Capturing and Engaging the 21 st Century Learner

Who are our students? What engages them? How are we doing? What can we do? What are you going to do? What do we need to do it? Expectations. . .

Who are our students?

What engages them?

How are we doing?

What can we do?

What are you going to do?

What do we need to do it?

Technologically literate Trophy generation Claim independence but return home Increasingly bored with school Today’s Youth

Technologically literate

Trophy generation

Claim independence but return home

Increasingly bored with school

Technologically Literate

Trophy Generation!

Claim Independence but return home!

Technologically literate Trophy generation Claim independence but return home Increasingly bored with school Today’s Youth

Technologically literate

Trophy generation

Claim independence but return home

Increasingly bored with school

The Internet has created the greatest generation gap since the advent of rock and roll.

Who are our students? What engages them? How are we doing? What can we do? What are you going to do? What do we need to do it? Expectations. . .

Who are our students?

What engages them?

How are we doing?

What can we do?

What are you going to do?

What do we need to do it?

Millennial-oriented Technology Blogs Wikis Tagging Instant Messaging MySpace Podcasts

What we thought. . . E-mail Web pages Google iPods Laptops Digital cameras Doppler radar Cell phones Debit cards

E-mail

Web pages

Google

iPods

Laptops

Digital cameras

Doppler radar

Cell phones

Debit cards

And we thought we were up to speed! Email - Adults use often 14% of teens use often Today’s average US student has 4 – 5 email addresses 26% of US students access a foreign news service The fastest growing segment of computer users today in the US is 5 – 7 year olds.

Email - Adults use often

14% of teens use often

Today’s average US student has 4 – 5 email addresses

26% of US students access a foreign news service

The fastest growing segment of computer users today in the US is 5 – 7 year olds.

Blogs Wikis Tagging Text messaging MySpace Podcasts PDAs What is really going on. . .

Blogs

Wikis

Tagging

Text messaging

MySpace

Podcasts

PDAs

Content Creation & Social Media Facebook MySpace Flixter YouTube Blogs Personal Web Pages

Facebook

MySpace

Flixter

YouTube

Blogs

Personal Web Pages

Internet driving Learning…

At home…

Who are our students? What engages them? How are we doing? What can we do? What are you going to do? What do we need to do it? Expectations. . .

Who are our students?

What engages them?

How are we doing?

What can we do?

What are you going to do?

What do we need to do it?

Let’s start off with a couple of questions…

Increasingly bored with school! -Information provided by the International Center for Leadership in Education (2008) Survey Statement Total Male Female I enjoy being at school 50.2 47.4 53.2 Teachers make school an exciting place to learn 33.0 32.9 32.6 School is boring 45.5 49.9 41.5 Teachers have fun at school 38.5 39.8 37.6 Learning can be fun 63.5 59.0 69.3

Do our learning organizations meet the needs of a new generation of learners… Sell to the world Buy from the world Work for international companies Manage employees from other cultures and countries Collaborate with people all over the world in joint ventures Compete with people on the other side of the world for jobs and markets The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs … By the age of 38. Do our learning organizations meet the needs of a new generation of learners…

Sell to the world

Buy from the world

Work for international companies

Manage employees from other cultures and countries

Collaborate with people all over the world in joint ventures

Compete with people on the other side of the world for jobs and markets

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs … By the age of 38.

We are already there!!

How are we doing? Out of 100 9 th grade students… 18 will graduate from college within 6 years…

How do we teach our children to live and work in this society?

Do we recognize… We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet. David Warlick – Connect Learning blog

“ Learning is the work for everyone.” - Michael Fullan

Ownership of digital music players – tripled 2005 - 8% to 2006 - 27% Men owning digital music players - jumped from 18% to 28% in the last year female iPod users – tripled from 2005 to 2006 Almost half of all Americans (45%) downloaded music one way or another, up from 31% last year 23% of Americans paid for a song download in 2006, up from 8% in 2005.

Ownership of digital music players – tripled

2005 - 8% to 2006 - 27%

Men owning digital music players - jumped from 18% to 28% in the last year

female iPod users – tripled

from 2005 to 2006

Almost half of all Americans (45%) downloaded music one way or another,

up from 31% last year

23% of Americans paid for a song download in 2006, up from 8% in 2005.

What would you do? What do you currently do? LEP Student? Special Populations?

What would you do?

What do you currently do?

LEP Student?

Special Populations?

Who are our students? What engages them? How are we doing? What can we do? What are you going to do? What do we need to do it? Expectations. . .

Who are our students?

What engages them?

How are we doing?

What can we do?

What are you going to do?

What do we need to do it?

3 R’s Rigor Relevance Relationships!

Rigor

Relevance

Relationships!

Supporting Curriculum Material!

Supporting Curriculum Material!

Supporting Curriculum Material! Let’s take a look. . .

Let’s take a look. . .

Supporting Curriculum Material with Tutorials!

TeacherWeb.com

Twitter.com

Blogspot.com

Flixter.com

Gaggle.net

Gaggle Blogs

Gaggle Message Boards

Gaggle Chats

Gaggle Personal Profiles

Gaggle Digital Locker

Skype

Wiki – Wetpaint.com

Wiki – Wetpaint.com

Gaggle Email Account My Quia Profile! Career Management Class Website TheTeachingPage BLOG TheTeachingPage MicroBLOG Twitter CEV Want to see?

Gaggle Email Account

My Quia Profile!

Career Management Class Website

TheTeachingPage BLOG

TheTeachingPage MicroBLOG

Twitter

CEV

Tools!!!

Created using Camtasia Software, a computer, and a microphone. Want to see?

Created using Camtasia Software, a computer, and a microphone.

Who are our students? What engages them? How are we doing? What can we do? What are you going to do? What do we need to do it? Expectations. . .

Who are our students?

What engages them?

How are we doing?

What can we do?

What are you going to do?

What do we need to do it?

what if…

What if… We understood our customers… We were guaranteed not to fail… We knew exactly what we wanted a learning environment to look like… We had resources, commitment, will, and courage… Would we still build…..

What if…

We understood our customers…

We were guaranteed not to fail…

We knew exactly what we wanted a learning environment to look like…

We had resources, commitment, will, and courage…

We have to reach them on their playground with their toys.

Who are our students? What engages them? How are we doing? What can we do? What are you going to do? What do you need to do it? Expectations. . .

Who are our students?

What engages them?

How are we doing?

What can we do?

What are you going to do?

What do you need to do it?

“ If you are not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” Sir Ken Robinson

Excitement. . .

Passion. . .

Compassion. . .

Motivational Drive. . .

We have to reach them on their playground with their toys.

We have the captive audience. We just have to give them the material in their own language.

Have Hope… but demand more of ourselves first… then others.

Kari Page Richlands High School Onslow Co, NC [email_address] (910) 324-4191 Thank you very much. . .