The Challenge of Educating Students for the 21st Century

Karin Horn ~ khorn@esc11.netInstructional Technology

Changing World

Internet 1.0 – Consume InformationResearch

Web 2.0 – Contribute & CollaborateeCommerceClassroom 2.0 Instruction Interactive ToolsSocial Media Revolution

Converging Technologies

iPhone/Blackberry TextingTV/Phone/InternetUbiquitous computer programming

CarsCameras

Changing Economy - Work

Reinventing Schools: The Technology Is Now!

S J Brooks-Young Consulting

U.S. Department of Labor

Changing Economy - Location

“The World is Flat” – Global Economy Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize Winner, New York Times

Columnist World's economic playing field is being leveled In 2005, an estimated 400,000 American I.R.S.

returns were prepared in India. ''Any activity where we can digitize and decompose

the value chain, and move the work around, will get moved around. Some people will say, 'Yes, but you can't serve me a steak.' True, but I can take the reservation for your table sitting anywhere in the world,''

Changing People

Children of TodayWhat is your child (or grandchild) like?

Games they playStories they hear or like

Changing People

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by Marc Prensky

Lives are media-saturated, spending an average of 6.5 hours a day with media with access to unprecedented quantity of media in their homes, bedrooms and portable media devices

Masters of multitasking Most educators are Digital Immigrants, but

have a digital accent

The Disconnect

Digital Natives prefer:

Receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources

Parallel processing and multitasking

Processing pictures, sounds, and video before text

Random Access to hyperlinked multimedia information

Digital Immigrants prefer:

Slow and controlled release of information from limited sources

Singular processing and single or limited tasking

To provide text before pictures, sounds, and video

To provide information linearly, logically and sequentially

Changing Education

Industrial Age business Mass production Large corporations Specialists 20% of workers rise

to the ‘top’ 1 job entire working

life

Industrial age schools Standardization Large schools Departmentalized 20% of students

attend college Learning is finite

SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

Changing Education

Information Age business

Entrepreneurial Small, flexible 10-14 distinct career

changes 80% self-employed Lifelong learners

Today’s schools

Standardization Large schools Departmentalized 27.7% of students

attend college Learning is finite

SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

12th Graders’ Views of School

SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

National Center for Educational Statistics

College Readiness (2004)

SJ Brooks-Young Consulting

Changing Education

21st Century Skills ReportThere is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.

Infuse 21st Century Skills

To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills.

Skill Sets Needed

Information and communication skills (information and media literacy skills; communication skills)

Thinking and problem-solving (critical thinking and systems thinking; problem identification, formulation and solution; creativity and intellectual curiosity)

More skills

Interpersonal and self-direction skills (interpersonal and collaborative skills; self-direction; accountability and adaptability; social responsibility)

Global awareness Financial, economic and business literacy, and

developing entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options

Civic literacy

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Changing Education

Education must meet the needs of a changing world, society and student

Technology is a tool that allows us to do this. Problem based learning Collaboration Access to limitless resources Communication between student, parent, teacher

Leadership is the critical aspect of effective use of technology in schools

Blogging Activity

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