours a day with media with access to unprecedented quantity of media in their homes, bedrooms and portable media devices • Masters of multitasking • Most educators are Digital Immigrants, but have a digital accent 

  8. Digital Natives prefer: Receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources Parallel processing and multitasking Processing pictures, sounds, and video before text Random Access to hyperlinked multimedia information Digital Immigrants prefer: Slow and controlled release of information from limited sources Singular processing and single or limited tasking To provide text before pictures, sounds, and video To provide information linearly, logically and sequentially The Disconnect

  9. Industrial Age business Mass production Large corporations Specialists 20% of workers rise to the ‘top’ 1 job entire working life Industrial age schools Standardization Large schools Departmentalized 20% of students attend college Learning is finite Changing Education SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

  10. Information Age business Entrepreneurial Small, flexible 10-14 distinct career changes 80% self-employed Lifelong learners Today’s schools Standardization Large schools Departmentalized 27.7% of students attend college Learning is finite Changing Education SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

  11. 12th Graders’ Views of School • National Center for Educational Statistics SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

  12. College Readiness (2004) SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

  13. Changing Education • 21st Century Skills ReportThere is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.

  14. Infuse 21st Century Skills • To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills.

  15. Skill Sets Needed • Information and communication skills (information and media literacy skills; communication skills) • Thinking and problem-solving (critical thinking and systems thinking; problem identification, formulation and solution; creativity and intellectual curiosity)

  16. More skills • Interpersonal and self-direction skills (interpersonal and collaborative skills; self-direction; accountability and adaptability; social responsibility) • Global awareness • Financial, economic and business literacy, and developing entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options • Civic literacy

  17. Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

  18. Changing Education • Education must meet the needs of a changing world, society and student • Technology is a tool that allows us to do this. • Problem based learning • Collaboration • Access to limitless resources • Communication between student, parent, teacher • Leadership is the critical aspect of effective use of technology in schools

  19. Blogging Activity • Blog about technology atKarin’s BLOG

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