Digital LearningFor All, Now

Greenwich Public SchoolLeadership/Administration

Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.

The Mission

To prepare EVERY student

for learning, life,and work

in the 21st century.

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Life

School/TestsWork

Skills andKnowledge

Common Core &

21st Century

Skills

Goals for

Learning

Assessment& Data

ProfessionalSupport

Professional

Evaluation

Curriculum &Communicati

on

Teaching & Instruction

Resource Deployment

LeadershipFocus

AlignedSystemsActions

EnsuringCoherence and

Focus

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Digital Learning – Less and More

• Less paper, more pixels.• Less single source, more crowd

source.• Less routine, more adaptation.• Less compliance, more

engagement/choices.• Less consuming, more

producing.• Less about how much, more

about how well.

“Work will be dominated by fast-moving, geographically diverse, free-agent teams of workers connected via socially mediating technologies.”Fred Stutzman, Carnegie Mellon

“The replacement of memorization by analysis will be the biggest boon to society since the coming of mass literacy.” Paul Jones, UNC- Chapel Hill

“There is no doubt that brains are being rewired.” Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research

We Know How This Works

Three Phases of Integration

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Rethinking Consumer driven fundamental shifts in your product, service, or market role.

Reengineer ing Doing a version of what you used to do, but using new tools that expand consumer options and

empowerment.

Retrofitting Doing exactly what you used to

do, only now with a new tool.

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2

3

We Know How This WorksThree Phases of Integration

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1 - Retrofitting

2 - Reengineering

3 - Rethinking

Choice

Engagement

Empowerment

How Would You Answer?

What would an “open phone

test” look like?What happens

when everyone can get

anything from anywhere?

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Purpose + Engagement = Learning

• The Center for 21st Center Skills uses rigorous, standards based blended learning courses and virtual learning tools to challenge and engage student learners from grades 7-12.

• Recognized and funded by the National Science Foundation (ATE/iTEST), Nellie Mae Foundation and the US Department of Education (i3) we serve over 2,500 students a year through our Digital Arts and Sciences Academy.

• Anchored by our six critical 21st century skills, our mission is to prepare students for school, work, and life.

Virtual Summit

Virtual Summit

Impact over TimeArea/Impact Leadership Goals Instruction Assessment

Retrofit

Reengineer

Rethink

Area/Impact Curriculum Resources Support Evaluation

Retrofit

Reengineer

Rethink

Change Happens

Ultimately, adults must

be willing and able to

model the positivechange behaviors

that we seek for our students.

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All Risks are Not Created EqualWe will fail in our mission to give children the tools they need for the future if we forget the balance between protection and preparation.© Corwin Press -

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Think of What They Will Need

Flexibility

Adaptability

Creativity

Problem Solving

ReasoningCourageFocus

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GettingStarted

Long view – Low hanging fruit - Leverage points -

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Find the Leverage PointsLeadership Goals Instruction Assessment

Curriculum Resources Support Evaluation

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Things to do today…1.Find the leverage

point.2.Build the lever.3.Move this…

Reflection and

ConclusionWe cannot effectively

prepare students for

known uncertainty

in their futures by

first demanding

certainty for our own.

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