Core slides from 1/6/12 Presentation to the Eastern High School Principals Round Table

1. Teaching and Learning in a
Digital World
Eastern High School
Principals Roundtable
January 6th, 2012
by Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.
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2. The Goal
To prepare
EVERY student
for learning, life,
and work
in the 21st century.
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3. Truth # 1
The future of
learning and
work
is digital.
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4. In Less Than
A Generation…
• From isolation to
communication as the norm.
• From going out of your way
to communicate to going out
of your way not to.
• Skype, text, Google voice,
etc.
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5. The Apple
Effect
Redefining
software as
lean, focused
and task
oriented.
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6. The Google
Effect
Driving the cost of
software down and
consumer
expectations up.
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7. The Cloud
& Browser
The Cloud is the tool
and the browser is
the portal.
A new era of
portability and
flexibility.
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8. Truth # 2
Limited access
equals
limited mastery.
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9. Common Sense
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10. 2011 NEASC Standards
A rating of DEFICIENT is
appropriate…
(if there are) …insufficient
opportunities for all students to
practice and achieve each of the
21st century learning
expectations.
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11. Truth # 3
Every
printed page
is a
waste.
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12. Track
Results &
Data
Do
Plan
Change the
Orientation to
One-to-One
Quality, Equity &
Control Barriers
Change the
System’s Focus
Alignment &
Focus Barriers
Change the
Culture
Rigidity &
Risk Barriers
Digital Learning for All, NOW!
Change Leadership
 BYOD
 Digital Materials
 Open Sources
 True North 21
 Valued Measures
 Synchronicity
 Positive Policy
 Common Cause
 Problem Solving
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Prepare EVERY student for Learning,
Life, and Work in the 21st Century

13. A Change in the Culture
Articulating how well we expect
learners to perform and measuring for it.
A variety of reliable and consistent
Assessment tools that are aligned with the
identified goals for learning.
Improving the methods through
which we create learning.
A variety of teaching strategies that are
aligned with the identified goals for learning.
Articulating what we want
learners to know and be able to do.
What are the most critical skills and
attributes a learner will need
to be successful?
Improved
Student Learning
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14. Preparing Students For a Knowledge Economy
Align Your Systems With Your Goals for Learning
Type of
Assessment
Required
Subject Area
Responsibilities
Everyone’s
Responsibility
Content
(Declarative)
Facts
Content Skills
(Procedural)
Discrete Skills
21st Cent. Skills
(Contextual)
Applied Understandings
Type of
Knowledge
Desired
Type of
Instruction
Required
Lecture, video,
films, assigned
readings and
memory activities.
Classroom or textbook
problems, experiments,
discussions, practice and
repetition.
Complex projects,
real time explorations,
authentic and relevant
skill applications.
Amount of
Time
Required
Discrete units,
spiraled and
predictable.
Ongoing, systemic and
without a finite
or predictable end.
Discrete units,
spiraled and
predictable.
Recall & recognition
based quizzes, tests,
and activities. Multiple
choice, matching, etc.
(SAT/AP/Exams)
Checklists,
analytic rubrics,
or other agreed upon
skill standards
(AP/CMT/CAPT/Exams)
Holistic and,
analytic rubrics,
or other agreed upon
standards of rigor
(Portfolios, Exhibitions, Etc)

15. What is the Goal?
True North 21
1. Use real-world digital and other research tools to
access, evaluate and effectively apply information
appropriate for authentic tasks.
2. Work independently and collaboratively to solve
problems and accomplish goals.
3. Communicate information clearly and effectively using
a variety of tools/media in varied contexts for a variety of
purposes.
4. Demonstrate innovation, flexibility and adaptability in
thinking patterns, work habits, and working/learning
conditions.
5. Effectively apply the analysis, synthesis, and evaluative
processes that enable productive problem solving.
6. Value and demonstrate personal responsibility,
character, cultural understanding, and ethical behavior.
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16. CCSS Instructional Shifts
1. Focus - Invest time and energy and don't role through topics.
Focused instruction for all students - open the door for all
students. Focused, thoughtful, reflective planning.
2. Coherence - Build knowledge in years and across years - how
areas connect to each other(learning progressions).
3. Fluency - Fluency is an expression of understanding. It doesn't
stop in the lower grades.
4. Deep Understanding - Prepare for flexibility - surprise shouldn't
make you helpless.
5. Application - Accessing layers of knowledge. The ability to solve
a variety of problems without a given step by step plan or
directions.
6. Intensity - Intense engagement on the topics. Intense planning
and the courage, as the teacher, to ask for help understanding the
math.
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17. Goals for
Learning
Assessment
& Data
Professional
Support
Professional
Evaluation
Curriculum &
Communication
Teaching &
Instruction
Resource
Deployment
Leadership
Focus
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18. The Goal Credits True North 21
Instruction Teacher Centered Learner Centered
Assessment Content Heavy Skills in Context
Curriculum Static Adaptive
Resources Historic Aligned
Evaluation Adult Actions Engagement
Support Provided Self-Directed
Look for Every Opportunity To
shift systems thinking . . .
FROM TO
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19. Reflection and
Conclusion
We cannot
effectively
prepare students
for known
uncertainty in
their futures by
first demanding
certainty for our
own.
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20. Contact Information
Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.
Director, School/Program Services
EDUCATION CONNECTION
costa@educationconnection.org
860-567-0863
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