Putting the Pieces Together: Making Connections with Curriculum Mapping NESA Spring Educators Conference
Your Facilitator John Moore & Meng Zhou Rubicon International
Goals Explore how the newest features in the Atlas system can be applied and used to maximize curriculum design efforts. Examine the use of widgits within Atlas to support and drive initiatives and pedagogies. Strategize with colleagues on best practices.
What is happening in the world today?
Current Trends 1.Globalization 2.Micro Trends 3.Pervasive Technology 4.Exponential Rate of Change
Globalization
Microtrends In today’s mass societies it takes only 1% of people making a dedicated choice -contrary to main stream choice - to create a movement to change the world! From Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Change” – Mark Penn
Pervasive Technology
Rate of Change Today’s student will hold jobs by the time they are 38. The top 10 jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004! More than 3,000 books are published daily. In the US within the next decade, 75% of the current teachers will have been replaced.
Your Reflections on Today’s World Trends
The Students of Today
Generation Difference Summary From the Department of Education in South Australia Question Generation Y (born 1980 – 1995/2001) Generation X (born 1960s-1980) Baby Boomers ( ) What do you want from a job? Fun, challenging, interesting, money not so important Money, rise, promotion, office with a door, window, want ‘your’ job, respect Superannuation, pension, no change What do you want from the boss? Don’t believe the boss concept, wont follow a manager who just talks, wants a mentor Stop trying and making promises that can’t be delivered, want truth Go away – don’t micro manage me, just tell me what you want If the job doesn’t deliver? Leaves immediately, can’t be bought, $ don’t buy passion or engagement Negotiate with you. I need you to … focus on work life balance (have young children and old parents). If don’t deliver will stay but will start looking elsewhere. Have to spend $ on them – talk is cheap Hang in – sometimes said that retire on the job
It’s interdisciplinary combinations – design and technology, mathematics and art – that produce YouTube and Google. Thomas Friedman The World is Flat Jobs in today’s world are about innovation. The new breakthroughs are about thinking across the disciplines.
What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate? Work Ethic80% Collaboration75% Good Communication70% Social Responsibility63% Critical Thinking & Problem Solving58% Partnership for 21 st Century Skills, and the Society for Human Resource Management. (2006)
What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years? Critical Thinking78% I.T.77% Health & Wellness76% Collaboration74% Innovation74% Personal Financial Responsibility72%
What might the World Look Like for our Students in 2021?
Our First Graders are Part of Generation Z Also known as iGeneration and Silent Generation They make up 18% of the worlds population Instant-gratification due to technology No memory of (or nostalgia for) pre-Internet history Take the Internet for granted Mass collaboration via Net Communities Lack of privacy Expect to speak to an audience
2021… What skills and understandings will be needed for the class of 2021?
What will you need to integrate into your curriculum to ensure your students are prepared for the future?
How Atlas can Help in Integrating Necessary Components for Student Learning into the Curriculum
It Helps Us Connect All The Pieces
Atlas 7.0
My Atlas
Drag and Drop Capabilities
Initial Plan for Lesson Integration
Searching Attachments
Dynamic Filtering in Browse
Multi-Category Scope and Sequence
Special Programs Differentiation Modification Accommodation Enrichment
Assessment & Standards
Early Childhood
Administration & Professional Development
Accreditation
Character Education & Values
Professional Learning Communities
What are your key curriculum integration pieces?
3-2-1 List three observation from our discussions today Choose two curriculum integration opportunities to meet your student needs Identify one change you will make or recommend to your colleagues for this year.
I believe that current formal education still prepares students primarily for the world of the past, rather than for possible worlds of the future Howard Gardner