1. 1 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Knowledge and Skills for the 21 st Century Bob Pearlman Director of Strategic Planning, New Technology Foundation bobpearlman@mindspring.com http://www.bobpearlman.org School to Career, New Orleans June 28, 2004

2. 2 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Dongguan

3. 3 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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

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5. 5 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Bangalore

6. 6 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Bangalore Silicon Valley of India 7.2 million people, 5 th 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 2002-3 Top Ten SW Exporters, 2002-03: 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

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8. 8 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Small and Smaller 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.

9. 9 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Small and Smaller 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 e-mail, 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."

10. 10 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills What region or regions will be best poised to grow during the next recovery?

11. 11 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Internet Cluster Regions – U.S. Boston “Route 128” Boston “Route 128” New York — “Silicon Alley” New York — “Silicon Alley” Washington, D.C. “Silicon Dominion” Austin — “Silicon Hills” Austin — “Silicon Hills” Seattle — “Silicon Forest” Seattle — “Silicon Forest” Research Triangle “Silicon Triangle” Chicago “Silicon City” Chicago “Silicon City” Miami “Silicon Beach” Atlanta “Capital of the New South” Los Angeles “Digital Coast” San Francisco “Multimedia Gulch” San Francisco “Multimedia Gulch” Silicon Valley

12. 12 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Global Internet Cluster Regions Japan “Bit Valley” Canada “Silicon Valley North” United Kingdom “Silicon Kingdom” Scandinavia “Wireless Valley” Germany “Silicon Saxony” France “Telecom Valley” Israel “Silicon wadi” China/Hong Kong “Cyber Port” India Singapore “Intelligent Island” United States

13. 13 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Silicon Valley, 2000 40% of workforce in 7 high-tech clusters

14. 14 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills VALLEY OF HEART’S DELIGHT Silicon Valley, 1970

15. 15 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Source: Internet Cluster Analysis, 1999, A.T. Kearney, published by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

16. 16 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 1992-2001: The longest expansion in US History H1-B visas The rise of Bangalore and Dongguan

17. 17 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 195,000 per year beginning 2001

18. 18 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Czech students pose at a fast food restaurant in Fremont, Ohio USA Work and Travel Programs

19. 19 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills TEC, Monterrey, Mexico 90,000 students in higher education learning technical and 21 st Century Skills

20. 20 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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

21. 21 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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

22. 22 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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.

23. 23 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

24. 24 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Working in the Real World (i.e. California?) Projects, projects, projects Teamwork and collaboration Self-direction Interpersonal skills and Networking No one asks about your formal education Project Management, Leadership

25. 25 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org Released June 21, 2004 at NECC, New Orleans

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30. 30 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills So what do schools look like where students get 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills?

31. 31 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills They don’t look like this!

32. 32 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Teachers talk and students listen.

33. 33 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills The teacher has a monopoly on information

34. 34 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Students learn by not doing

35. 35 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills How do we get them here?

36. 36 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Strategies that Make a Difference Engagement Hands-on Adult connections Internships Real World immersion

37. 37 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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.

38. 38 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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)

39. 39 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills TRAINING RESOURCE The Buck Institute for Education Novato, California www.bie.org TRAINING DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

40. 40 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Project Management Teamwork

41. 41 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Oral Communication/Presentation Exhibition

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43. 43 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Personalization Projects Exhibitions Digital Portfolios Internships Technology Reinventing the High School Experience

44. 44 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills New Technology High School Napa, California http://www.newtechhigh.org/  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 http://www.newtechfoundation.org/nthlearning.html

45. 45 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills New Technology HS LEARNING OUTCOMES TECHNOLOGY LITERACY COLLABORATION CRITICAL THINKING ORAL COMMUNICATION WRITTEN COMMUNICATION CAREER PREPARATION CITIZENSHIP AND ETHICS CURRICULAR LITERACY (CONTENT STANDARDS)

46. 46 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills 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 E-Mail Parent E-Bulletin Online Curriculum Internship Coordination Digital Gradebooks Student Journals Collaboration Database Learning Logs PBL Unit Library Customizable Templates Support Databases Account Management

47. 47 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills TOOLS: PEER COLLABORATION EVALUATOR Students submit evaluations using a standardized rubric for the whole school.

48. 48 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills TOOLS: PRESENTATION EVALUATION DATABASE

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50. 50 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills COMMUNICATION TOOLS STUDENT DATA COLLECTION CURRICULUM LIBRARY DIGITAL PORTFOLIO NTHS GRADEBOOK COLLABORATION EVALUATOR DISCUSSION BULLETIN BOARDS 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.

51. 51 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Napa Vallejo Rohnert Park Novato Sacramento Oakland (conversion) Davis Anderson REPLICATION PROGRESS Anchorage (AK) Portland (OR)

52. 52 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL Study Tours and Visits http://www.newtechfoundation.org

53. 53 108319_Macros 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills Bob Pearlman bobpearlman@mindspring.org http://www.bobpearlman.org "New Ingredient for Student Success: Social Networks" http://www.bobpearlman.org/Articles/Student_Success.htm http://www.bobpearlman.org/Articles/Student_Success.htm “Reinventing the High School Experience“ http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/0204/pearlman.html