LwICT for K-12 21st Century Learning for The Leaders of Tomorrow

1. LwICT for K-1221st Century Learning forThe Leaders of Tomorrow

2. The Changing Face of Education

3. The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read and write but those whocannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler

4. What We Know • Technology is totally immersed in our society • Technology is common place • Technology has infused itself into every aspect of our lives

5. Students’ Brains are Changing

6. The 21st Century Learning project is based upon: LwICT Senior Years ICT IMYM

7. Pedagogy of Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum

9. Students will be expected to: Infuse ICT to facilitate: critical thinking to plan and gather information. creative thinking to produce and communicate information. To use ICT responsibly and ethically .

10. Research has shown that the most effective way to infuse ICT is to?

11. Focus on pedagogy rather than on technology!

12. Why do East Asian Children outperform North American Children in Math ?

13. The real difference in mathematical ability is because of how the teachers teach! So!

14. Teachers need to engage learners with the best teaching practices based on modern educational research: Differentiating Instruction Using Cooperative learning Strategies Multi-level learning Inquiry based pedagogy Infusing ICT into student learning

15. Learning is not a spectator sport!

16. We learn new things by doing them first with others !

17. Student’s learn the best when: • Talk about what they are learning • Write about it • Relate it to past experiences • Apply it to their daily lives

18. They must make what theylearn part of themselves. Chickering and Gamson 1987

19. Goodlearning, like good work, is collaborative and social, not competitive andisolated.

20. The Changing Face of Education