6. Our classrooms today must
meet the goals for future-
ready students of the 21 st
century?
7. •Twenty-first century technology and learning tools
are available and are supported by school facilities
that have the capacity of 21st Century learning.
8. What is a 21st Century Classroom?
• It is an engaging, technology-enabled environment
that is appealing to 21st century learners are
available today.
• It provides many opportunities for students to learn
using 21st Century Skills, such as; blogging,
podcasting, presenting,
• Technology is used as a resource in the learning
process.
10. Where are we now?
• Rapid developments in technology have
brought many exciting changes to life in the
new millennium, presenting new challenges
for schools. Multiple new literacies are
required to navigate the “forest of signs and
symbols” of our globalized media culture.
(Douglas Kellner, UCLA)
12. Classrooms should provide Technology where
students can use it as a resource in the learning
process -- for information retrieval, communicating
with others, building models of solutions, engaging in
simulations, and making presentations.
16. Laptops
Level the Playing Field
“Certainly there are families who can't afford a laptop for their
children, and those kids who don't get one are going to be behind
forever until we do something to catch them up.” (Law)
20. Wilkes County Schools has provided the
school infrastructure necessary for 21st
Century technology.
• All classrooms have high speed internet access and wireless
connectivity;
• Currently all 4th and 5th graders are provided Personal
handheld computing devices;
• Currently 600 classrooms are identified as Smart Classrooms
(SMART Board, laptop for teacher, and data projector);
• Students in 6th and 7th grades issued mini-laptops;
• Students in 11th and 12th grades issued laptops
21. Why do we need 21st Classrooms?
• Wilkes County saw their graduation rate
increase from 63%-73% in a six year span.
• It engages all learners.
• Engaged learners results in a higher level of
achievement.
• Today’s kids have grown up in a digital world.
33. Saya, Japanese Robot Teacher
A primary-school class in Japan is being taught by a robot that can express six
emotions, take class rolls, assign basic tasks and speak several languages. The
robot is controlled by a human, and is not expected to replace human
teachers.
34. Italy- In this classroom showing each Singapore
student with a netbook
