1. Modernizing Education
The State of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Lucy Gray
AFSA
The Association of French Schools
in North America
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
http://www.lucygray.org
2. All materials are located at:
http://www.lucygray.org
Download the PDF and click on pictures
and hyperlinks to visit cited resources.
Additional Resources:
http://sg.sg/modernizingedu
28. Experiences
• Worked at University of
Chicago and in Chicago Public
Schools
• Apple Distinguished Educator
• Google Certified Teacher
• Founder, The Global
Education Collaborative
• Co-chair, The Global
Education Conference
• Project Director, The
Consortium For School
Networking, Leadership For
Mobile Learning
• Multiple Opportunities to
visit and work with schools
31. What do we value in
schools?
Poll Everywhere Question
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<poll url="http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTE5MTk1MTU5NDM">
<!-- This snippet was inserted via the Poll Everywhere Mac Presenter -->
<!-- The presence of this snippet is used to indicate that a poll will be shown during the
slideshow -->
<!-- TIP: You can draw a solid, filled rectangle on your slide and the Mac Presenter will
automatically display your poll in that area. -->
<!-- The Mac Presenter application must also be running and logged in for this to work. --
>
<!-- To remove this, simply delete it from the notes yourself or use the Mac Presenter to
remove it for you. -->
<title>If you could create the ideal school, what are some ideas, concepts, or characteristics
that you would include?</title>
</poll>
32. Are parents and educators
asking for more high stakes
testing, standardized
curriculum, and seat time?
I think not.
Click on the hyperlink for a Google Doc containing others’ ideas on this.
33. • Schools where continuous improvement using a wide
variety of criteria is the bottom line.
• Schools that see their role is to educate, enlighten, and
support kids and their families.
• Schools where parents and students are authentically
engaged in the community.
• Schools that look beyond Common Core standards to
prepare kids for a new world.
• Schools that provide ample opportunities for hands-on,
project and passion based learning during and after
school.
34. • Schools who encourage honest community dialogue by
acknowledging what the do well and what they don’t do
so well.
• Schools where intellectual curiosity and variety is valued.
• Schools where teachers and administrators have ample
opportunities to observe each other, visit other places of
learning, and to engage in activities that will promote
their own growth as learners.
35. • Schools where teachers have strong backgrounds in
pedagogy, child development and in meeting the needs
of diverse learners
• Schools that see technology as essential to the learning
process and use technology in thoughtful and engaging
ways.
• Schools that believe in raising global citizens.
44. Students and Adults...
• Content consumers
• Content Creators
• Content Evaluators
• Connected and Networked
45. The Power of Social
Media
Flickr
YouTubeTwitter Facebook
LinkedIn Google+
Diigo
SlideShare
I’ve also added Pinterest to the mix: http://pinterest.com/lucygray2/.
47. The New Media Consortium
K-12 Horizon Report
2012
• 1 year or less
• Mobile Devices and
Apps
• Tablet Computing
• 2 to 3 years
• Game-Based Learning
• Personal Learning
Environments
• 4 to 5 years
• Augmented Reality
• Natural User
Interfaces
49. NMC Megatrends
People expect to work, learn, socialize,
and play whenever and wherever they
want to.
The numbers of cell phone users and those with broadband access continues to skyrocket.
We are global and mobile.
50. NMC Megatrends
The Internet is becoming a global
mobile network - and already is at its
edges.
The numbers of cell phone users and those with broadband access continues to skyrocket.
We are global and mobile.
51. NMC Megatrends
The technologies we use are
increasingly cloud-based and delivered
over utility networks, facilitating the
rapid growth of online videos and rich
media.
Think YouTube and Facebook.
52. NMC Megatrends
Openness — concepts like open
content, open data, and open
resources — is moving from a trend to
a value for much of the world.
Authoritative sources are losing their importance; increased need for validation and curation.
53. NMC Megatrends
Legal notions of ownership and privacy
lag behind the practices common in
society.
The cloud is blurring these lines.
54. NMC Megatrends
Real challenges of access, efficiency,
and scale are redefining what we mean
by quality and success.
Solutions that scale are very important. Look to other parts of the world for innovations in
this area.
55. NMC Megatrends
The Internet is constantly challenging
us to rethink learning and education,
while refining our notion of literacy.
Think Henry Jenkin’s New Media literacies. Traditional literacies are not enough.
56. NMC Megatrends
There is a rise in informal learning as
individual needs are redefining schools,
universities, and training.
Politically, socially and intellectually. Traditional authority is also being challenged in
academia.
57. NMC Megatrends
Business models across the education
ecosystem are changing.
Everyone is re-thinking their missions. Look to libraries, colleges, and the publishing
industry.
61. Project Tomorrow
Recommendations
• Un-tether learning and leverage mobile devices to extend
learning beyond the school day and meet all learners in their
own world
• Create new interactive, participatory learning spaces using
tools such as online classes, gaming and simulations, online
tutors, and virtual reality environments
• Incorporate Web 2.0 tools into daily instruction especially
those that develop collaborative or social-based learning and
provide unique opportunities for students to be content
developers
• Expand digital resources in the classroom to add context and
relevancy to learning experiences through new media tools
• Get beyond the classroom walls and make learning truly
experiential such as using high tech science instrumentation
and creating podcasts with content experts
64. U.S Public Schools
• Increased pressure
via Race to the Top,
AYP, RTI
• Less funding
• Less Time
• Emphasis on
standards and high
stakes testing
• Teacher Proof
curricula
• Less instruction in
the arts, World
Languages, etc.
• Longer school days
• Technology seen as
a content delivery
Mechanism
• Constant seeking of
silver bullets
65. Independent Schools
• Time
• Resources
• Streamlined
bureaucracy
• Organizational vision
• Community Consensus
• Administrative and
collegial support
• Authentic curriculum
• Recognition of the
Importance of 21st
century skills
• Professional
development
• Teacher autonomy
• Prepared students
• Commitment to
developing the whole
child
• Parental support
66. What do effective schools
seem to have in common?
• A WIDE RANGE OF EFFORTS TOWARDS
CULTIVATING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS AND
IMPLEMENTING ROBUST TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS
• THE SUCCESS OF ANY PROGRAM DEPENDS ON:
• VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
• STRATEGIC PLANNING
• COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SCHOOL IS PRESSURED
TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A CHANGING WORLD
70. The School at Columbia
New York, NY
• K-8
• Columbia University faculty and local kids
• Innovation driven
• 1 to 1 laptop program
• 3 technologists plus tech staff
• Extensive Google Apps for Education and new
media use
• Other: field trip guides, computer programming,
robotics, conference
107. A Pedagogical Shift
• New models of teaching and learning are emerging
• Rigorous content + 21st century themes
• “Sage on the stage” to “guide on the side”
• New literacies need to be taught strategically
• Examples:
• developing a search mentality
• Student personal learning networks (PLNs)
• Standards and accountability still are important;
assessments need revision
111. The Global Achievement
Gap
Critical
Thinking and
Problem-
Solving
Collaboration
Across
Networks and
Leading by
Influence
Agility and
Adaptability
Initiative and
Entrepreneuri
alism
Effective Oral
and Written
Communication
Accessing and
Analyzing
Information
Curiosity and
Imagination
116. Teachers and Students
• Adults have different learning styles. How
are we taking this into account in terms of
professional development and human capital?
• Baby Boomers
• Gen Xers
• Gen Yers
• Kids have had different levels of exposure to
technology. The period of time at which our
schools have been wired is fairly short.
117. Basic online entertainment
(online videos, playing games)
E-commerce
(online shopping, banking, and travel reservations)
Research and information gathering
(product research, news, health and religious information searches)
Email and search
Active engagement
with social media
(visit SNS, create SNS profile,
create blogs)
More advanced online
entertainment
(download videos, music and
podcasts)
More advanced communication and
passive social media use
(instant messaging, visit SNS, read blogs)
From: State of the
Internet 2009: Pew
Internet Project
Findings and
Implications for
Libraries
The vast majority of
online adults from all
generations uses email
and search engines.
While there are always
exceptions, older generations
typically do not engage with the
internet past e-commerce.
The majority of teens and Gen
Y use SNS, but fewer maintain
blogs. Online adults older than
Gen X are less likely to use
SNS.
Online
activity
pyramid: by
generation
119. 0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
K-12 Classroom Internet Connectivity
Classroom Internet Connectivity
2007
Coming Soon to Campus: The New "Free
Agent" Learner
Julie Evans, CEO-Project Tomorrow Campus
Technology 09
Jul 27, 2009
120. Class of 2012 – recently graduated seniors
! ! ! ! 7th Grade
Class of 2014 – current juniors
! ! ! ! 5th Grade
Class of 2016 – current freshman class
! ! ! ! 3rd Grade
How digitally “native” are these students?
What are their expectations for learning?
121. Implications for Schools
• Need for strategic human capital planning
• Need for increased targeted, sustained,
personalized and thoughtful professional
development
• Need for long range planning for students’
use of technology
• Requires schools to think of skills sets
needed by students at various points in their
academic careers while gauging the future of
technology
135. The Global Education Conference and
Network
http://globaleducationconference.com
136. Mission
The Global Education Conference Network is a community of
practice where people connect and build the professional
relationships necessary for effective collaboration across
borders. Via this social network, educators and organizations
from all over the world share conversations, resources, projects,
and initiatives with a strong emphasis on promoting global
awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action
towards solving real-world problems. Our ultimate goal is to help
prepare students for a rapidly changing and complex world.
139. GEC Network Features
• Groups
• Searchable member list
• Latest activity
• Discussion forums and
blogs
• Links to resources
• Events
• Project database
• Videos and photos
149. WHY NOW?
@oline73: Can you distill why globally connected classrooms are vital in 2010?
Photo source
150. We have urgent problems that need
to be addressed and, in order to
prepare our students to work on
these problems, we must connect
them globally. We must teach them
how networked learning leads to
networked problem solving.
151. So what?
• 21st century Skills: The art of teaching comes through via the weaving of
21st century themes into core content. Focus on inquiry and the thoughtful
use of technology in classrooms. It is not about the tools.
• Learning Environments: There has been emphasis on educating the whole
child. Shift the discussion to address the whole learning environment.
Personalized learning for both students and teachers is important.
• Global Collaborations: It’s so easy to connect classrooms today. It’s
essential that we bring the world into our classrooms and inspire students
with the possibilities.
154. Various Approaches
to Technology Integration
• LoTI
• University of South
Florida Matrix
• Arizona matrix
• Using Technology with
Classroom Instruction
that Works
• Challenge Based
Learning
• TPACK
• SMAR
158. Esther Wojcicki and Michael Levine
Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators
Need to Think Globally
EdWeek: Global Learning blog by Tony Jackson
159. Tips
• Have a plan.
• You don’t need to be the tech expert in the
building; empower others.
• Build infrastructure first.
• Consider hiring a person for IT and another
for academic technology.
• Put people on your board that have a
technology background.
160. Poll Everywhere question
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<poll url="http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTEzMjUxNDkzMjM">
<!-- This snippet was inserted via the Poll Everywhere Mac Presenter -->
<!-- The presence of this snippet is used to indicate that a poll will be shown during the
slideshow -->
<!-- TIP: You can draw a solid, filled rectangle on your slide and the Mac Presenter will
automatically display your poll in that area. -->
<!-- The Mac Presenter application must also be running and logged in for this to work. --
>
<!-- To remove this, simply delete it from the notes yourself or use the Mac Presenter to
remove it for you. -->
<title>What idea(s) presented today intrigued you and potentially warrants further
exploration by you and your leadership team?</title>
</poll>
