This document discusses how mobile devices can help schools develop 21st century skills aligned with common core standards. It notes that past schooling focused on repetitive and monotonous factory-style learning, while today schools need to cultivate skills like critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. The document suggests mobile learning can help engage students, individualize instruction, and encourage pulling and pushing of content to better prepare youth for today's world.

1. Mobile
Learning
21st century
Devices skills and the
common core
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
ESSDACK

2. what’s your
number?

3. common
core
why?
where
are we
going? 21st
century
examples
mobile
devices

4. 19th century
job?

5. factory
sferable skills
non-tran
repetitive
monotonous

6. 19th century
school

7. factory
sferable skills
non-tran
repetitive
monotonous

8. this is Erin

9. this is
J ake

10. they think
history is
boring

11. they’re not
so fond of
science,
math or
English either

12. and they’re
not alone

14. “I have to power
down when I get to
school.”
HS student

15. 21st century school?

16. critical thinking
communication
collaboration
creativity
flexibility

17. the problem?

19. the solution?

21. apraxia

26. engage kids in their learning
increase test scores
access multi-media

27. definition of
a textbook?

28. an encyclopedia without
the convenience of
alphabetical order

29. individualize learning
mobile learning
encourage push / pull

32. Elbow partner?

33. “In times of change the
learners shall inherit the
earth, while the learned find
themselves beautifully equipped
to deal with a world that no
longer exists.”
Eric Hoffer

34. have more questions?
contact:
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
socialstudiescentral.com
historytech.wordpress.com
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