21st Century Schools &

Technology Integration

Nevada CSD

Evan Abbey - Heartland AEA

My Hopes

• De-mystify Iowa Core

• Light a fire

• Put tech in perspective

• Show you a path

What do you know?

What do you need to know?

What are your hopes?

What are your fears?

Our world is changing

Our job market is changing

Our technology is changing

Our way to access information is changing

Our ability to contribute is changing

31

70

Which is more information than the library of Congress

518,000 times

3 networks x 24 hours x 365 days x 60 years = over 1.5 million hours

Has produced more in 6 months

165 million blogs in November of 2008

(which is about 165 million blogs more than in November of 2003)

Our world is changing

Our job market is changing

Our technology is changing

Our way to access information is changing

Our ability to contribute is changing

Our classroom is… changing?

Answer: 1978

(But could just as easily be 2008)

“What we are facing in education is a Crisis of Significance.”

- Michael Wesch

Of 2007 HS Graduates nationwide…

• 28% found school meaningful

• 21% found school interesting

• 39% said school will lead to success in their future

And those were the students who graduated…

What do your classrooms say?

• To learn is to acquire information

• Information is scarce

• Gather your information from the teacher

• Trust the authority of the information

• Follow along

Content

Assessment Instruction

Instruction

Assessment

The “What”

The “How”

The “How Well”

21st Century Skills

21st Century Teaching & Learning

Authentic Assessment

How are schools different in the 21st century?

21st Century Teaching and Learning

What are the “21st Century Skills” we are seeing here?

Teaching and learning in the 21st century is : Rigorous &

Relevant

Creative

Teaching and learning in the 21st century is :

Teac

hing

and

lear

ning

in

the

21st

cen

tury

is:

Colla

bora

tive

Teaching and learning in the 21st century is : Problem-

Solving

Teaching and le

arning

in the 21st

century

is:

Authentic

Teaching and learning in the 21st century is :

Data & Information Processing

21st Century Skills:

When do you teach hustle?

Fussing the Definition

Deep Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge:

Knowledge is deep when it concerns the central ideas of a topic or discipline with enough thoroughness to explore connections and relationships and to produce relatively complex understandings.

Depth is produced, in part, by covering fewer topics in systemic and connected ways. For students, knowledge is deep when they make clear distinctions, develop arguments, solve problems, construct explanations, and otherwise work with relatively complex understandings.

Deep procedural knowledge occurs when students have internalized the concepts, rules, and procedures required to carry out a task. They are then able to take their understandings, identify goals and plan and implement steps to reach goals that take into account all environmental factors that may impact them completing the task. Teaching for Understanding as well as a Balanced Assessment System are characteristics of teaching for acquisition of Deep Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge.

“Learning Barefoot”

• Learn By Doing

• Big Understanding

• Cross-Curricular

• Complex, More than 1 Solution

• Collaborative

• Share-able

Project Based Learning

5 Characteristics of Effective Instruction

Teaching for Understanding

Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum

Student-Centered Classrooms

Teaching for Learner Differences

Assessment for Learning

http://heartland-aea.wikispaces.com

Change goes deeper than technology use.

The common denominator is “What is the best for

learning?”

There is as much danger in doing too much technology during professional development as doing too little.

Successful schools have targeted goals and

coaching

Technology is a tool, not the end result.

Start with what is important

1)Tool, or technology used

2)Specific place in the curriculum

3)Overall purpose of teaching, or the “big skill”

Collaboration Tools

Writing ToolsCritical Research

Tools

Networking Tools

Organizational Tools

Data Collection/ Interpretation Tools

Presentation Tools

Graphical Representation

Tools

Visual Literacy Tools

Formative Assessment Tools

Oral/Aural Literacy Tools

Enhanced Opportunity to

Learn Tools

Wri

ting L

itera

cy

Visual Literacy

Oral/Aural Communication

Collaboration

Networking

Data Collection & Interpretation

Critical Research

Formative Assessment

Graphical Representations

Presentation

Organization

Enhanced Opportunity to Learn

Collaboration Tools

Writing ToolsCritical Research

Tools

Networking Tools

Organizational Tools

Data Collection/ Interpretation Tools

Presentation Tools

Graphical Representation

Tools

Visual Literacy Tools

Formative Assessment Tools

Oral/Aural Literacy Tools

Enhanced Opportunity to

Learn Tools

1)Look at the Core’s Essential Skills

2)Purpose, Place, Tool

3)Explore and Connect

4)Start Having Critical Conversations about 21st Century Teaching & learning

Evan Abbey

Professional Leadership and Learning Consultant

Heartland Area Education Agency

eabbey@aea11.k12.ia.us

515-270-9030