During the course of this presentation…

60 babies will be born in the U.S. 244 babies will born in China 351 babies will be born in India

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates today’s learner will have jobs.

…by the age 38

1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company they have been employed by for less than one year

More than 1 out of 2 Are working for a company they have Worked for for less than five years.

According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley

… the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004

We are currently Preparing students For jobs that Don’t yet exist…

Using technologies That haven’t Been invented…

in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

So, what does it all mean?

Things change?

Change

Social Networks in Education The important role Web 2.0 will play in education Presented to Dougherty County Board of Education Presenter: Quatrissia Johnson Consultant for the Board’s School Improvement Plan Summer Retreat 2010, Albany, Georgia May 17, 2010

What is Web 2.0? The term “Web 2.0” is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive… Information Sharing Interoperability User-centered design Collaboration World Wide Web

Timeline Wikpedia Launched Nack Rub 1996 Wikispaces Twitter

Web 2.0 Constructivist Theory

Why use Web 2.0 in a K-12 Classroom?

Instructional strategies Vehicles to cooperative learning Support problem-based learning Facilitate archiving

Bellaire Primary School Estancia High School

Security

State Budgets Open Source Technology Automizing How are things changing?

S-Curve

Business as usual Cutting Edge BB AA Disruptive Change Normal Times Disruptive Change Times Market Change

Dougherty County School District

Conclusion Your students have changed Your industry has change Your turn….