Bob Pearlman 6th Annual Building Learning Communities Conference Boston, MA July 18, 2006

1. New Models of Learning for the21st Century : New Tech High School Bob Pearlman 6th Annual Building Learning Communities Conference Boston, MA July 18, 2006 PowerPoint Slides at http://www.bobpearlman.org/BLC2006.htm

2. http://www.edutopia.org June 2006 issue Let's assume the No Child Left Behind Act works fine and that by 2014 every student meets the targeted standards and passes his or her state's exit exam. Will those students be successful as citizens and workers in the twentyfirst century? Not a chance. Let's further assume that each state's governor gets the one-on-one computer bug and equips all of each state's students with top-flight portable PCs. Will these students now be successful as citizens and workers in the twenty-first century? Again, not a chance. No matter how sophisticated the tools we put in classrooms, the curriculum designed to educate students to meet the new standards is sorely inadequate to help them after they leave school. In short, learning -- and schooling -- must be totally transformed.

3. “Results That Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform” Improving high schools requires the nation to redefine “rigor” to encompass not just mastery of core academic subjects, but also mastery of 21st century skills and content. Rigor must reflect all the results that matter for all high school graduates today. Today’s graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers and effective communicators who are proficient in both core subjects and new, 21st century content and skills. These 21st century skills include learning and thinking skills, information and communications technology literacy skills, and life skills. -- March 24, 2006 http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

4. What are the key questions for building schools of the future? What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st century? knowledge and skills What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning? London Challenge Visualization, November 2004 curricula What assessments for learning, school-based and national, foster student learning, engagement, and self-direction? assessments What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21st century student learning? facilities How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community? technology

5. What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st Century?

6. SCANS U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills COMPETENCIES - Effective workers can productively use: • Resources - allocating time, money, materials, space and staff. • Interpersonal Skills - working on teams, teaching others, serving customers, leading, negotiating, and working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds. • Information - acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communication, and using computers to process information. • Systems - understanding social, organizational and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and designing or improving systems. • Technology - selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks, and maintaining and troubleshooting technologies. FOUNDATIONS - Competence requires: • Basic Skills - reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking and listening. • Thinking Skills - thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning. • Personal Qualities - individual responsibilities, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity. 1992

7. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

9. New Technology HS LEARNING OUTCOMES • WRITTEN COMMUNICATION • CAREER PREPARATION • CITIZENSHIP AND ETHICS • CURRICULAR LITERACY (CONTENT STANDARDS) • TECHNOLOGY LITERACY • COLLABORATION • CRITICAL THINKING • ORAL COMMUNICATION

10. What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning? And what does schooling look like?

12. Teachers talk and students listen.

13. The teacher has a monopoly on information

14. Students learn by not doing

15. How do we get them here?

16. New Technology High School Napa, California http://www.newtechhigh.org/ • Integrating technology into every class • Interdisciplinary and project-based • Internship class consisting of classroom curriculum and work-based learning in regional companies • Digital Portfolio http://www.newtechfoundation.org/

17. At the core is a student centered, project and problem based teaching strategy that is tied to both content standards and school wide learning outcomes.

18. Project- and Problem-Based LearningKeys to 21st Century Learning • To learn collaboration, work in teams. • To learn critical thinking, take on complex problems. • To learn oral communication, present. • To learn written communication, write. • To learn technology, use technology. • To develop citizenship, take on civic and global issues. • To learn about careers, do internships. • To learn content, research and do all of the above. NTHS teachers start each unit by throwing students into a realistic or real-world project that both engages interest and generates a list of things the student need to know. Projects are designed to tackle complex problems, requiring critical thinking. New Tech’s strategy is simple:

19. Each unit begins when students are presented with a complex, standards-based problem Students form a team, develop a work contract and build a work plan

20. Students get to work! Students are provided an online briefcase specific to the project with information, resources, links and assessment criteria that help guide them.

21. Students Need To Know Student questions and “need to knows” drive classroom lectures and activities. Sometimes for the whole class … sometime for just one student

22. Students experiment and apply learning Students test their ideas and experiment to find solutions and breakthroughs while receiving ongoing feedback from instructors.

23. Students get back to work! Students work and collaborate in a business-like environment, where they know their deliverables and have the technology tools to do their jobs.

24. Students prepare to present Students work on building presentations to repre-sent their work and defend their solutions

25. Students present their solutions! Students present ideas through debates, skits, panels, presentations, etc… where their work is evaluated by peers, teachers, parents, and community

26. CURRICULUM INTEGRATION • COMMUNICATION STUDIES • 9TH Grade Language Arts • Drama • GLOBAL STUDIES • World History and Civilizations • 10th Grade Language Arts • AMERICAN STUDIES • United States History • American Literature • POLITICAL STUDIES • Government/Economics • Political Literature 2 teachers, 45-50 students, meeting for 2 hour blocks each day • SCIENTIFIC STUDIES • Algebra II • Physics

27. College Courses and Internships • Major impact on high school performance • Major impact on Post-secondary success

29. Transform the Secondary School Student Experience! Personalization Projects Exhibitions Digital Portfolios Internships Technology

30. What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21st century student learning?

34. Schools as Workplaces for 21st Century Students

35. FACILITIES FRAMEWORK Large classrooms that allow for team teaching, computers, group work and creates an environment that reflects school’s purpose. Technology infrastructure to support 1:1 computer ratios

36. How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?

37. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR … • Learning • Curriculum • Communication • Assessment • Scalability* • Computerized Tutorials • On-Line Curriculum • E-Library • Academic Systems • Project Standardization • Digital Textbooks • Document Libraries • Project Design Template • Online Curriculum • Internship Coordination • Student E-Mail • Parent E-Bulletin • Collaboration Database • Learning Logs • Digital Gradebooks • Student Journals • Support Databases • Account Management • PBL Unit Library • Customizable Templates

38. TOOLS: PROJECT BRIEFCASE The Project Briefcase allows teachers to put all project materials in one spot for easy student access and to share with other teachers.

39. CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK The Project Library allows teachers in our network of schools to search, view and download projects that other teachers have found successful.

40. TOOLS: COURSE AGENDA The Course Agenda helps keep complicated projects organized.

41. Teachers enter activities for each day including links to resources and homework assignments.

43. TOOLS: PRESENTATION EVALUATION DATABASE

47. Use technology to create a collaborative learning environment and a Learning Community

48. New Technology High School Grads: • Powerful • Articulate • Self-Directed • Collaborative • Leaders & Entrepreneurs

49. RESULTS THAT MATTER • Post-Secondary Success • In 2005, Rockman et al conducted a six-month study of Napa New Technology High School (NTHS) alumni (8 graduating classes since opening in 1996). The study gathered feedback from NTHS graduates regarding their postsecondary education and/or career, 21st Century skills, knowledge and use of technology, and on what they valued most about their NTHS experience: • 89% of the responding alumni attended a 2-year or 4-year college/university or professional or technical institute. • 92% of respondents have applied some or a great deal of what they learned at NTHS to their postsecondary education or career. • 96% of the respondents would choose to attend NTHS again. • 40% of the alumni respondents were either majoring in STEM fields or were working in STEM professions. • High School Success • New Tech High School students graduate with a mastery of 21st Century knowledge and skills, prepared for college, career, and citizenship. New Tech High School uses multiple measures to assess student performance and school accountability, including measures of student engagement, academic success, 21st Century skills, and post-secondary success.  NTHS Results that Matter shows high school success data on student achievement, 21st Century Skills, graduation requirements, graduation rates, post-secondary enrollments and STEM Careers, Recognitions, and NTHS Network School Success . • http://www.newtechfoundation.org/html/Articles.html

50. A School Development Organization