School 2.0Creating The Schools We Need

Chris LehmannPrincipal

Science Leadership AcademyThursday, March 28, 13

Why This Matters

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My Biases:

21st Century Citizenry, Not 21st Century Workforce

School 2.0 is Progressive Education with 21st Century Tools

Public Education = Democracy

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Data Driven DecisionsAssume that you use good data --

and good data ain’t cheap.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/838786841/Photo by Ewan McIntosh

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

John Cleese

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2225299236/

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn,

unlearn and relearn.

Alvin Toffler

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Caring Institutions

We Teach Kids, Not Subjects

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Inquiry Driven

What are the questions we can ask together?

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Student Centered

It’s Not About Us.

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Teacher-Mentored

Kids Need Adults

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Community-Based

We can learn from manyThursday, March 28, 13

Collaborative

Synthesis WorksThursday, March 28, 13

Passionate

And it has to matter.Thursday, March 28, 13

Integrated

The day has to make senseThursday, March 28, 13

Meta-Cognitive

We need to think about thinking.

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Tests

Homework

Projects

Class Participation

TraditionalClassrooms:Recall-Based

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Projects

Homework

Class Participation

Tests & Quizzes

The SchoolsWe Need:

Understanding-Driven

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The Goal:ThoughtfulWise

PassionateKind

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Neil Postman:

Certain Technologies Are Not Additive, They Are

Transformative

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Technology Like Oxygen

Ubiquitous, Necessary and Invisible

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ResearchCollaborate

CreatePresentNetwork

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What do we teachin the Information Age?

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Wisdom.

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