Vicki Davis
vicki@coolcatteacher.com
@coolcatteacher
12 Habits of
Top
21st Century
Teachers
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Brian Tracy,
Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life,
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Top Teachers begin by:
Determining the focal
point for myself and my
classroom at each
moment.
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Top Teachers begin by:
Determining the focal
point for myself and my
classroom at each
moment.
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FOCUS
Guinea
Worm
“Discover a few vital
behaviors, change those,
and problems – no matter
their size – topple like a
house of cards.”
Kerry Patterson et al,
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, p 28
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Isn’t the way we’ve always taught
good enough?
Facts for your future
Caucasian white people will be the minority in the US by 2042.
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, December 2009
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There Is Growing Demand For An Increasingly Educated Workforce
Workforce job requirements, by education level
1973 1992 2007 2018
Graduate
degree
Some
college
HS
diploma
HS
dropouts
Associate’s
degree
Bachelor’s
degree
Memorizing and not going to
college will not create
success!
Why do we even care about
having a
21st Century Classroom?
The FACTS of 21st century life.
Successful people will have to
work with and market to
China, India, and beyond.
Read
The Coming
Jobs War
by Jim Clifton
I believe in myself, my
students, and my
school.
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Habit #1
“Santa’s Motto” in my
childhood home
“If you
believe
you
receive.”
Study of Expectations
• 20% of students in the student were said to
have “unusual potential for intellectual
growth”
• Three teachers selected were told they were
selected because they were the best in the
school
Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the classroom: Teacher
expectation and pupils' intellectual development'. New York: Rinehart and
Winston.Read
At the end of the school year
• Led the school and district in standardized test
scores
• Jumped 20-30% in academic achievement
over previous year.
Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the
classroom: Teacher expectation and pupils' intellectual
development'. New York: Rinehart and Winston.Read
Guess what?
• The selections were RANDOM.
– Students were a mix of good/bad/ medium.
– So were teachers!
Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the classroom: Teacher
expectation and pupils' intellectual development'. New York: Rinehart and
Winston.
You Believe, You Receive!
“In experiment after experiment, it has been
demonstrated that when teachers EXPECT their
students to perform well, the students work
hard and live up to their teacher’s expectations.”
Brian Tracy, Maximum AchievementRead
They are part of this
• Best Wiki in Education 2006, 2008
• ISTE Online Learning Award 2007
• TIG Best Online Project 2006
• WISE Shortlist Finalist, Pluralism
• Open Sim Pioneers 2009
• Finalist Best Wiki 2010
• Digital Youth – Edutopia Winner
• Wall Street Journal, WIRED, Boston Globe,
Edutopia
• NCWIT Award winner 2011, 2014
The most important “A”
in your classroom
Att-I-tude
2 kinds of people:
Transmitters
Transformers
Dale Carnegie,
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Transformers
“Turn the negativity into
something positive.”
“The budget cuts
have become
opportunistic
because we are
having to think
outside the
box.”Jody Kennedy,
Teacher
White Plains Middle
School New York
Leaders CAN
1. Remove the obstacle.
2. Be the obstacle.
I believe in myself, my
students, and my school
and transform situations
by removing barriers and
with my positive attitude.
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Habit #1
Love
“My classroom
evolves and ______
with multiple
audiences …”
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Habit #2
B
e
s
t
P
r
a
c
t
i
c
e
Classroom Wiki (2005) K12 Online Conference
Teacher Collaboration
Wiki (2006)
Flat Classroom™ Project
(2006-2012)
Horizon Project (2007-
2008)
Digiteen Project (2007-
2012)
Digiteen Island in Open
Sim (2008-2010)
Arab Israeli Conflict
Simulation (2009, 2011,
2013)
Flat Classroom
Conference – Doha,
Qatar (2009)
NetGenEd Project (2009-
2013) – with Don
Tapscott
Flat Classroom Live at
ASB Unplugged, Mumbai
(2010)
India Immersion Project
(2010)
Eracism Project (2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Flat Classroom
Conference China 2011
China Immersion Project
(2011)
Hope for Slaves (2012) Gamifi-ed (2014) Physics of the Future
(2014)
A Global Project Journey
TEAMS
“Working with
people across the
world has challenged
me.”
“The majority of my partners
wanted to contribute
something
meaningful to the
project.”
Horizon Project Students
http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com
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#geniushour
The Passion Driven
Classroom by
Angela Maiers
Read
#invent2learn
Invent to Learn
By Sylvia Martinez and
Gary Stager
Hour of Code
Code.org
http://gamifi-ed.wikispaces.com
“My classroom
evolves and connects
with multiple
audiences …”
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Habit #2
21st Century Skills
21st Century
CONNECTIONS
Audience is Important
“Technology creates opportunities for
students to do meaningful work that has
value outside school, receive feedback on
their work, and experience the rewards of
publication or exhibition.”
Peck & Dorricott, 1994
http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm?fuseaction
=evidence&answerID=9&words=audience
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Horizon
Project
2008
“My classroom evolves and connects
with multiple audiences, peers, and
cultures
using both synchronous and
asynchronous communications
methods.”
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Habit #2
Understanding the Middle East through a
Simulation
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher
9th Grade Students
Westwood Schools
Camilla, Georgia USA
Dr. Jeff Stanzler
Leah Stilman, Eliza Bivins-Fink,
Crystal LaBrosse
University of Michigan
http://aic.conflix.org
http://www.epals.com/
NOT
What are you keeping
out?
What are you bringing
in?
How are you
connecting?
“My classroom evolves and connects
with multiple audiences, peers, and
cultures
using both synchronous and
asynchronous communications
methods.”
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Habit #2
“Institutional leaders will need
to seek out ‘reverse mentors’
among (often younger)
individuals who can help them
understand and master edge
practices.”
John Seely Brown et al,
The Power of Pull, Kindle loc. 495Read
“If they help build it, they
are already THERE.”
Build a participatory culture
“In my classroom,
students are involved in
the evolution of
technology integration.”
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Habit #3
I promote change by
influencing
BEHAVIOR…
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Habit #4
“We are better at
coping than exerting
influence.”
Kerry Patterson et al,
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, p 8
Tools of influence
are value
neutral!
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Mirror Neurons: Giacomo Rizzolatti et al.,
“Premotor Cortex and the Recognition of
Motor Actions,” Cognitive Behavior
Research, 3 (1996) 131-141.
Toxic
Waste
for
Teachers
We
mirror
the behaviors of those
we are around.
I promote change by
influencing
BEHAVIOR which I do not
confuse with outcomes.
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Habit #4
I connect
myself
to a good personal
learning network.
Habit #5
We Become Who We Think About
University of Georgia Website, Michelle van
Dellen, Physorg.com 1/14/2010 9:10 am
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yearsTo get to 50 million subscribers
daysTo get to 50 million subscribers
How can we keep up in the face
of such rapid change?
Connect with authors
Connect yourself!
Personal Learning Network / Media Diet!
– RSS Reader - Feedly ,Feedspot, Mr. Reader
– Flipboard, Zite, Pulse
– eBook Reader – Kindle, iBooks, Kobo
– Diigo, Delicious, Reddit
– Listen in – Bam Radio Network, Edtechtalk
– Join Twitter
– Online Conferences
– Networking Organizations
I connect
myself
to a good personal
learning network.
Habit #5
“Exercise boosts brain power.”
Brain Rules by John Medina
I connect to
myself
through exercise, humor,
time alone and time with
family.
Habit #6
Pulled in so many directions
1. Family
2. Students
3. Parents
4. Admin / Colleagues
I CAN
Care
about
I CAN
Care
about
I CAN
Care
about
CAN
Care about O
T
H
E
R
S
You don’t have
to influence
everyone at
once
Leverage Influence:
Formal Leaders
Opinion Leaders
Leaders ARE
1. Knowledgeable
2. Trustworthy
3. Generous with their Time
The Influencer by Kerry Patterson,
et al, p 154
You don’t have
to be the
admin if you
can influence
the admin.
You don’t have
to be the
teacher if you
can influence
the teacher.
Successful
technology
integration is
people-centric.
I use
vicarious
learning and the
teachable moment.
Habit #7
Phobias we’re dealing
with
• Ideophobia- Fear of ideas
• Kainophobia- Fear of anything new•
• Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking
Influencing deep beliefs
Lectures
Vicarious
Experience
Personal
Action
Albert Bandura, N. Aclan, J. Beyer “Cognitive Process Mediating Behavioral
Change.” Cognitive Theory & Research, 1 (1977): 287-310.
How long does it take to
overcome a phobia of
snakes?
hours
I use
vicarious
learning and the
teachable moment.
Habit #7
Learning is a habit
embedded in my
weekly routines.
Habit #8
Our PD
looks like
this
It should
look like
this
15 minutes
2-3 times a week
Learning is a habit
embedded in my
weekly routines.
Habit #8
I examine assessment
carefully because my
classroom becomes a
product of what I measure.
Habit #9
Examine
Data Streams
F - alse
E - vidence
A - ppearing
R - eal
Formative Assessment:
Know what they know.
Socrative
ROCKS
www.socrative.com!
Tip: Play quizzes as races for
review. Use open ended questions
I examine assessment
carefully because my
classroom becomes a
product of what I measure.
Habit #9
I model and discuss
digital citizenship by
holding students
accountable and
including them.
Habit #10
Onlinebehavior has
offlineconsequences.
Multitasking
is a lie.
Blocking
is not the answer.
By Vicki Davis
Eye on Education
May 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kindle-notecard
The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9
Wikis
Collaborative
Writing Apps
Blogs
Social
Bookmarking
Graphic
Organizers
Collaborative
Notebooks
ePaper
Cartooning
Cloud
Syncing
I embrace
multisensory learning.
Habit #11
If Helen
Keller
were in
your
school,
would she
become
Helen
Keller?
Out of love and respect,
work hard to find and
encourage the strengths
in every child.
Habit #12
Do you see any
numbers?
Out of love and respect,
work hard to find and
encourage the strengths
in every child.
Habit #12
“And you realize that the beauty of our flaws is to accentuate
our better features.
I believe in myself, my
students, and my
school.
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Habit #1
Eat a
watermelon
Not
whole!
Small
bites!
The power of Three!
Pick three
My Most Essential Skill
Determining the focal
point for myself and my
organization at each
moment.
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Who am I?
TEACHER
Vicki Davis
vicki@coolcatteacher.com
@coolcatteacher
12 Habits of
Top
21st Century
Teachers

12 Habits of Top 21st Century Teachers: ASTE 2015 Version