1. Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools:
The New Technology High School Model
Bob Pearlman Director of Strategic Planning, New Technology Foundation
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 27, 2004 1

2. New Technology High School
Napa, California
Integrating technology into every class
Interdisciplinary and project-based
Internship class consisting of classroom curriculum and unpaid work in technology, business or education
Digital Portfolio

3. NEW TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION
REPLICATION SERVICES FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLS
ACCESS TO NEW TECH HIGH LEARNING SYSTEM

4. Current Mission Statement:
Originally created in 2000 to raise funds and handle external relations for New Technology High School in Napa.
Current Mission Statement:
“Reinvent the high school experience to enhance educational opportunities for youth in Napa County, in California and in the U.S.”

5. Shortly after the Foundation was created, it was awarded a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the creation of a 10 school network in Northern California.

6. REPLICATION PROGRESS Anchorage (AK) Portland (OR) Anderson
Rohnert Park
Sacramento
Napa
Davis
Novato
Vallejo
Oakland (conversion)
New Orleans

7. Dongguan

8. Dongguan 7 million people. Grew from less than 1 million in 1979
15,000 International Companies
25,000 companies total -- 10,000 of them are computer related manufacturers, representing 40% of all international computer part market
Ranked 7th in overall municipal competitiveness in China
Ranked 3rd in goods exported, behind Shanghai and Shenzhen

9. Bangalore

10. Bangalore Silicon Valley of India
7.2 million people, 5th largest city in India (+ 1 billion people)
86% literacy
1154 IT SW companies in 2003, up from 29 in 1993
116 new SW technology part units established in
Top Ten SW Exporters, :
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Wipro Ltd.
IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Digital Global Soft. Ltd.
I-Flex Solutions Ltd.
Texas Instruments
Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mphasis BFL Ltd.
Philips Software Centre

11. Globalization 1.0 Globalization 2.0
Small and Smaller: The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, March 4, 2004
Globalization 1.0
From the late 1800's to World War I, was driven by falling transportation costs, thanks to the steamship and the railroad. shrank the world from a size large to a size medium.
Globalization 2.0
From the 1980's to 2000, was based on falling telecom costs and the PC, and shrank the world from a size medium to a size small.

12. Small and Smaller: The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, March 4, 2004
Globalization 3.0
Produced by three forces:
Massive installation of undersea fiber-optic cable and bandwidth (thanks to the dot-com bubble) that have made it possible to globally transmit and store huge amounts of data for almost nothing.
Second, the diffusion of PC's around the world.
Third, the convergence of a variety of software applications — from , to Google, to Microsoft Office, to specially designed outsourcing programs — that, when combined with all those PC's and bandwidth, made it possible to create global "work-flow platforms."

13. What region or regions will be best poised to grow during the next recovery?

14. Internet Cluster Regions – U.S.
Seattle —
“Silicon Forest”
Chicago
“Silicon City”
Boston
“Route 128”
New York —
“Silicon Alley”
San Francisco
“Multimedia Gulch”
Silicon Valley
Washington, D.C. “Silicon Dominion”
Los Angeles “Digital Coast”
Research Triangle “Silicon Triangle”
Austin —
“Silicon Hills”
Atlanta “Capital of the New South”
Miami “Silicon Beach”

15. “Silicon Valley North”
Global Internet Cluster Regions
Canada
“Silicon Valley North”
United Kingdom
“Silicon Kingdom”
Scandinavia
“Wireless Valley”
Japan
“Bit Valley”
Germany
“Silicon Saxony”
China/Hong Kong
“Cyber Port”
France
“Telecom Valley”
Israel
“Silicon wadi”
India
Singapore
“Intelligent Island”
United States

16. Silicon Valley, 2000
40% of workforce in 7
high-tech clusters

17. Silicon Valley, 1970
VALLEY OF HEART’S DELIGHT

18. Source: Internet Cluster Analysis, 1999, A. T
Source: Internet Cluster Analysis, 1999, A.T. Kearney, published by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

19. What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st Century?
“Will this generation of learners have the skills and preparation to innovate?”
-- Barry Schuler, Former CEO, AOL
At NTHS Founder’s Day Event

20. SCANS Workplace Know-How (1991)
Competencies – effective workers can productively use:
Resources -- identifying, organizing, planning, and allocating time, money, materials, and workers;
Interpersonal Skills -- negotiating, exercising leadership, working with diversity, teaching others new skills, serving clients and customers, and participating as a team member;
Information Skills -- using computers to process information and acquiring and evaluating, organizing and maintaining, and interpreting and communicating information;
Systems Skills -- understanding systems, monitoring and correcting system performance, and improving and designing systems; and
Technology utilization skills -- selecting technology, applying technology to a task, and maintaining and troubleshooting technology.
Source: What Work Requires of School, 1991, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor

21. SCANS Workplace Know-How (1991)
The Foundation – competence requires:
Basic Skills -- reading, writing, speaking, listening, and knowing arithmetic and mathematical concepts;
Thinking Skills -- reasoning, making decisions, thinking creatively, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, and knowing how to learn; and
Personal Qualities -- responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty.

22. Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

23. Working in the Real World (i.e. California?)
Projects, projects, projects
Teamwork and collaboration
Self-direction
Interpersonal skills and Networking
Project Management, Leadership
No one asks about your formal education

24. Released June 21, 2004 at NECC, New Orleans

26. So what do schools look like where students get 21st Century Knowledge and Skills?

27. They don’t look like this!

28. Teachers talk and students listen.

29. The teacher has a monopoly on information

30. Students learn by not doing

31. How do we get them here?

32. Strategies that Make a Difference
Engagement
Hands-on
Adult connections
Internships
Real World immersion

33. New Technology High School
Napa, California
Integrating technology into every class
Interdisciplinary and project-based
Internship class consisting of classroom curriculum and unpaid work in technology, business or education
Digital Portfolio

34. New Technology HS LEARNING OUTCOMES TECHNOLOGY LITERACY
COLLABORATION
CRITICAL THINKING
ORAL COMMUNICATION
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
CAREER PREPARATION
CITIZENSHIP AND ETHICS
CURRICULAR LITERACY (CONTENT STANDARDS)

35. Technology is the Tool, Not the Focus
COMMON MISCONCEPTION
Technology is the Tool, Not the Focus
Less than 20% of our students are interested in pursuing a career in technology.

36. 2 teachers, 45 students, meeting for 2 hour blocks each day
INTEGRATED COURSES
AMERICAN STUDIES
United States History American Literature
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
Algebra II
Physics
POLITICAL STUDIES
Government/Economics
Political Literature
2 teachers, 45 students, meeting for 2 hour blocks each day

37. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
DIGITAL MEDIA
COLLEGE COURSES
SENIOR PROJECTS
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS
INTERNSHIPS & COMMUNITY SERVICE

38. At the core is a student centered, project and problem based teaching strategy that is tied to both content standards and school wide learning outcomes.

39. PROJECT BASED LEARNING
PBL vs. Doing Projects
The Project is the Curriculum
Creating a “Need to Know”
Teacher Acts as a Coach
Focus on Skills (ESLRs)

40. Project Management Teamwork

41. Oral Communication/Presentation Exhibition

47. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR … Learning Curriculum Communication Assessment
Scalability*
Computerized Tutorials
On-Line Curriculum
E-Library
Academic Systems
Document Libraries
Project Design Template
Project Standardization
Digital Textbooks
Student
Parent E-Bulletin
Online Curriculum
Internship Coordination
Digital Gradebooks
Student Journals
Collaboration Database
Learning Logs
PBL Unit Library
Customizable Templates
Support Databases
Account Management

48. TOOLS: PROJECT BRIEFCASE
The Project Briefcase allows teachers to put all project materials in one spot for easy student access and to share with other teachers.

49. The New Technology Project Library
We have assembled a collection of projects created by teachers trained in PBL unit development, reviewed, and tested in the classroom. These projects can be downloaded and modified by any teacher with a connection to the internet.

50. TOOLS: COURSE AGENDA
The Course Agenda helps keep complicated projects organized.

51. Teachers enter activities for each day including links to resources and homework assignments.

52. TOOLS: PEER COLLABORATION EVALUATOR
Students submit evaluations using a standardized rubric for the whole school.

53. TOOLS: PRESENTATION EVALUATION DATABASE

56. What is the Learning System?
DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
CURRICULUM LIBRARY
NTHS GRADEBOOK
What is the Learning System?
The NTH Learning System™ is a set of tools and technologies that support a student-centered, project- and problem-based learning environment.
COMMUNICATION TOOLS
COLLABORATION EVALUATOR
DISCUSSION BULLETIN BOARDS
STUDENT DATA COLLECTION

57. New Technology High School Grads: Average Kids  97% Post-Secondary
Powerful
Articulate
Self-Directed
Collaborative
Leaders 1

58. NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Study Tours and Visits

59. Contact Information
New Technology Foundation
Susan Schilling - CEO
1746 Yajome
Napa, CA 94559
Bob Pearlman
Director of Strategic Planning