21 st Century Learning, Teaching, and Leading

1. 21st Century Learning, Teaching, and Leading Robert Sidford 21st Century Learning Coordinator

2. Agenda • Why 21st Century Learning? • What is and isn’t 21st Century Learning? • Educational technology - the TPACK framework • Leading the 21st Century school

3. Why 21st Century Learning? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ueOorEAQw

4. The Changing Nature of Jobs Blue Collar Workers Administrative / Support Workers Sales-related Occupations Technicians, Professionals, Managers, Administrators Service Workers Source: Levy & Murnane (2004)

5. Change in Demand for Skills Source: Levy & Murnane (2004)

6. What isn’t 21st Century Learning

7. What isn’t 21st Century Learning

8. What isn’t 21st Century Learning

9. What is 21st Century Learning?

10. What is 21st Century Learning?

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12. Traditional Classroom Process Support structures Primarily a unidirectional, teacher-centric curricular flow Curriculum = 3Rs

13. 21st Century Classroom Processes Multi-directional, student-centric curricular interactions Curriculum = 4Cs and 3Rs Curriculum Support structures

14. What really is 21st Century Learning?

15. What really is 21st Century Learning? • Teachers serve as facilitators • recognizing that kids want to create, to change, to interact with content, with people, with information • Less teacher-talk; more student-talk

16. What really is 21st Century Learning? • 21st Century Learning requires different classroom processes • focused on students learning to apply the 4Cs • communication – collaborationcritical thinking - creativity • less consumption of information; more aggregation of information • Examples • Nebulous example • Concrete example

17. KWL – 21st Century Style

18. Where are we? • Comparing: • 20th Century education paradigm • 21st Century education paradigm

19. What about technology???

20. TPACK

22. Why technology matters

23. Why technology matters: PLEs • http://youtu.be/YEls3tq5wIY

24. ? Can effective teaching occur here?

25. Leading Aspiring 21st Century Teachers • Focused, Purposeful Professional Learning • Situated, supportive, coaching • “Traditional” PD • Access to Technology for a Purpose • Focus PLCs • Purposeful Master Scheduling • Make connections to CCSS • Use the Teacher Professional Growth System • Understand the Specific Importance of the Principal • PPGS • Behaviors of Effective Tech Principals

26. Twenty-one 21st Century Behaviors of School Leaders • Create a professionally-presented Action Guide outlining the 21 most important behaviors of a 21st Century school leader • All participants must contribute, and the finished piece must represent the group’s collaborative efforts • Use any and all resources available to you, including • Technology • PPGS/McREL Principal Evaluation Standards, TPACK Framework, P21 Rainbow, NETS-A, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals • The varied skills and strengths of WASL participants • Email me the finished product so I can distribute to all participants (rsidford@washoeschools.net) • You have 25 minutes (HINT: Start with a plan!)

27. Questions?

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