What I learned in Hong KongTake-Aways From the 7th 21st Century Learning Conference

Ruth Valle

Judy Willis

•Build cognitive flexibility-Cognitive Flexibility and Control is the ability to change what you are thinking about, how you are thinking about it and even what you think about it – in other words, the ability to change your mind. Cognitive flexibility is required in multiple ways throughout the school day.

•Being able to multitask is not a bad thing•Lower the barriers not the bar

Michael Boll•Go entrepreneurial: a start-up approach to

bring change or a new program to your organization

•What is your new idea?•Why? (What’s your story?)•Mission statement•MVP- minimal viable product (donut)•List assumptions•Pick your team•Always work to reduce friction (learn from

resistance)

Michael Boll

•Everything is marketing•Develop the “about me” section•Get people to spread your story•Find early adopters•Publicize the adopters

Brenda Petersen- National History Day•Nhd.org

Bryant McIntyre

•http://intlbob.com•International Battle of the Books

Ruben Puentedura

•SAMR Model•An Introduction to SAMR

Hamish Clark- The future is now•http://www.hamishclark.com•Born to learn

Kevin Duncan

•Big Time Presentations•Time- 3-5 minutes, then build up to 8

minutes•Set high expectations•Goals•Develop a rubric•Planning and research•Outine•Practice/feedback•Videotape the speeches for review

Kevin Duncan

•Allow to use the front of a 3x5 index card•Dress up for the speech•Provide for a venue that’s classy•Branding- in the videotapes, have

identical beginnings and endings•Practice answering questions about the

speeches

Angela McFarlane

•If you expect to be able to use technology in the classroom then provide hardwired connections rather than unreliable WIFI- no serious business would depend on WIFI

Cris Turple

•Chrome Extensions•https://docs.google.com/document/d/

1qeb8VNquOmD_PKQaKwN32fZAiS3e41fiUt9qhwbjnjE/edit

What I learned in Hong Kong

•http://wikitravel.org/en/Hong_Kong

What else I learned in Hong Kong•Families really only have one or at the

most two children•They drive on the left side of the road•They don’t believe in “ladies first”•They won’t open the door for you•The food is horrible- really•Starbucks is everywhere•They play Christmas music and decorate

buildings

What else I learned in Hong Kong•All signs are in Mandarin Chinese and

English•After a while you learn to decipher the

signs•It’s very clean- n0 trash anywhere•Restrooms, called toilets, are everywhere•People don’t walk on one side in each

direction-anything goes•Most men and women wear black•They bow by slightly inclining their necks

What else I learned in Hong Kong• Asian parents are very involved in their child’s

education- they are constantly at school• There are lots of American teachers in Asian

countries on 3-5 year assignments• Some of the international teachers, esp. the

ones from Germany refuse to use technology and believe that they should teach the way they have been teaching for 200 years- why change what works?

• The international teachers are not too concerned about their retirement- job advancement/satisfaction is their goal

7th 21st Century Learning Conference Hong Kong•Some Pictures

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