1. 21st Century Learning Summit
From Students to Learners: New Learning Environments for 21st Century Skills
Bob Pearlman
21st Century Learning Summit
Rosemont, IL
October 13, 2010
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2. So what does 21st Century Learning Look Like? And how do you get there?
Skills
Pedagogy
and
practice
How kids
work
in school
New
Learning
Environments

3. Four Imperatives for 21st Century Learning
Compete Globally
Kids are different and learn differently
Kids are bored, not engaged
The Creativity Crisis

4. Compete Globally – Who? It’s not just about us -- the U.S.A. or Canada
It’s about our students
It’s about my daughter or son!

6. Kids are bored, not engaged

7. Creativity – Producing something original and useful
Kim found creativity scores had been steadily rising, just like IQ scores, until Since then, creativity scores have consistently inched downward.
"What’s common about successful programs is they alternate maximum divergent thinking with bouts of intense convergent thinking, through several stages," the authors write, and cite schools like the new National Inventors Hall of Fame Middle School in Akron, Ohio: "With as much as three fourths of each day spent in project-based learning, principal Buckner and her team actually work through required curricula, carefully figuring out how kids can learn it through the steps of Treffinger’s Creative Problem-Solving method and other creativity pedagogies. “The creative problem-solving program has the highest success in increasing children’s creativity,” observed William & Mary’s Kim."

8. Assessment of 21st Century Skills Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Since the Partnership’s inception, our framework for learning in the 21st century focuses on measuring a student’s performance on all the elements of 21st century education.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills

9. 21st Century Skills Defined
Learning & Innovation
Creativity and innovation
Critical thinking and problem-solving
Communication and collaboration
Life & Career
Flexibility and adaptability
Initiative and self-direction
Social and cross-cultural skills
Productivity and accountability
Leadership and responsibility
Information & Technology
Information literacy
Media literacy
ICT literacy
The skills needed to be successful today are much different than they were when schools were designed
Partnership for 21st Century Skills

10. We must fuse the three Rs with the four Cs.
The three “R”s and the four “C”s
We must fuse the three Rs with the four Cs.
The four Cs
Critical thinking and problem solving
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity and innovation
As the three Rs serve as an umbrella for other subjects, the four Cs do for other skills. 10

11. Learning Outcomes New Technology High School
Sacramento 10 Learning Outcomes
Content proficient
Able to write proficiently
Orally proficient
Able to think critically
Technologically proficient
Able to collaborate
Prepared for a career
Solid citizens with ethical behavior
Able to analyze and deal with data
Possessing a solid work ethic
Napa 8 Learning Outcomes
Technology literacy
Collaboration
Critical thinking
Oral communication
Written communication
Career preparation
Citizenship and ethics
Curricular literacy
(Content standards)

12. What learning curricula, activities, and experiences foster 21st Century Learning?
And what does schooling look like?

13. Manor New Technology High School, Manor, TX
Watch video and list key elements of this teaching and learning practice.
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World GeoLit Integrated class at Manor New Technology High School, Manor, TX
(Photo by Les Simpson)

14. Manor New Tech 1

15. At the core is a student-centered, project- and problem-based teaching strategy that is tied to both content standards and schoolwide learning outcomes.

16. Project- and Problem-Based Learning Keys to 21st Century Learning
NTHS teachers start each unit by throwing students into a realistic or real-world project that both engages interest and generates a list of things the students need to know. Projects are designed to tackle complex problems, requiring critical thinking. New Tech’s strategy is simple:
To learn collaboration, work in teams.
To learn critical thinking, take on complex problems.
To learn oral communication, present.
To learn written communication, write.
To learn technology, use technology.
To develop citizenship, take on civic and global issues.
To learn about careers, do internships.
To learn content, research, and do all of the above.

17. Students form a team, develop a work contract, and build a work plan.
Each unit begins when students are presented with a complex, standards-based problem.
Students form a team, develop a work contract, and build a work plan.

18. Students get to work!
Students are provided an online briefcase specific to the project with information, resources, links, and assessment criteria
that help guide them.

19. Students need to know.
Student questions and “need to knows” drive classroom lectures and activities. Sometimes for the whole class, sometimes for just one student.

20. Students experiment and apply learning.
Students test their ideas and experiment to find solutions and breakthroughs while receiving ongoing feedback from instructors.

21. Students get back to work!
Students work and collaborate in a business-like environment, where they know their deliverables and have the technology tools to do their jobs.

22. Students prepare to present.
Students work on building presentations to represent their work and defend
their solutions.

23. Students present their solutions!
Students present ideas through debates, skits, panels, presentations where their work is evaluated by peers, teachers, parents, and community.

24. The New Language of School Design
“Classrooms are out! No more classrooms! Don’t build them!”
—Roger Schank,
Institute for Learning Sciences

25. Manor New Tech 2

27. Columbus Signature Academy, Columbus, IN
Figure 2: Learning studio for integrated interdisciplinary class at Columbus Signature Academy, Columbus, IN

28. CSA

31. Columbus Signature
Academy
Primary student work area
Learning studio
Presentation space
Presentation room
Large group space
Multi-purpose room
Extended learning spaces
Breakout area
Project conference room
Specialty labs
Graphic media lab
Science lab
Furniture
Rolling tables and chairs Flip-up tables

32. New Tech High @ Coppell, Coppell, TX
Figure 4. Student project teams at work in double-sized classroom at New Tech Coppell, Coppell, TX. Photo by Kate Jenkins

33. Extended Learning Spaces

34. Student collaborative project teams working in the digital media library, in the corridor, and a project planning room, some of the many extended learning spaces at New Tech High, Coppell, Coppell, TX. Photos by SHW Group, Plano, TX, and Kate Jenkins

36. New Tech High,
@ Coppell
Primary student work area
Dual subject matter learning environment
Presentation space
Large multi-group collaboration zones
Large group space
Extended learning spaces
Corridor alcoves
Project planning rooms
Media library
Outdoor benches
Specialty labs
Science lab
Furniture
Mix and match tables, office chairs, lounge chairs, and sofas in extended learning spaces

37. The Met, Providence, RI
Figure 7: Students in advisory room at the Met, Providence, RI

38. At the Met, the curriculum is Learning Through Interests or Internships (LTIs). To the Met, LTI sites are part of its facilities. And the school site is designed to support students working on their LTIs.

39. Figure 8: Floor plan of Met East, Providence, RI, showing advisory rooms, project labs, and commons area

40. The Met
Primary student work area
Advisory–project room
Presentation space
Commons
Large group space
Extended learning spaces
Conference rooms
Meeting rooms
Specialty labs
Fabrication
Furniture
Soft, cushioned seats, contour chairs, flexible tables

41. High Tech High, San Diego, CA
Figure 9: Cluster area studio surrounded by four flexible classrooms at High Tech High, San Diego, CA

42. HTH

45. High Tech High
Primary student work area
Clustered classroom
Common studio
Presentation space
Commons
Large group space
Extended learning spaces
Small and large conference rooms Common studios
Specialty labs
Biotech, engineering
Art, music
Multimedia, digital arts
Furniture
Benches in extended learning spaces

46. New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone, Kent, England
Figure 10: Learning Plaza prototype at New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone, Kent, England, shows Learning Plaza divided in multiple ways for large groups, small groups, and individual learning

47. NLL

50. Figure 11: Ground Floor, Learning Plaza prototype at New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone, Kent, England

51. Figure 12: Mezzanine, Learning Plaza prototype at New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone, Kent, England

52. New Line Learning Academy
Primary student work area
Learning Plaza
Presentation space
Large group space
Extended learning spaces
Learning Plaza watering holes and caves
Specialty labs
Art
Technology
Science
Furniture
Modular tables and mobile lecture-style amphitheater seating

53. New Line Learning Academy
Columbus
Signature
Academy
New Tech Coppell
The Met
High Tech High
New Line Learning Academy
Primary student work area
Learning studio
Dual subject matter learning environment
Advisory/
project room
Clustered classroom
Common studio
Learning Plaza
Presentation space
Presentation room
Large multi-group collaboration zones
Commons
Large group space
Multi-purpose room
Extended learning spaces
Breakout area
Project conference room
Corridor alcoves
Project planning rooms
Media library
Outdoor benches
Conference rooms,
Meeting rooms
Small and large conference rooms Common studios Commons
Learning Plaza watering holes and caves
Specialty labs
Graphic media lab, Science
Science
Fabrication
Biotech, Engineering,
Art, Music, Multimedia, Digital Arts
Art Technology
Furniture
Rolling tables and chairs; flip-up tables
Mix and match tables; office chairs;
lounge chairs and sofas in extended learning spaces
Soft, cushioned seats, contour chairs, flexible tables
Benches in Extended learning spaces
Modular tables and mobile lecture-style amphitheater seating

54. Some Cautionary Tales It’s about a lot more than design and technology.
UK open learning environments (1970s)
Massachusetts: new high schools (mid-1990s)
NW England: new learning centres
Are teachers ready to teach in the new learning environments?

55. Putting It All Together
PBL curriculum and pedagogy
Assessment for learning
Technology
Learning spaces and environment
Professional development

56. Four Imperatives for 21st Century Learning
Compete Globally
Kids are different and learn differently
Kids are bored, not engaged
The Creativity Crisis

57. 21st Century School and District Consultant
Contact Information
Bob Pearlman
21st Century School and District Consultant
(520)
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