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Learning for a Changing World - Today's Youth, Tomorrow's Leaders
The document discusses the need to prepare students with skills for a changing world such as critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, collaboration and technological literacy. It notes that students today expect learning to be relevant, connected and unlimited. The goal is to create a new norm for how teachers and students learn using technology as a tool to overcome barriers and make learning more flexible for students, teachers, schools and districts. Personalized learning is different than individualized learning and will be the next challenge to address.
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Learning for a Changing World - Today's Youth, Tomorrow's Leaders
- 1. CHRIS KENNEDY Superintendent of Schools / CEO, West Vancouver School District Own It, Guide It, Engage With It Learning for a Changing World Today’s Youth Tomorrow’s Leaders April 22, 2012
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- 17. Credit: Scott McLeod– danngerouslyirrelevent.org Our kids have tasted the honey
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- 22. “Students today dependtoo much upon ink. They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.” National Association of Teachers, 1907
- 24. DO NEW THINGS YOUCOULDN’T DO AT ALL
- 26. “If I’d askedmy customers what they wanted, they would have told me ‘A faster horse.’” Henry Ford
- 27. People prefer thingsthat are easy to think about
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- 31. Relevant, connected, unlimited What many want for their children is the benefits of personalized learning
- 32. Create a new normfor how teachers and students learn
- 33. TOOLS matter, becausetools impact the way you interact. You don’t need to use every tool, but every tool you use you must use well – Seth Godin
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- 36. Technology can helpovercome barriers of access and geography
- 38. Learning, not technology,is the driver
- 39. Good writing still matters .. . and it may be more important than ever
- 40. Networks matter –for kids and adults
- 43. For all students, onany device, from anywhere
- 44. Communication and collaboration Athome and at school
- 45. Personalized web spaces Don’twant social tool – kids want to stay focused
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- 53. • Will makeit easier Teachers for students... • Will make it easier Schools for teachers... • Will make it easier Districts for schools... • Will make it easier Governments for districts... To be FLEXIBLE
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- 58. Luke: I can’tbelieve it Yoda: That is why you fail
- 59. Where you canfind me: ckennedy@sd45.bc.ca 604-202-4379 @chrkennedy Chris Kennedy cultureofyes.ca www.sd45.bc.ca
Editor's Notes
- #5 Tobetter prepare students for the future there will be more emphasis on key competencies like:
- #16 . . . With the world outside of school
- #19 We can’t wait for the decisions of others – it is go time . . . now
- #20 All the necessary infrastructure is in place
- #24 Do old things better
- #27 If I'd have asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me "A faster horse.” – Henry Ford
- #29 Result:Everyone benefitsThe “state-of-the-art” progresses and changesIncrease in [number] and diversity of learners (also financial goal of SD . . .)
- #35 It is access to the benefits of a digitized world that is the greater goal. For our students to thrive in this world, they need to have ACCESS and DIRECTION.
- #36 If we think by placing an Internet appliance in a student’s hands alone will create a more creative, innovative, or more intelligent student, we are missing the point. Like the paper and pen of the last generation, it is the “oxygen” to breathe in a digital world.
- #37 If we believe technology is crucial for students moving forward, we need to find a way for all students to have a base level of access.
- #38 Teachers and schools are not going anywhere (sense of community/social-emotional learning)
- #39 All efforts need to be learning efforts. The goal is to increase personalized learning that improves engagement, relevancy and achievement. The technology is there to SUPPORT this goal.
- #42 Complex problems often have a simple solution
- #43 External inventions will continue to dramatically impact what we do, and we have no control over it!
- #44 Focus on a web environment / space for learning / personalization that allows a common structure that changes the norm of how we do business
- #50 Find your “simple thing” that changes the norm – it could be:1. Digital writing2. Digital content3. PortfolioNote all 3 fit into the content, learning, assessment triangle. Need to find the one sticky piece to expand learning.
- #51 Link technology to physical activity and the arts – it is not just about language arts – integrate, integrate, integrate! (High Tech High examples)
- #52 More staff (and not just students) will be bringing their own devices to workDistricts will own and store lessTension between formal and informal learning will increase; what matters most is what happens in informal settings – the true learning!Digital content will increase / devices will get cheaper
- #53 Tension between formal and informal learning will increase; what matters most is what happens in informal settings – the true learning!
- #55 More staff (and not just students) will be bringing their own devices to workDistricts will own and store lessTension between formal and informal learning will increase; what matters most is what happens in informal settings – the true learning!Digital content will increase / devices will get cheaper
- #56 Moving from a space to a plan – how will we manage personalized learning in the digital space?Use the Khan Academy map of an individual plan – layered into assessment and demonstrations