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Are your students ready for the 21 st Century?

Are your students ready for the 21 st Century?. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL (ICTC) FOCUS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (FIT). Developing Tomorrow’s Workforce Today. February 24, 2011. www.ictc-ctic.ca. ICTC believes….

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Are your students ready for the 21 st Century?

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  1. Are your students ready for the 21st Century?

  2. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL (ICTC)FOCUS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (FIT) Developing Tomorrow’s Workforce Today February 24, 2011 www.ictc-ctic.ca

  3. ICTC believes… …that ICT drives innovation and social change in our communities. The value, opportunity, and impact of these careers needs to be communicated to attract highly qualified workers from all disciplines (arts, business, science). www.ictc-ctic.ca

  4. FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOLGY (FIT) PROGRAM • Enrolment in post secondary IT programs has dropped 50% over the past three years • 34,000 new jobs created in IT per year with 8000 new IT graduates • Need for 170,000 ICT workers in next 5 years

  5. EDUCATION model Existing Education 21st Century learners Business and society demand a new mix of skills • Live an online life • Demand a long tail of niche subjects • Are device independent • Expect technology in education • Strong basic skills • Advanced technical skills • 21st Century capabilities • Ethics and citizenship Global pressures • Competitiveness agenda • Need for mass, quality education • Personalisation at scale • Lifelong learning and retraining • New knowledge of how learning happens Today’s Education Systems Must Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century

  6. Students of the 21st Century “Today’s students…are used to the instantaneity of hypertext, downloaded music, phones in their pockets, a library on their laptops, beamed messages and instant messaging. They’ve been networked …...They have little patience for lectures, step-by-step logic and ‘tell-test’ instruction.” (Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Marc Prensky, 2001

  7. Today’s Virtual Learners Museum virtual tour Current Events community International library virtual collection Chemistry club Cisco TelePresence session Museum click-to-talk Video phone call iTunes U podcast National museum virtual collection Class lecture VOD WebEx Connect Expert Website Digital library RSS Student YouTube Virtual Field Trip Alerts Classroom lecture Expert blog Virtual lab Open courseware Second Life museum tour International newspaper feed Educational Gaming Wikipedia Facebook IM scientist Newsletter Writing community National newspaper feed Government research organization Under Sea TelePresence Literature Podcast Global Warming community History broadcast session Second Life island

  8. Turn Off All Technology Now!

  9. What Have We Learned ? 21st Century Learning Principles “The integration of learning technologies at the center of teaching and learning requires substantial changes from the practice of the traditional classroom.” -- Improving Student Performance Through Learning Technologies, A Policy Statement by the Council Of Chief State School Officers, 1991 • Focus on needs/ preferences of the individual learner • Learning anywhere, anytime • Technology as driver and enabler • Continuous improvement • Working across whole or “natural system” beyond school walls • Focus on equity and outcomes

  10. Research shows … Enhanced career development programs in high school leads to • more successful transition to adulthood Developing critical career awareness, exploration, and planning skills resulted in adults who were: • more optimistic and proactive about work • achieved higher levels of education and training • generally more satisfied with their lives and future directions • (Leah Wack, Selkirk College, Masters thesis)

  11. Education/ICTC approach to 21st century learning - FIT program Strategy to organize instruction and student experiences around career themes (Focus on an industry cluster of related occupations) Incorporates existing school strategies (career academies, career pathways, small learning communities, Career Prep) Connects to business and higher education Anytime, Anywhere , Anyplace

  12. Focus on Information TechnologyDeveloping tomorrow’s workforce today Notes This would include cases of out of province transfers, prolonged student illness, scheduling conflicts, late entry participants. These are the courses based on your selected pathway: networking, media or programming. Co-op Education 120 (2 or 3 credits) or paid work (minimum 200 hours) in an approved IT relatedwork placement. IT Essentials or CompTIA A+ or Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) IT Essentials and one of CCNA or Java or CompTIA Network + or MOS

  13. FIT Certificate Criteria Click on the items which match what you have completed. • Core Courses • Tec h Support 110 • Entrepreneurship 110 • Business Organization and Management 110  Media Programming  • Certification  • Work Experience • This includes Co-op course or paid work in related area. Student Name   Digital Technology 120   Computer Science 120 Click to Start Over

  14. FIT: A PROGRAM FOR SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS • Focus on: • Integrated Information Technology/Computer Studies/ Business • Business Industry Partnership Network • Articulation Agreements with Post Secondary Institutions • Off Campus Education, Work Experience, Summer Internships

  15. FIT Pathways Concentrations

  16. ICTC WILL PROVIDE • FIT Program is FREE • Teacher Resource Guide • Student Passport and Portfolio documents • Five Levels of Certificates: • Teacher blog on DiscoverIT web site • Reduced fees for A+ Certification • Industry Support

  17. CISCO WILL PROVIDE • FREE online ICT curriculum and assessments • Instructor Resources, Online Community • Certificates of completion • FREE Professional Development (conferences across Canada) • Reduced fees for Industry Certifications • Secondary instructors support and training by post-secondary instructors

  18. INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS • Lab type space is required with space for students to assemble/disassemble computers • A source to obtain oldercomputers for students to work on is necessary(unless school already has such computers)

  19. Partnerships ICTC • Between and within school districts • Between secondary and post secondary institutions • Between business, industry and the community

  20. DESIGN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING • Create a Bold Vision • Build a Foundation that creates Seamless Options for the future • View the network as your Communications Platform • Expect the inclusion of Video and Rich Media • Expand the scope beyond the classroom to the community and beyond to the place that adds impact to the End UserExperience • Think out of the box – Expect the Unexpected – Plan without Limiting the Outcome! • Think Partners and the unique ability of diverse partners to work with us as we design a collaborative Learning Society

  21. Contact Information: Alan Nordal nordal@cnc.bc.ca College of New Caledonia ICTC Debbie Vance: debvance@telus.net

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