1. THEIR FUTURE OR OUR PAST INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST CONFERENCE DODEA SEPTEMBER 23-25 , 2008
2. our past farmers ~ craftsmen~manufacturers~white-collar~service~professionals~creators Agricultural Industrial Information Conceptual As society embraces the tools of the age
12. A NATION AT RISK 1983 National Commission on Excellence in Education. a rising tide of mediocrity …
13. FIVE NEW BASICS English, mathematics, science, social studies, and computer science… National Commission on Excellence in Education.
14. WHAT WORK REQUIRES OF SCHOOLS 1991 Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
15. basic literacy computational skills thinking skills: knowledge to work personal qualities: dedicated, trustworthy A SOLID FOUNDATION Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
16. Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge 1996
17. FOUR GOALS training for teachers classroom computers Internet connectivity software & online resources U.S. Department of Education
18. NO CHILD Left Behind 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act
19. Learning for the 21st Century 2002 Partnership for 21st Century Skills
20. MORE THAN CORE SUBJECTS critical thinking apply knowledge analyze information comprehend new ideas communicate collaborate problem solve making decisions Partnership for 21st Century Skills
22. World market professionals available in a wide range of fields for a fraction of what U.S. professionals charge
23. Our young adults score at “mediocre” levels on the best international measure of performance Tough Choices or Tough Times
24. Will the world’s employers pick U.S. graduates? only… 1.) if compete academically 2.) if exceed in creativity, innovative capacity and ability to learn quickly
33. economic function is to create new ideas, new technology, or new content educators conceptual age? entertainers musicians artists designers architects engineers scientists finance law healthcare creative class
34. from the stand alone teacher Tom Carroll, Teaching and America’s Future, 2006 1950 2008 Good
36. The Read/Write Web Participation Culture Listening Spaces Viewing Spaces Reading Writing Spaces Polling Spaces Sharing Spaces
37. What is it that I am doing right now to help students connect to their world? Sheryl Nussbaum Beach, 2008
38. Model the Way Critical Thinkers Problem Solvers Innovators Communicators Collaborators Self-Directed Learners Information and Media Literate Globally Aware
40. Lead the Learning Face-to Face Virtual Synchronous Virtual Asynchronous
41. “ Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century ." Jim Carroll, “What Comes Next? A Trends Perspective 2008”
Notas do Editor
The tools change our society… through the ages. Farmers – factory workers- knowledge workers- creators Agricultural Age: A period in time characterized by employment in farming, craft economies, rural residences with extended families, and local government in homogeneous communities of small scale. Industrial Age: Some say it: Emerged after the American Civil War in the 1860s when steam-powered manufacturing overtook water-powered manufacturing, allowing the industry to fully spread across the nation. Manufacture of steel was also invented in the 1860s. 1945 – Some argue that Industrial Age was born at the end of WWII… Some say 1956 when more people had white collar rather than blue collar jobs. Information Age - Information Age - Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That's what our parents encouraged us to become when we grew up. But Mom and Dad were wrong. The era of "left brain" dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world … Conceptual Age - 2006 - Daniel Pink - The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind… "right brain" qualities-inventiveness, empathy, meaning-predominate.
The challenges and expectations for schools have changed: 1800s– Emphasis on writing and notation 1900s – Teachers viewed as workers who carry out directives of administrators. Curriculum, instruction and assessment directed toward mass production of factory workers. 50 years ago factory and office workers used one machine to do repetitive tasks. Technology has simplified/eliminated these tasks. Now there are few unskilled positions. There has been a concerted effort of the education community to improve teaching and learning through teaching and learning through rigorous academic standards, assessments and accountability measures… BUT… are these efforts leading to “knowledge seekers and problem solvers?
2000 – “Adaptive Expertise” - The narrow job skills people learn today will become obsolete within 3-5 years. students need to understand the state of their knowledge, build on it, improve it and make decisions in the face of uncertainty that enables problem solving throughout lifetime. Society wants graduates who can solve problems and make contributions to society throughout their lifetime.
There is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills students learn in schools and the knowledge and skills needed in 21 st century communities and the modern workplace. (PNSHP 21 st Cen SKILLS)
There is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills students learn in schools and the knowledge and skills needed in 21 st century communities and the modern workplace. (PNSHP 21 st Cen SKILLS)
Manufacturing in Asia Cutting and Sewing South America Marketing and Sales - US
“ Today’s system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn.” (PNSHP 21 st Cen SKILLS)
This federal report in 1983 extended literacy to “Five New Basics” --- English, mathematics, science, social studies, and computer science -which specified that all high school graduates should “understand the computer as an information, computation and communication device; [be able to] use the computer in the study of the other Basics and for personal and work-related purposes; and understand the world of computers, electronics, and related technologies”
The SCANS Report outlines the skills that are required for a high-performance workplace. Workers require three essential skills: “a solid foundation in the basic literacy and computational skills, thinking skills necessary to put knowledge to work, and personal qualities that make workers dedicated and trustworthy.” What Work Requires of Schools: A SCANS Report for American 2000 . Secretary' Commission on Achieving the Necessary Skills. (1991). U. S. Department of Labor. Washington, DC. http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/whatwork/whatwork.pdf
“ a solid foundation in the basic literacy and computational skills, thinking skills necessary to put knowledge to work, and personal qualities that make workers dedicated and trustworthy.”
Recognizing the vast challenges facing education, this effort launched the Technology Literacy Challenge program which focused on a vision of the 21st century where all students are “technologically literate.” Four goals, relating primarily to technology skills, the program focused on training and support for teachers, acquisition of multimedia computers in classrooms, connection to the Internet for every classroom and acquiring effective software and online learning resources integral to the school's curriculum. Getting America's Students Ready for the 21st Century; Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge, A Report to the Nation on Technology and Education, June 29, 1996. U. S. Department of Education, 1996. Available at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/plan/national/index.html
Recognizing the vast challenges facing education, this effort launched the Technology Literacy Challenge program which focused on a vision of the 21st century where all students are “technologically literate.” Four goals, relating primarily to technology skills, the program focused on training and support for teachers, acquisition of multimedia computers in classrooms, connection to the Internet for every classroom and acquiring effective software and online learning resources integral to the school's curriculum. Getting America's Students Ready for the 21st Century; Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge, A Report to the Nation on Technology and Education, June 29, 1996. U. S. Department of Education, 1996. Available at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/plan/national/index.html
The legislation underscores the growing consensus regarding the importance of technology literacy - the ability to use computers. “To assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade….” Another goal encourages “the effective integration of technology resources and systems with teacher training and curriculum development to establish research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented as best practice by State educational agencies and local education agencies.” Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). (2001). No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills defines skills in this document as core subjects and learning skills using 21st Century tools to learn 21st Century content in a 21st Century context · including 21st Century assessments that measure 21st Century skills. “ To cope with the demands of the 21st century, people need to know more than core subjects. They need to know how to use their knowledge and skills-by thinking critically, applying knowledge to new situations, analyzing information, comprehending new ideas, communicating, collaborating, solving problems, making decisions” (p. 9). Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Learning for the 21st Century; a Report and MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills. Washington, DC., 2002. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Tough Choices or Tough Times” 2006
Tough Choices or Tough Times” 2006
There’s a whole new class of workers in the U.S. that’s 38-million strong: the creative class . At its core are the scientists, engineers, architects, designers, artists, musicians and entertainers whose economic function is to create new ideas, new technology, or new content. Also included are the creative professions of business and finance, law, healthcare and EDUCATION in which knowledge workers engage in complex problem solving.
Click image on slide to link to video “ A Brave New World Wide Web” Blog: Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts Web: DavidTruss.com Contact : David Truss
The Internet has involved toward creating a “participation culture.” Our students participate in reading, writing, listening, viewing, polling and sharing spaces – but most are BLOCKED in our schools.
Model the way by developing 21 st century attributes OURSELVES.
Build Teams that “carry away” the dry carcass of worn, outdated practices.
Lead the Learning by using the tools of the age. Meet face-to-face as needed – but call upon virtual tools – eCollab web conferencing and Ning –online learning community.
Knowledge doubling exponentially in all fields – wisdom of the crowds (James Surowiki) - Soundbite: a leading international futurist, trends & innovation expert; BusinessWeek on Jim Carroll : "a leading source for innovation insight"; CNBC guest expert on innovation; has presented in Zurich, Sydney, London, New York, Vancouver, Stockholm, Budapest; everything from high level CEO offsites to 3,000 audience conference keynotes. Globally recognized for his unique wisdom and insight into trends. As of late, I've been speaking " ever-growing sapiential circles " as the core trend that is driving rapid knowledge growth, and which is having the biggest impact on education. The phrase comes from Warren Bennis, a distinguished professor, Southern California's Marshall School of Business -- he was referring to how the knowledge of a group tended to increase exponentially as new members were added to the group. What we are witnessing in the world today is a dramatic increase in our own human sapiential circles as a result of global connectivity. Quite simply, we have connected the minds of people around the world who share an interest in a topic or issue -- they become a sapiential circle. And the result is dramatic -- for example, the amount of medical knowledge doubles every eight years; it is said that half of what an engineering student learns in their first year is obsolete or revised by the time they graduate.