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Teacher Net 2009
State of Teaching and
Learning in the 21st
Century
Lucy Gray
Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science
Education
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Presentation Resources
Slides can be found at http://lucygray.org
Links to sources mentioned here can be found
at:
http://delicious.com/elemenous/teachernet09
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Experiences to Inform Your Work
Chicago Public Schools
University of Chicago
Apple Distinguished Educator
Google Certified Teacher
Other Recent Activities
School Talk
Schoolhouse 3.0
Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age
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Teaching for a Living: How
Teachers See the Profession Today
State of Mind
EdWeek
Disheartened
40%
Idealists
23%
Contented
37%
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Teaching for a Living: How
Teachers See the Profession Today
DISHEARTENED teachers are more
likely to:
• give their principals poor ratings for
supporting them as teachers
• express concerns about working
conditions, student behavior, and
testing
Disheartened
40%
Idealists
23%
Contented
37%
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Teaching for a Living: How
Teachers See the Profession Today
IDEALIST teachers are more likely to:
• say they became teachers to help
disadvantaged students
• believe their students’ test scores have
increased a lot because of their
teaching
• say that good teachers can lead all
students to learn, even those from poor
families or who have uninvolved
parents
Disheartened
40%
Idealists
23%
Contented
37%
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Teaching for a Living: How
Teachers See the Profession Today
CONTENTED teachers are more likely
to:
• report excellent working conditions
• be experienced in their profession
• work in middle- or higher-income
schools
• believe their students’ test scores have
increased a lot because of their
teaching
Disheartened
40%
Idealists
23%
Contented
37%
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Defining Social Media
“Online technologies and practices that people use
to share opinions,insights,experiences,and
perspectives with each other.”
“Social media are works of user-created video,
audio,text or multimedia that are published and
shared in a social environment,such as a blog,wiki or
video hosting site.”
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Think About Students & Teachers
Adults have different learning styles.
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.
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Online activity pyramid: by
generation
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 GenY use SNS, but
fewer maintain blogs. Online adults older than
Gen X are less likely to use SNS.
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)
State of the Internet
2009: Pew Internet
Project Findings and
Implications for
Libraries
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Project Tomorrow Speak Up Day
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
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41. (c) Project Tomorrow 2009
Let’s add some context:
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
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42. (c) Project Tomorrow 2009
Let’s add some context:
Thinking about your students:
How did they use technology within learning
and instruction in their K-12 lives?
Based upon those experiences, what are their
expectations for your classrooms?
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43. (c) Project Tomorrow 2009
What grade where they in . . . when we
reached the 90% Internet access in K12
classrooms?
Class of 2009 – just graduated seniors
10th grade in high school
Class of 2011 – your current 3rd year students
8th grade in middle school
Class of 2013 – your current incoming freshman
6th grade in middle school
Are they really “digital natives?”
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44. (c) Project Tomorrow 2009
Let’s think about your future students:
Class of 2015 – incoming to 11th grade
Class of 2017 – incoming to 9th grade
Class of 2019 – incoming to 7th grade
How digitally native are these students?
What are their expectations for learning?
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45. (c) Project Tomorrow 2009
What grade where they in . . . when we reached
90% Internet access in K12 classrooms?
Class of 2015 – incoming to 11th grade
4th grade in elementary school
Class of 2017 – incoming to 9th grade
2nd grade
Class of 2019 – incoming to 7th grade
Kindergarten
Are you ready for these students and
their expectations for you?
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Implications for Schools
Increases the need for targeted, sustained, and thoughtful
professional development.
How are you meeting the needs of adult learners with very different
learning styles?
Necessitates strategic human capital planning
Requires schools to think of skills sets needed by students at
various points in their academic careers while gauging the
future of technology.
How are you preparing to students in relation to changing technology?
How is your school changing to meet the new needs and desires of
students?
How are you balancing student engagement and rigor?
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The 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 aren’t going away
Assessments need improvement
A return to constructivism
Going global is easy
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Learning Anywhere & Everywhere
Personalized instruction
Personal learning networks
Mobiles
School Design
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NYC’s The School of One
Summer school pilot
Middle school math
Flexible space
Personalized curriculum
Regular assessments
Variety in delivery of
instruction
Lesson plan bank
Partnered with publishers
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Impact on Schools
How does physical space affect learning?
How space be used flexibly in your classroom or school?
What will schools of the future look like?
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So What ?
Social networks: You must be open to at least letting your
kids drive the technology use in your classrooms. Be willing to
engage them in the ways that they learn best.
Generational diversity: Change is not going to happen
without schools working as teams to look at longitudinal
goals.
21st century skills: The art of teaching comes through via
the weaving of 21st century themes into core content. You
need to give guidance and thought to classroom activities.
Learning environments: Just as we’ve looked at the whole
child, we need to start emphasizing the whole learning
environment. Personalized learning for both students and
teachers is important.
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Recommended Reading
A World is Flat
A Whole New Mind
Disrupting Class
The Global Achievement
Gap
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