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GENERATIONAL SIGNPOSTS OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGYANDREW STEINMAN @STEINMAN
ANDREW STEINMAN! @STEINMAN
Generational Signposts
Generational signposts are the events and cultural phenomenon that are specific to each generation
Example: 911
Signposts and Education
Education was developed around society and technology of that generation
Classroom Evolution
Today’s classroom is different from yesterday’s
How much has it changed?
Would your grandparents recognize it?
A Journey Though History
What did education look like in each generation
How society shaped the classroom
A Journey Though History
What did education look like in each generation
How society and technology shaped the classroom
Baby Boomers (late 40s & 50s)
Post WWII
Population Skyrocketed
Overcrowded Classrooms
Baby Boomers in the Classroom
Teacher as "plant manager”
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Educational Practices
Separate students from peers
Separate thinking from doing
Separate school from the real world
Baby Boomers SignpostsTeacher taught using chalkboard
Rote practice
Desks in rows facing teacher, who gave “orders” like military model
Slide projectors
Radio was major communication mode
TV enters the picture (pun intended)
Generation X (60s & 80)
Era of two income families
Independent workers
Digital technology emerges
Generation X in the Classroom
Teacher as “expert"
!
Educational Practice
Focus on knowledge
Generation X Signposts
Microwave Oven (popularized in homes in 1967)
1st generation of students that will have had access to solar powered calculators (late 70s) and won’t have to use a slide rule or logarithm table
Overhead projectors replace slide projectors in classrooms
Generation Y (80s & 90s)
WWW
Mobile Technology Emerges
World = Flat
Generation Y in the Classroom
Teacher as “decision maker"
!
Educational Practice
More information
More assessment
Differentiation
Generation Y SignpostsFirst interactive whiteborad invented by SMART Technologies
Dial-up internet
First generation to know an educational world with major school violence
Ceiling-mounted or cart-mounted data projectors become mainstream
Desktop computers became common in classrooms
Online information-consumption (web 1.0)
The MP3 and digital encoding of media comes into play (pun also intended)
Generation Z (2000s & 2010s)
Current generation
Also known as Generation iY
Always connected
Generation Z in the (future) Classroom
Teacher as “facilitator"
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Educational Practice
Application of knowledge
21st Century Skills (4C’s)
IBL / PBL
Generation Z SignpostsWeb 2.0 and the dawn of creating content online
Mobile web quickly overtakes web 2.0
Apps
Instant access, 24/7/365
Cloud-computing emerges
The mainstream media and news begin to embrace social media as a primary communication tool
Generation Y in the Classroom
Teacher as “decision maker"
!
Educational Practice
More information
More assessment
Differentiation
Classroom Transformation
Engage through authentic learning experiences
Teach 21st century NOW skills
Integrate technology for learning
Getting Started
Develop a classroom culture, a brand
Expand Silos of Success
Silos = Subset
Focus on teacher leadership
Opportunities to Lead
MACUL
PLN
#MichEd
TRIG
is.gd/classroomreadiness
Build Up Your Toolbox
Technology = tool
LMS
Document creation and collaboration tool
Assessment tool
#SNOWW
So now what?
Where we can beStudents have instant access all the time to just about everything and everyone any time, any pace, any where, any place
BYOD and 1:1 schools
Teachers and students blog to reflect on self-learning and communicate online
Project-Based & Inquiry-Based learning become staples of education
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