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1 The Challenge of Educating Students for the 21st Century Karin Horn ~ khorn@esc11.net Instructional Technology

2 Changing World Internet 1.0 – Consume Information Research Web 2.0 – Contribute & Collaborate eCommerce Classroom 2.0 Instruction Interactive Tools Social Media Revolution

3 Converging Technologies iPhone/Blackberry Texting TV/Phone/Internet Ubiquitous computer programming Cars Cameras

4 Changing Economy - Work Reinventing Schools: The Technology Is Now! S J Brooks-Young Consulting U.S. Department of Labor

5 Changing Economy - Location “The World is Flat” – Global Economy Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize Winner, New York Times Columnist World's economic playing field is being leveled In 2005, an estimated 400,000 American I.R.S. returns were prepared in India. ''Any activity where we can digitize and decompose the value chain, and move the work around, will get moved around. Some people will say, 'Yes, but you can't serve me a steak.' True, but I can take the reservation for your table sitting anywhere in the world,''

6 Changing People Children of Today What is your child (or grandchild) like? Games they play Stories they hear or like

7 Changing People Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by Marc PrenskyMarc Prensky Lives are media-saturated, spending an average of 6.5 hours a day with media with access to unprecedented quantity of media in their homes, bedrooms and portable media devices Masters of multitasking Most educators are Digital Immigrants, but have a digital accent

8 The Disconnect Digital Natives prefer: Receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources Parallel processing and multitasking Processing pictures, sounds, and video before text Random Access to hyperlinked multimedia information Digital Immigrants prefer: Slow and controlled release of information from limited sources Singular processing and single or limited tasking To provide text before pictures, sounds, and video To provide information linearly, logically and sequentially

9 Changing Education Industrial Age business Mass production Large corporations Specialists 20% of workers rise to the ‘top’ 1 job entire working life Industrial age schools Standardization Large schools Departmentalized 20% of students attend college Learning is finite SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

10 Changing Education Information Age business Entrepreneurial Small, flexible 10-14 distinct career changes 80% self-employed Lifelong learners Today’s schools Standardization Large schools Departmentalized 27.7% of students attend college Learning is finite SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

11 12th Graders’ Views of School SJ Brooks-Young Consulting National Center for Educational Statistics

12 College Readiness (2004) SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

13 Changing Education 21 st Century Skills Report There is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.

14 Infuse 21 st Century Skills To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills.

15 Skill Sets Needed Information and communication skills (information and media literacy skills; communication skills) Thinking and problem-solving (critical thinking and systems thinking; problem identification, formulation and solution; creativity and intellectual curiosity)

16 More skills Interpersonal and self-direction skills (interpersonal and collaborative skills; self- direction; accountability and adaptability; social responsibility) Global awareness Financial, economic and business literacy, and developing entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options Civic literacy

17 Partnership for 21 st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

18 Changing Education Education must meet the needs of a changing world, society and student Technology is a tool that allows us to do this. Problem based learning Collaboration Access to limitless resources Communication between student, parent, teacher Leadership is the critical aspect of effective use of technology in schools

19 Blogging Activity Blog about technology at Karin’s BLOG Karin’s BLOG

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