eIndia panel discussion and presentation on Essentials  for Building Visionary Schools in a Globalised World. http://eindia.eletsonline.com/2012/eindia-education-summit-agenda/

1. India’s first college-preparatory school
eIndia 2012: Essentials for
Building Visionary Schools in
a Globalised World

2. Changed Learner
Students earlier attended school to get information but now they get
information everywhere
• Kids don't come to school for
information. They come to school
with information
• Students exposed to interesting
and engaging channels of
information (like internet, phone,
advertising, television etc) and we
are trying to ask them to focus on
boring classroom lectures!
• Earlier the belief was work hard,
get good marks, get a college
degree, get a job, you are
successful. But now the belief is its
better to have a degree but not a
necessity

3. So what is schooling about in
21st century?
Schooling is about experiential learning, student voice and embracing
failure and not about standardized test and always having a culture of
one right answer
• Move away from standardized
testing and go beyond
standardizing curriculum
• Bring Divergent thinking to
classroom
• Build patient problem solving
skills
• Collaboration is a must. Great
learning happens in group
• Access to information is not a
major problem now but what and
how to assimilate this is very
important
• Information surplus is a problem.
School is not just about learning
anymore, its all about how kids
use this information
Reference: TED talk Diana Laufenberg, Dan Mayer & Emily Pillowton

4. The Team
“First figure out your partners, then figure out what ideas to pursue.
The most important thing isn't the market you target, the product you
develop or the financing, but the founding team.”
– Jim Collins
• Supportive,
Cooperative and
collaborative Staff
• Life long learner
• Adaptive to changes
in Technology,
Syllabus, Delivery
methods and
sensitive to learning
diversities

5. Progressive Organization
Learning Organization is one which has a journey towards the end
goal with flexibility in its path based on the feedbacks received
Plan  Execute  Reality Check  Refine  Proceed
• Congruence of
passion, capabilities
and drivers
• Know the strengths
and weakness
(SWOT)
• Create a condition
where change is
made possible
• Seek feedbacks
regularly

6. Embracing Technology is key

7. Embracing Technology is key
Catch up with Trends – Mobiles, eBooks, Personalized Learning, Cloud
Computing, Ubiquitous learning, BYOD, Digital Content, Learning
analytics, Game Based Learning, Flipped Classroom
• Transforming everything we
do
• New forms of
communication and
collaboration
• Multiple rich
representations
• Tools to find, create,
manage, share
• Networked, distributed,
peer reviewed, open
Reference: Book Design for learning in an open world

8. Summary
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood
that needs igniting – Plutarch
Spend less time filling minds of hungry students with
content by lecturing at them.
Ignite their creativity, their imagination and their problem
solving skills by talking. This is done by doing active
learning in classroom by interacting with students
There is no one size fits all. The design solution for fueling
the Inquisitiveness, expressiveness, Exploration & Self
discovery of a student is dependent on
– Student/Teacher background
– Infrastructure available
– Size of the classroom
– Investment (Both time and money by all stakeholders)

9. Credits
• TED Talks –Diana Laufenberg, Dan Mayer, Ken Robinson & Emily
Pillowton
• Book - Design for learning in an open world
• Images from
– http://skerricks.blogspot.in/2011/02/21st-century-learners.html
– http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ayCytGsy6YE/TUO9jZmOlkI/
AAAAAAAAA3g/S8HlTXHgp3w/s1600/21st_century_PR_2.jpg
– http://cartist.edublogs.org/2011/08/18/what-exactly-does-a-21st-
century-learner-look-like/
– http://promise.smesnews.org/concepts/21st-century-learning/
– http://wwpk-3.sharpschool.com/tc_teachers/grade_levels/grade_3/
mrs__pellicciotti/21st_century_learners/
– http://www.microassist.com/custom-e-learning/the-learning-
dispatch/are-learning-differences-between-generations-myth

11. Thank You!
shivoo@amaatra.pes.edu
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