The document discusses the landscape of the 21st century classroom. It notes that modern classrooms are flexible, mobile, collaborative, and technology/device rich. They are designed to foster collaboration with movable furniture and communal spaces. 21st century skills like cooperation are emphasized. However, challenges exist with the influx of devices, including loss of classroom management control, connection to individual students, and reduced time productivity. Teachers must learn to regain control through routines, formative assessments, and embracing technology for feedback while only using devices when appropriate.

1. Navigating the
Landscape of the 21st
Century Classroom
Dr. Julie Carter
Co-Founder & CEO
GreyED Solutions
julie@greyedsolutions.com
952.856.0076

2. The 21st Century Classroom
• Flexible
• Mobile
• Collaborative
• Technology &
Device Rich

3. Space and Design
• Creating spaces that foster collaboration
• No more rows
• More communal “property”
• Movable furniture
• Teacher pathways for facilitation
• Learning can happen … anywhere

4. 21st Century Skills

5. Traditional Classroom Flow
What do we know about the student who
raises his or her hand?

6. Collaborative Learning
• Organizational emphasis on Cooperative
Learning across the k-12 spectrum
• Well documented research on the benefits
for both academic and social learning

7. What Challenges Exist?
• What challenges exist in this type of
classroom setup and environment

8. Change in Management
Loss of
classroom
management
control
Loss
of time
productivity
Loss of
connection to
individuals,
small groups
Inability
to service
multiple
students
at once

9. Increase of devices

10. Fastest Growing Trend in EdTech
-Futuresource Consulting Ltd

11. Fastest Growing Trend in EdTech
-Futuresource Consulting Ltd

12. What Challenges Exist
• What challenges exist in a device rich
classroom?
• Are they new challenges or do they just “look different” ?

13. Change in Management
Loss of
classroom
management
control
Loss
of time and
productivity
Loss of
connection to
individuals,
small groups
Loss of
lesson
pacing or
control of
lesson flow

14. Access and Barrier
• Influx of devices provides access to
students more than ever
• Influx of devices
has also provided
a barrier between
student and
teacher, and
student to student

15. Learning as a Social Experience
• Learn together
• Create meaning together
• Problem solve together
• Collaborate together
• We learn from each other

16. Blending Social and
Digital together

17. Common Categories of Concern
• Control
• Connection
• Time

18. Loss of Control
• How do I manage small groups?
• What are students doing?
• What are they saying?
• How are they on task?
• Teaching to heads down
• How do I pace a lesson when students are
on devices?

19. Regaining Control
• Establishing common language
• Only use devices when it’s the right tool for
the job
• Establish classroom walkway for easy
access
• Break down barriers and gain insight and
access to all students
• Connection to Flexcat

20. Teachers need to be in six
places at once
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“What is required are teachers who are aware of what
individual students are thinking and knowing, who can
construct meaning and meaningful experiences in light of this
knowledge…” JOHN HATTIE
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22. Regaining Control
If I could just…
• have access to the learning process without
disrupting it
• who steps up as a leader in a group?
• how did they arrive at their conclusions?
• who understood the concepts?

23. Loss of Connection
• How do I know how individual students are
doing in a group?
• Teaching to ‘heads down’ students
• The screen creates a barrier

24. Regaining Connection
• Only use devices when it’s the right tool for
the job
• Embrace digital tools for feedback and
communication
• Formative Assessments
• Comments and wall posts
• Likes

25. Loss of Time
• “I’m recreating” my lessons and activities
• It takes time to learn the technology
• Transitions take longer

26. Lessening the Loss of Time
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Leverage your students
• Routines and common language
• Recognize when “transforming” your
teaching and learning makes sense
• Kagan’s concepts around cooperative learning

29. Meet Technology Where You Are

30. The 21st Century Classroom
• Flexible
• Mobile
• Collaborative
• Technology &
Device Rich

31. Questions…
Dr. Julie Carter
Co-Founder & CEO
GreyED Solutions
julie@greyedsolutions.com
952.856.0076