21 st Century Learning and Skills

1. 21st Century Learning and Skills Baton Rouge, LA April 25, 2008 Jim Warford

2. Lessons Learned The story of America’s public schools is NOT a story of failure! We educate more students today to a higher standard than ever before in our history! But the world is changing even faster than we are. Today’s students are wired differently!

3. My Story… Mary Kay Jones

4. We educate more students today to a higher standard than ever before in our history! But the world is changing even faster than we are! Faster than we imagine… Faster than weCanimagine!!!

5. Computer Sales Computer Manufacturers Dell Sony Compaq HP IBM Think Pad Apple NEC Gateway Toshiba Quanta Wispron Asustek Compal Inventec 90 % Mainland China Companies

6. Cities with 1 Million People

7. U.S. Demographic Change…

8. Demographics / Economic 1910 3.0 / 100 1946 4.6 / 100 2000 1.4 – 1.8 / 100

9. Start WorkingEnd WorkingLongevity 107 77 62 62 47 21 14 18 1900 2000 2100

10. Debt • Federal Budget 2006 Deficit $1.3 trillion $11, 434 per household • Total per household $516,348 $31,000 per year for 75 years Source: USA Today

11. Changing schools Is hard… Do you sometimes feel Stuck?

12. Changing Technology • Processing • Communications

13. 1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe Central Units’ Memory = 8 MB 2004 iPod = 4 GB 2007 iPhone = 8 GB

14. Nano Technology • Atom Up

15. SPOT Technology • Integrated Projection • Projection Keyboard

16. The Result:Today’s students areWIREDdifferently.Nathan’s Story…

17. Highly Visual 21st Century Learners • Speed of processing • Size of the brain devoted to visual processing • Association prior to meaning Kuzmich, 2008

18. The Student’s Brain The Student’s Brain • No meaning without personal connection or emotion • The Media Generation – highly visual • The Big 4: • Context • Transfer • Parts-to-Whole • Inference

19. The “CNN Effect” and Your Classroom • The “CNN” screen and other media and technology are numbing students’ visual systems to subtle changes. • Advertisers know this and so do Hollywood filmmakers. • What does it mean in the classroom? Attention and motivation factors…

20. 21st Century Learners Digital Native Learners • Multitasking • Multimedia learning • Online social networking • Online info searching • Games, simulations & creative expressions

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23. It may look like gobbledegook, but streetwise teenagers would have no trouble understanding… A new language is being developed by cell phone-addicted kids based on the predictive text of their treasured handsets… Key words are replaced by the first alternative that comes up on a mobile phone using predictive text…

24. The new words are known as: Netspeak, Textonyms, Adaptonyms or Cellodromes. And are becoming part of regular teen conversation.

25. Lesson Learned:Florida Virtual School

26. How dotoday’s studentsfeel about YOUR school?

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33. What reportwas released in 1983?

34. 1983 - A Nation at Risk • E-mail • Web pages • Google • iPODs • Laptops • Digital cameras • Doppler radar • Cell Phones • Debit cards

35. 2000 • Blogs • Wikis • Tagging • Text messaging • MySpace • Podcasts • PDAs • Genetic code

36. “As the Future Catches You” By Juan Enriquez

37. Challenges: • Technology • Globalization • Demographics

38. Are you Worried yet?

39. From Theory to Practice Moving Rigor and Relevance Into the Classroom

40. Based upon what works!Model Schoolsand the Successful Practices Network

41. The Rigor/Relevance Framework Is critical For 21st Century Students

42. 6 5 4 3 2 1 Rigor/Relevance Framework Knowledge Application 1 2 3 4 5

43. Knowledge Taxonomy 1. Awareness 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

44. Application Model 1.Knowledge in one discipline 2. Application within discipline 3. Application across disciplines 4. Application to real-world predictable situations 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situations

45. Levels Bloom’s C D A B 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 Application

46. Rigor/Relevance Framework Teacher/Student Roles D C Student Think Student Think & Work RIGOR High B A Teacher Work Student Work Low Low High RELEVANCE

47. Brain Researchis providing new support.

48. Latest Research • Donald Roberts - Stanford • Jordan Grafman – National Institute of Neurological Disorders • Hal Pashler – University of California • Cheryl Grady – Rothman Research Center, Toronto • David Meyer – University of Michigan • Claudia Knooz – Duke

49. Activating Learning • Learning takes place when multiple neurons fire from numerous places in the brain, and these new memories can be retrieved over a period of time. • Learning must be connected and relevant to be remembered. • We only remember things that have meaning for us. The Brain Responding to Visual Stimuli Image courtesy of R. Clay Reid

50. Use it or lose it,because…Neurons that fire together,wire together!