Originally made on Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, this is a PPT about the Horizon Report 2017

1. Horizon Report 2017
Solvable Challenges
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3. Solvable Challenges
• Authentic Learning Experiences
• Improving Digital Literacy
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4. Authentic Learning Experiences
What are they?
• Authentic Learning Experiences (ALE) bring students in touch with
real-world problems and work situations.
• They are concrete applications of academic knowledge.
• Environments where students can gain lifelong learning skills.
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5. Why it’s a problem:
• There are not nearly enough authentic learning experiences in
schools and that is because they face resistance in several areas to
their implementation.
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6. Why it’s a problem:
• Most classroom time is spent using convention teaching methods
which require lower level thinking and don’t connect the knowledge
to the application.
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7. Why it’s a problem:
• In authentic learning experiences failure plays an important and
integral role.
• This comes into conflict with the systematic belief that failure is an
undesired outcome in education.
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8. Solutions
Schools are fixing this problem by implementing:
• internship programs
• community-based projects
• apprenticeships
• career academies
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9. Solutions
Another way school’s create A.L.E.s is by integrating technology driven
experiences.
This includes having students:
• Publishing newspapers electronically.
• Making and editing films.
• Creating podcasts.
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10. Solutions
Policy:
• Some schools have incorporate a capstone project as a graduation
requirement.
• Others require their teachers to update their curricula and integrate
relevant tools ( i.e. 3D printing and electronic games).
• Schools offer professional development for teachers on these
technologies.
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11. Improving Digital Literacy
What is it?
• “Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication
technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information,
requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”
-- The American Library Association
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12. Why it’s a problem:
• Many people considered to be “Digital Natives” lack basic skills such
as the ability to identify verified digital information.
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13. Why it’s a problem:
• Many countries, such as India, lack internet access and digital literacy
training.
• Experts seek to bridge this digital divide.
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14. Solutions
• Governments around the world are trying to come up with a standard
definition of “Digital Literacy” and a common index for measuring it.
• Some countries such as New Zealand have set in motion legislative
acts that will make digital fluency curriculum compulsory in schools.
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15. Solutions
• Some schools have empower teachers integrate digital literacy by
providing free courses and access to digital equipment
• Common Sense, is a US-based nonprofit organization, that offers
teachers a K–12 digital citizenship program with grade-differentiated
lesson plans and toolkits on topics including internet safety, privacy
and security, information literacy, and copyright.
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16. References
• NMC/CoSN Horizon Report > 2017 K-12 Edition
https://cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-cosn-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf
• “Definition of Digital Literacy” American Library Association
http://connect.ala.org/node/181197
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