1. 1 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Bob Pearlman Director of Strategic Planning, New Technology Foundation bobpearlman@mindspring.com http://www.bobpearlman.org High School Redesign Symposium New Orleans, August 25, 2004 Designing the 21 st Century Secondary Schools: The New Technology High School Model

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3. 3 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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

4. 4 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Bangalore

5. 5 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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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7. 7 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

8. 8 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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."

9. 9 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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

10. 10 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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

11. 11 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

12. 12 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

13. 13 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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

14. 14 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools http://www.21stcenturyskills.org Released June 21, 2004 at NECC, New Orleans

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16. 16 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools So what do schools look like where students get 21 st Century Knowledge and Skills?

17. 17 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools They don’t look like this!

18. 18 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Teachers talk and students listen.

19. 19 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools The teacher has a monopoly on information

20. 20 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Students learn by not doing

21. 21 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools How do we get them here?

22. 22 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Strategies that Make a Difference Engagement Hands-on Adult connections Internships Real World immersion

23. 23 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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

24. 24 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools New Technology HS LEARNING OUTCOMES TECHNOLOGY LITERACY COLLABORATION CRITICAL THINKING ORAL COMMUNICATION WRITTEN COMMUNICATION CAREER PREPARATION CITIZENSHIP AND ETHICS CURRICULAR LITERACY (CONTENT STANDARDS)

25. 25 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools COMMON MISCONCEPTION Technology is the Tool, Not the Focus Less than 20% of our students are interested in pursuing a career in technology.

26. 26 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools AMERICAN STUDIES United States History American Literature SCIENTIFIC STUDIES Algebra II Physics POLITICAL STUDIES Government/Economics Political Literature 2 teachers, 40 students, meeting for 2 hour blocks each day INTEGRATED COURSES

27. 27 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools DIGITAL MEDIA COLLEGE COURSES SENIOR PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS INTERNSHIPS & COMMUNITY SERVICE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

28. 28 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

29. 29 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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)

30. 30 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Project Management Teamwork

31. 31 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Oral Communication/Presentation Exhibition

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37. 37 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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

38. 38 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

39. 39 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

40. 40 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools TOOLS: COURSE AGENDA The Course Agenda helps keep complicated projects organized.

41. 41 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Teachers enter activities for each day including links to resources and homework assignments.

42. 42 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools TOOLS: PEER COLLABORATION EVALUATOR Students submit evaluations using a standardized rubric for the whole school.

43. 43 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools TOOLS: PRESENTATION EVALUATION DATABASE

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46. 46 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

47. 47 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools NEW TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION REPLICATION SERVICES FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLS ACCESS TO NEW TECH HIGH LEARNING SYSTEM

48. 48 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Current Mission Statement: “Reinvent the high school experience to enhance educational opportunities for youth in Napa County, in California and in the U.S.” Originally created in 2000 to raise funds and handle external relations for New Technology High School in Napa.

49. 49 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools 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.

50. 50 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Napa Vallejo Rohnert Park Novato Sacramento Oakland (conversion) Davis Anderson REPLICATION PROGRESS Anchorage (AK) Portland (OR) New Orleans

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52. 52 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL Study Tours and Visits http://www.newtechfoundation.org

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54. 54 108319_Macros Designing the 21st Century Secondary Schools Contact Information New Technology Foundation Susan Schilling - CEO www.newtechfoundation.org 707-253-4287 1746 Yajome Napa, CA 94559 Bob Pearlman Director of Strategic Planning bobpearlman@mindspring.com 520-881-9965