Learning in the
21st century
classroom?!
What does learning in the 21st
Century Classroom mean?
What does learning in the 21st
Century Classroom look like?
What should learning in the 21st
Century Classroom look like?
Your thoughts

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Technology
is becoming
embedded

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It’s a way of life!

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Mobile(s) (devices) are here to stay

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But...
Are we welcoming technology in
the Classroom?
Digital dissonance
Digital Natives?

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(CC BY 2.0)
Digital
Visitors
or
Digital
Residents
White & Le Cornu
“Learners do not appear ‘to see beyond’
the immediately obvious functionality of
the technology and there is little evidence
of transfer”
Clark et al, 2008, p.68
“To

Pierre Bourdieu
1986

possess the machines,
[they] only need economic
capital; to appropriate them
and use them in accordance
with their specific purpose
[they] must have access to
embodied cultural capital,
either in person or by proxy”
Digital literacies defines those who exhibit
a critical understanding and capability for
living, learning, and working in the digital
society. JISC, 2013
Within Curriculum for Excellence
literacy is defined as:

the set of skills which allows an individual to engage
fully in society and in learning, through the different
forms of language, and the range of texts, which
society values and finds useful.

Literacy across learning: principles and practice

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/16155220/13
What is our role in cultivating cultural
capital in a world mediated by
technology?
Curriculum innovation to drive
technology

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*Not* technology to drive the
curriculum
Where to begin?
... with the end!
What are pupils to achieve?
How are pupils to engage with
their learning?
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Blooms taxonomy (revised)
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Any technology tends to
create a new human
environment... Technological
environments are not merely
passive containers of people
but are active processes that
reshape people and other
technologies alike.

M. Mcluhan, 1962
Authentic learning requires
authentic assessment
Changing assessment
changing the way learners communicate their learning
Technology can support that
process...
... but cannot replace it!
as a book?
~Michael Coghlan

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beyond the pdf...

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Embedded
Moving
beyond
the
classroom

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from consumer to co-producer

prosumer
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learner centred
social

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The role of the teacher?

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creating contexts

for learning

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The digital classroom is a mind-set!

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Examples from the classroom

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@Anadz

“I use twitter as a “recap of the day” and, at the same time, a
chilling out period.”

http://www.anadominguez.org/blog/twitter/
Sharing!
Documenting!

Developing digital
literacies
http://www.anadominguez.org/
Google Lit Trips: bringing stories to life

http://youtu.be/dkaQztcVWEA

http://www.googlelittrips.org/
Storytelling with voicethread
the tourist guide
a webquest
http://knowmansland.com/etivities/going_around_lisbon_tp.htm
Valentine’s day
An All-Skills Valentine Podcast
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setting challenges

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Project based
learning

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Promoting forms of inquiry

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Encouraging
collaboration

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Unlocking potential
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CfE
4 capacities
Confident individuals
Confident
with
•self respect
Individuals

•a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
•secure values and beliefs

and able to
•relate to others and manage themselves
•pursue a healthy and active lifestyle

Effective
Contributors

Responsible
Citizens

•be self aware
•develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world
•live as independently as they can
•assess risk and take informed decisions
•achieve success in different areas of activity
Successful learners
with
•enthusiasm and motivation for learning

•determination to reach high standards of achievement
•openness to new thinking and ideas
and able to
•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills
•use technology for learning
•think creatively and independently
•learn independently and as part of a group
•make reasoned evaluations
•link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations

Effective
Contributors

Responsible
Citizens
Effective Contributors
with
Confident
•an enterprising attitude
Individuals
•resilience
•self-reliance
and able to
•communicate in different ways and different settings
•work in partnership and in terms (again, are you sure this
isn't teams?)
•take the initiative and lead
•apply critical thinking in new concepts
•create and develop
•solve problems

Responsible
Citizens
Responsible Citizens
with
•respect for others
•commitment to participate responsibly in political,
economic, social and cultural life
and able to
•develop knowledge and understanding of the world and
Scotland's place in it
•understand different beliefs and cultures
•make informed choices and decisions
•evaluate environmental, scientific and technological
issues
•develop informed, ethical views of complex issues
Digital learning
what does the future hold?

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Your thoughts

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The best way to predict the
future is to invent it.
~ Alan Kay, 1971
NMC Horizon Report
- 2013 K-12 Edition
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-k12
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Cloud computing
Mobile learning

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Learning analytics

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Open Content

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In short...
It’s people…

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…talking

Jeff Jarvis, 2013

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…connecting!

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…sharing!

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…participating!

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Image and quote by Dean Shareski http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/2655113202/in/pool-858082@N25 (CC BY-NC 2.0)
And...
...we need to start with ourselves!
Other topics on the radar:
- Digital Literacies
- Digital Citizenship
- Learning Design
- Networked Learning
- Games Based Learning
- Mobile Learning
- e-Safety
- etc.

21st c classroom