Information isChanging Learning

MEETING THE NEEDS OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS

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Adam GarryManagers of Global Professional Learning

Experience

Driving Question:How are you defining 21st

century learning?

Schools have always been about information Sharing?

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21st Century Skills

• Information Fluency• Communication and Collaboration• Problem Solving• Creativity and Innovation• Self-Direction

Information is changing learning

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OUR CHILDRENARE GROWING UP

IN THE DIGITAL AGEGrades 3-5

• 28% Email, IM and Text• 54% Play Video or Online Games• 32% Share Music, Videos, and

Photos• 51% Use the Internet for Research

Grades 6-12• 47% Email, IM and Text• 71% Have a Cell Phone• 26% Have a Smart Phone• 38% Use Social Networking Site to

Collaborate on School Projects

© Project TomorrowSpeak Up 2008 National Data Findings

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THE “CONNECTED GENERATION” TYPICALLY DISCONNECTS WHEN THEY ENTER THE CLASSROOM.

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How do learning environments change as information gets larger, grows faster,and becomes more complex?

Web 2.0 is version 1.0 for today’s learners

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It’s About Bringing Information to You!Teacher Flake

Classroom TechnologyTechnology designed to engage students

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A conceptual framework for understanding professional learning for schools

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What is professional Learning?

To eliminate this confusion with our customers, we want to define the outcomes of the professional learning opportunities in the beginning when we scope out a plan for their Connected Classroom initiative.

Often, school districts and vendors describe other types of professional learning opportunities as Professional Development but it is not delivered as the way NSDC describes what PD should look like.

Professional Development Professional LearningPast Present

Dell’s Professional Learning

options

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Experience

Experience

EXPERIENCEThis is an opportunity to explore new learning without making any commitment to implementation or change in practice and/or with no expectation of impacting student learning.

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Experience StructuresEducators gain experiences in many ways. Some of the most common are listed below:

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• Conferences• Guest speakers at meetings• Team building activities• Book-study• University courses• Articles• Summer institutes

Experience

TRAININGThis type is typically required to carry out management or process tasks. There is a level of expectation that the new learning will change practice in someway, but with no direct link to or measurement of student learning.

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Training Structures

• Workshops• Seminars• Courses• Independent Study Modules• Facilitated Modules• Face-to-face delivery• Virtual Environments

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Training can be delivered through many different venues and in a variety of delivery modes.

Experience

PROF DEVELOPMENT/ GROWTHThere is an expectation that the new learning will be implemented (with appropriate support) in the classroom to change teacher practice. There is also an expectation that this change in practice impact student learning.

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NSDC definition and study states:The term “professional development” means a comprehensive,

substantiated, and intensive approach to improving teachers’ and principals’ effectiveness in raising student achievement

Effective professional development is intensive, ongoing, and connected to practice; focuses on the teaching and learning of specific academic content; is connected to other school initiatives; and builds strong working relationships among teachers.

Hammond, L. (Ed.). (2009). Professional Learning in the Learning Profession. (1st ed., Dallas: NSDC.

What is Professional Development?

Professional Development /Growth Structures

• Professional Learning Community

• School-wide teaching/learning initiatives

• Topic specific study groups• Book study using a study group format

• University courses• Summer institutes• Topic specific taskforce

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There are a variety of structures that can be used to facilitate the professional development/growth cycle. They include:

Assess

Learn

Implement

ReflectProfessional Growth Cycle

Professional Development for School Leaders

– Consultant works in the school building with leadership teams to visit classrooms

– School and district develops common language around language

– The learning is differentiated for the school leaders

– Schools defines the leadership team they want to develop

– Conversation are about teaching and learning and how technology can support that environment

– Define next steps are identified

Leadership CoachingDell provides leadership coaching and the building level to support connected

classroom and one-to-many implementations. Key highlights of this offering: