Dougald MacNaughton – Education Account Executive Dell Public Accounts 21 st Century Learning Environments How Information is Changing Learning A Vision for the Future MEETING THE NEEDS OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS

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Global Marketing Driving Question How are you defining 21st century learning? 4

Global Marketing It is important to use technology in school because…. 1.It engages students 2.It enhances the curriculum 3.Students will use it in the real world 4.For collaboration 5

Global Marketing 21st Century Skills - Creativity and Innovation Self-Direction (added 2009) Information Fluency Communication and Collaboration Problem Solving

Global Marketing The most important 21st Century Skill is… 1.Problem Solving 2.Communication and Collaboration 3.Creativity and Innovation 4.Information Fluency 5.Self Direction 7

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Global Marketing Geography of US Jobs 9 Source:

Global Marketing Jobs of the Future Employers value workers who can think critically and solve problems. Occupations that employ large shares of workers with post- secondary education and training are growing faster than others. Post-high school education and training system provides valuable skills to those who complete programs in high- growth fields. PREPARING THE WORKERS OF TODAY FOR THE JOBS OF TOMORROW July 2009

Global Marketing Dell Competency Skills-Minimum Requirements Developing Direct Reports Learning on the Fly Organizational Agility Problem Solving Priority Setting Drive for Results Customer Focus Intellectual Horsepower Integrity and Trust Business Acumen Functional/Technical Skills Command Skills Dealing with Ambiguity Building Effective Teams

Global Marketing INFORMATION IS CHANGING LEARNING.

Global Marketing Schools have always been about information sharing? 1.True 2.False 13

Global Marketing USE CREATE REMIX Information Flows Purposeful Mash-up

Global Marketing Our children are growing up in the digital age Grades % , IM and Text 54% Play Video or Online Games 32% Share Music, Videos, and Photos 51% Use the Internet for Research Grades % , IM and Text 71% Have a Cell Phone 26% Have a Smart Phone 38% Use Social Networking Site to Collaborate on School Projects © Project Tomorrow Speak Up 2008 and 2009 National Data Findings 2009 Grades % , IM and Text 54% Play Video or Online Games 32% Share Music, Videos, and Photos 51% Use the Internet for Research Grades % , IM and Text 23% Have a Smart Phone w/Internet 32% Use Social Networking Site to Collaborate on School Projects Grades % , IM and Text 31% Have a Smart Phone w/Internet 43% Use Social Networking Site to Collaborate on School Projects

Global Marketing 16 THE “CONNECTED GENERATION” TYPICALLY DISCONNECTS WHEN THEY ENTER THE CLASSROOM.

Global Marketing Can we argue? Things Info- greater amounts & greater speed Info-less vetting & less barriers

Global Marketing 32 Million 650 Miles Library of Congress

Global Marketing 32 Million 650 Miles Think of the Library of Congress as a cup… How many times can it be filled up with just the new info created in 2002? A. 108 B. 11,060 C. 37,000 D. 234,908

Global Marketing Times 5 Exabytes of new information is our best estimate of new data created way back in ,050,000 miles of shelves or 1,184,000,000,000 books

Global Marketing How much of this new information is in paper format? Just 36 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds reported reading a daily newspaper in 2006, down from 73 percent in 1970.

Global Marketing 92% of new data

Global Marketing How many years to read the Internet? ,000

Global Marketing 57,000 years

Global Marketing 3,805 YEARS

Global Marketing 2.7 Billion A Day searches 235 million Google searches per day - July 2008 YouTube Watch million video clips Upload- 65,000 More Internet statistics

Global Marketing 1 in 200 page views on the Internet (NY Times, 2007) Wikipedia, love it or hate it…

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Global Marketing 29 HOW DO LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS CHANGE AS INFORMATION GETS LARGER, GROWS FASTER, AND BECOMES MORE COMPLEX?

Global Marketing 30 WEB 2.0 IS VERSION 1.0 FOR TODAY’S LEARNERS

Global Marketing Internet tools Makes all systematic knowledge immediately computablewww.wolframalpha.com Creates a starter "square" of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web. Google Wonder Wheel - a wheel display of relevant search terms.

Global Marketing Microsoft Pivot – visual search - Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. Google Goggles lets you search Google using pictures from your camera phones. iCue > Welcome! iCue is a free collaborative learning environment which includes hundreds of current and historic videos from NBC NewsiCue > Welcome! 32

Global Marketing It’s About Bringing Information to You! Teacher Flake Teacher Flake

Global Marketing Classroom Technology Technology designed to engage students Student Devices Teacher Devices Classroom Projector Interactive Whiteboard Device Cart Classroom Device Classroom Printer Wireless Network

The most important resource in the building is not the Media Teacher or the Classroom Teacher. It's not the Gym Teacher or the Counselor. It's the learner. If we all put the learners first in our own ways, then everyone is right. -Pete Caggia

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