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Mark Morrison
Indiana Network of New Technology High Schools
February 2, 2009
New Skills, New High Schools and New Networks of High Schools for the 21st Century
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21st CENTURY SKILLS DEFINED
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20th CENTURY SOLUTIONS
States and school districts are emphasizing test scores, managed curriculum and pacing guides at the expense of relevancy and 21st Century
Skills
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A QUICK HISTORY
NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLNapa, California USA - Established 1996
• Spurred by the local business community to better prepare students for modern workplace
• 400 9th-12th graders
• “Enhancing the Average”
• One-to-one computer ratio with students - “Model Digital School”
• 800 visitors each year come to see the technology and we show them the curriculum
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A School Development Organization
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New Tech Network Progress
Portland
Anchorage
New Orleans(2)
Chicago
DenverNorthernCalifornia (8)
North Carolina (6)Los Angeles (4)
Texas
SY 2006-07SY 2006-07SY 2005-06SY 2005-06
N. Eugene
SYSY 2007-082007-08
+ 3
Indiana (3)
New York
Klamath
SY 2008-09SY 2008-09
+ 3
+ 1
42 New Tech High Schools, August, 2008
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What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning? And what does schooling look like?
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Students experiment and apply learning
Students test their ideas and experiment to find solutions and breakthroughs while receiving ongoing
feedback from instructors.
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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.
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Students prepare to present
Students work on building presentations to repre-sent their work and defend their solutions
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Students present their solutions!
Students present ideas through debates, skits, panels, presentations, etc… where their work is evaluated by peers,
teachers, parents, and community
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Whole to Part Learning
Know/ Need to Know
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How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?
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PBL in the ClassroomSample Project Briefcase
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School and Course Calendar
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21st CENTURY SKILLS ASSESSMENTS
Students receive peer assessments of their collaboration skills at the end of every project … that’s dozens of times each semester!
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CURRICULUM SHARING
The Project Library allows teachers in our
network of schools to
search, view and download
projects that other teachers
have found successful.
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More CURRICULUM SHARING
The Sharing Space allows teachers
in our network of schools to
search, view and download
projects that other teachers are currently
using and refining.
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SKILLS BASED ASSESSMENT
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A REPORT CARD THAT MATTERS
When checking grades online, students see course grades and 21st Century skill assessments.
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PROJECT BRIEFCASE COURSE CALENDAR
COLLABORATION RUBRIC
PeBL™ is a set of tools and technologies that support a student-centered,
project- and problem-based learning environment.
NTHS GRADEBOOK
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Contact Information
Mark Morrison
Director of Leadership Development
www. newtechfoundation.org
707-253-3819
Indiana Network of New Technology High Schools
