District 30 Institute Day Keynote Presentation

1. Sara Wilkie
Roy McCloud

2. Northbrook/Glenview
March Institute Day, 2010
Sara Wilkie
Roy McCloud

3. 21Ct Learners
Think n’ Share
What do
you believe?
~
What do
you wonder?

4. A Vision of K-12 Students

5. H
“ ow do we address today’s
students and how do today’s
students affect how I manage
my curriculum and classroom?
”

6. Pre-1980 Students
Digital immigrants
phones tivo pda movies :* web movies
ps2 & xbox instant messagingbluetooth
blackberry :P records
fax books emailmtv
pda games :) cable tv
car dvd tv cnn pagers
video conf. cd/dvd vhs
magazines tm phone
net mobile phonespen & papersatellite tv
mp3 player radio wifi computers cassette

7. Post-1980 Students
Digital Natives
phones tivo pda movies tweetweb movies
ps2 & x box instant messaging bluetooth
blackberry records
fax books email mtv
pda games :) cable tv
car dvdpod cnn pagers
video conf. cd/dvd vhs
magazines texting phone
net mobile phones pen & papersatellite tv
mp3 player radio wifi computers cassette

8. They Are Different
• Neural Plasticity
• Continuous Partial Attention
• Visual Learners
• Twitch Speed
• Trial and Error (Video Gamers)
• Just In Time
• Process over Content

9. The Disconnect? Is it a Continuum?
Digital Native Learners Digital Immigrant Teachers
Prefer receiving information quickly Prefer slow and controlled release
from multiple multimedia sources. of information from limited sources.
Prefer parallel processing & multitasking. Prefer single or limited tasking.
Prefer processing pictures, sounds, and video before text. Prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds, and video.
Prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia
information. Prefer to provide information linearly, logically, and
sequentially.
Prefer to interact/network simultaneously with many others. Prefer students to work independently
rather than network and interact.
Prefer to learn “just-in-time.” Prefer to teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam).
Prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful, and fun. Prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized
tests.
*Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj, The InfoSavvy Group, February 2003

10. W
hat insights have you had about
the students in your classroom?
About yourself?

11. W hat insights have you had about
the students in your classroom?
About yourself?
Think Pair Share

12. H
“ ow do we address today’s
students and how do today’s
students affect how I manage
my curriculum and classroom?
”

13. Already In Place...

14. District 30
21Ct Teaching & Learning Strands
• Communication &
Collaboration
• Creativity & Innovation
• Critical Thinking
• Global Awareness

15. Communication & Collaboration
• Communicate Clearly
• Collaborate with Others
• Cooperative v. Collaborative
Assembly Line v. Engine

16. Growing Discussions

17. Effective Communication

18. Innovation &
Creativity

19. Reason Solve Problems
Analyze Question
Evaluate Validate
Identify Challenge
Synthesize Support
Critical Thinking
Connect Examine
Find Evidence Conclude
Interpret Explain
Extend Develop
Reflect Leverage

20. Reason Solve Problems
Analyze Question
Evaluate y!!
Validate
a b
Identify B
Challenge
,Support
Synthesize b s
e r
V
Critical the
Thinking
u t
Connect b o Examine
Find Evidencell A Conclude
A
It ’s
Interpret Explain
Extend Develop
Reflect Leverage

21. Lifelong Kindergarten
Playing to Learn

22. Global Awareness is...
• Sensitivity to diverse
cultures both locally and
abroad
• Opportunity to expand
the learning network
• Empowering students to
impact their world

23. ✓Global Awa
reness
✓Critical Thi
nking
✓Communica
tion
✓Collaboratio
n
✓Informatio
n & Medi
a Literac
y

24. Considering Culture & Perspective - Finding Evidence
Supporting Cause - Listening to Understand - Iterative Process
✓Global Awa
reness
✓Critical Thi
nking
✓Communica
tion
✓Collaboratio
n
✓Interdepend
ence

25. http://kids.asiasociety.org

26. Information Literacy &
Media

27. Motivation
• Autonomy - urge to direct their own lives
• Mastery - the desire to get better at something
that matters to them
• Purpose - yearning to do what we do in the
service of something larger than ourselves

28. What’s to be Gained?
• Reaching all learners
• Engage and motivate students
• Make learning relevant
• Increase student achievement
• Help students master abstract concepts
• Address diverse learning styles
• Build 21st-century literacy
• Give students a sense of self

29. The Real World
A moving target
• Society
is more
connected and global
in scope
• More information is
available
• Themajority of jobs
our students will face
do not exist today
• Theonly constant is
change

30. Don’t Go Quietly...

31. What’s the Difference?
We usually only ask the first
• How should technology resources be
integrated into the curriculum?
• How should curriculum be designed
to take advantage of the unique capabilities
of technology?

32. Thank You
for sharing your morning with us!
Roy McCloud
rm04bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us
Sara Wilkie
sw13bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us
http://ignite.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/

33. Millennials Want to Learn…
• With technology
• With one another
• Online
• In their time
• In their place
• Doing things that matter

34. Digital Students
Growing up in a digital
age
• Research shows that they
learn differently
• Many feel disconnected
and find school irrelevant
• They’re active producers Carl Owens
Professor &
and communicators, Director of
multi-taskers, and goal Technology
College of
oriented Education
Tennessee
• Students question Technological
traditional, University

35. Digital Students
Growing up in a digital
age
• Research shows that they
learn differently
• Many feel disconnected
and find school irrelevant
• They’re active producers Carl Owens
Professor &
and communicators, Director of
multi-taskers, and goal Technology
College of
oriented Education
Tennessee
• Students question Technological
traditional, University