The Imperative of Technology In 21 st Century Literacy Scott BryanEPFP WPS Shawn Massey April 8, 2005 Michelle Ribant

The World Has Changed The Education System Hasn’t Students Expect It What Happens If We Don’t? What Happens When We Do? How Do We Get There?

The World Has Changed The word dropout was not even used before 1950 In the 1950’s almost ½ of students dropped out and got jobs Today’s dropouts can’t readily go to work

The World Has Changed In 1950 most jobs were classified as unskilled In 2000 most jobs were classified as skilled

The World Has Changed The Curriculum of the Past –An information delivery model The Curriculum of the Future –A personal development model Creating critical information seekers

The World Has Changed A New Literacy –Technological & Informational

The World Has Changed Top things new jobs require Technological Fluency 81% Communications – Verbal proficiency Collaboration leadership/ coordination teamwork interpersonal skills Ability to solve complex problems Creativity Analytical and thinking skills David Thornburg

The Education System Hasn’t 50 minutes 6 hours 180 days

The Education System Hasn’t Relationship between time and achievement Time is fixed and achievement is variable Make achievement fixed and time variable

The Education System Hasn’t The Tech Integration Continuum –Technology is an add on –Word processing essays –Using the Internet to find plans –Web quests –Teacher created lessons –Student initiated education

Students Expect It 27 hours in front of computers at home, and 24 hours in front of TV At school, the average amount of technology time is 15 minutes a week

Students Expect It “We have technology in our blood.” High School Student, U.S. Department of Education’s National Technology Plan 2004

Students Expect It The Millennial Reality

What Happens If We Don’t? If our curriculum continues to be about information, kids don’t need us. If it’s about personal development, they need us. Kids used to come to us experience rich and information poor; now they come to us information rich, and experience poor.

What Happens If We Don’t? If we don’t respond to our customers they are going to go somewhere else –Time and place have become irrelevant If we don’t respond to our customers advanced jobs will continue to leave

What Happens If We Don’t? “20 years ago there were 17 workers for every recipient of Social Security benefits; today the ratio is 3 to 1. In fifteen years it will be down to 2 to 1.” - David Hollister, 12/5/04, 2004 EPFP Leadership Forum, Miami Beach

What Happens If We Don’t? “The fastest growing population is the 85 and over group” - Norm Ornstein, 4/7/2005, EPFP WPS, Washington, D.C.

What Happens If We Don’t? Where do you want your two to work?

What Happens If We Don’t? China, Russia and India have added 3 billion new members to the world economy. If only 10% of them are highly educated then they will have 300 million skilled people, more than the work force of the United States. Susan Patrick Director of Education Technology US Department of Education, 4/7/05

What Happens When We Do? ● School is more relevant ● Students are more engaged ● Dropout rates decline ● Learning is transformed

What Happens When We Do? ● Peabody Elementary, St. Louis, MO 90 / 90 / 90 School ● Administrators embraced technological change ● Student achievement improved Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Technology Plan 2004

What Happens When We Do? Acceleration of Transformation

How Do We Get There? ● Leadership ● Infuse technology ● Culture shift

“ The future is now, our children can’t wait.” Discussion Superintendent, U.S. Department of Education’s National Technology Plan 2004