1. 21 st Century Learning and Skills Baton Rouge, LA April 25, 2008 Jim Warford

2. Lessons Learned The story of America’s public schools is NOT a story of failure! We educate more students today to a higher standard than ever before in our history! But the world is changing even faster than we are. Today’s students are wired differently!

3. My Story… Mary Kay Jones

4. We educate more students today to a higher standard than ever before in our history! But the world is changing even faster than we are! Faster than we imagine… Faster than we Can imagine!!!

5. Computer Sales Dell Sony Compaq HP IBM Think Pad Apple NEC Gateway Toshiba Quanta Wispron Asustek Compal Inventec Computer Manufacturers Mainland China Companies 90 %

6. Cities with 1 Million People  United States  Europe  China (2006)  China (2020) 9 36 100 + 160 +

7. U.S. Demographic Change…

8. 3.0 / 100 4.6 / 100 1.4 – 1.8 / 100

9. Start Working End Working Longevity 190020002100 47 62 77 21 62 14 18 107

10. Federal Budget 2006 Deficit $1.3 trillion $11, 434 per household $516,348 $31,000 per year for 75 years Total per household Source: USA Today

11. Changing schools Is hard… Do you sometimes feel Stuck?

12. Changing Technology Processing Processing Communications Communications

13. Central Units’ Memory = 8 MB 2004 iPod = 4 GB 2007 iPhone = 8 GB 1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe

14. Nano Technology Atom Up Atom Up

15. SPOT Technology  Integrated Projection  Projection Keyboard

16. The Result: Today’s students are WIRED differently. Nathan’s Story…

17. Kuzmich, 200817 Highly Visual 21 st Century Learners  Speed of processing  Size of the brain devoted to visual processing  Association prior to meaning

18. The Student’s Brain  No meaning without personal connection or emotion  The Media Generation – highly visual  The Big 4: Context Transfer Parts-to-Whole Inference The Student’s Brain

19. The “CNN Effect” and Your Classroom  The “CNN” screen and other media and technology are numbing students’ visual systems to subtle changes.  Advertisers know this and so do Hollywood filmmakers.  What does it mean in the classroom? Attention and motivation factors…

20. 21 st Century Learners Digital Native Learners Multitasking  Multitasking  Multimedia learning  Online social networking  Online info searching  Games, simulations & creative expressions

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23. It may look like gobbledegook, but streetwise teenagers would have no trouble understanding… A new language is being developed by cell phone-addicted kids based on the predictive text of their treasured handsets… Key words are replaced by the first alternative that comes up on a mobile phone using predictive text…

24. The new words are known as: Netspeak, Textonyms, Adaptonyms or Cellodromes. And are becoming part of regular teen conversation.

25. Lesson Learned: Florida Virtual School

26. How do today’s students feel about YOUR school?

27. Student Survey Percentages Survey Statement TotalMaleFemale I enjoy being at school 50.247.453.2 Teachers make school an exciting place to learn 33.032.932.6 School is boring 45.549.941.5 Teachers have fun at school 38.539.837.6 Learning can be fun 63.559.069.3

28. Student Survey Percentages Survey Statement TotalMaleFemale At school I am encouraged to be creative 58.856.461.3 My classes help me understand what is happening in my everyday life 39.839.340.9 I learn new things that are interesting to me at school 66.363.869.9

29. Student Survey Percentages Survey Statement TotalMaleFemale Students respect teachers 39.141.536.9 Teachers respect students 54.253.855.7 Students respect each other 29.431.827.3

30. Student Survey Percentages Survey Statement TotalMaleFemale Teachers care about me as an individual 51.050.152.7 Teachers care if I am absent from school 49.547.752.1

31. Student Survey Percentages Survey Statement TotalMaleFemale I put forth my best effort at school 66.960.374.6 Getting good grades is important to me 83.779.189.9

32. Student Survey Percentages Survey Statement MaleFemale I push myself to do better academically 70.881.5 Teachers think I can be successful 69.975.3 I am excited to tell my friends when I get good grades 47.565.1 I think about others’ feelings when I make decisions 59.673.3 School is boring 49.941.5 Getting good grades is important to me 79.189.9 I put forth my best effort at school 60.374.6

33. What report was released in 1983?

34.  E-mail  Web pages  Google  iPODs  Laptops  Digital cameras  Doppler radar  Cell Phones  Debit cards

35.  Blogs  Wikis  Tagging  Text messaging  MySpace  Podcasts  PDAs  Genetic code

36. “As the Future Catches You” By Juan Enriquez

37. Challenges: Technology Globalization Demographics

38. Are you Worried yet?

39. From Theory to Practice Moving Rigor and Relevance Into the Classroom

40. Based upon what works! Model Schools and the Successful Practices Network

41. The Rigor/Relevance Framework Is critical For 21 st Century Students

42. 12345 Application Knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rigor/Relevance Framework

43. 1.Awareness 2.Comprehension 3.Application 4.Analysis 5.Synthesis 6.Evaluation Knowledge Taxonomy Knowledge Taxonomy

44. Application Model 1. Knowledge in one discipline 2. Application within discipline 3. Application across disciplines 4. Application to real-world predictable situations 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situations

45. Levels CDCDABABCDCDABAB 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 3 2 1 Bloom’s Application

46. RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE A B D C Rigor/Relevance Framework TeacherWork Teacher/Student Roles StudentThinkStudent Think & Work StudentWork High Low

47. Brain Research is providing new support.

48. Latest Research  Donald Roberts - Stanford  Jordan Grafman – National Institute of Neurological Disorders  Hal Pashler – University of California  Cheryl Grady – Rothman Research Center, Toronto  David Meyer – University of Michigan  Claudia Knooz – Duke

49. Activating Learning  Learning takes place when multiple neurons fire from numerous places in the brain, and these new memories can be retrieved over a period of time.  Learning must be connected and relevant to be remembered.  We only remember things that have meaning for us. The Brain Responding to Visual Stimuli Image courtesy of R. Clay Reid

50. Use it or lose it, because… Neurons that fire together, wire together!

51. You want your neural networks to look like a maple tree… not a palm tree.

52. Input to Brain FrontBack

53. Sight Hearing Input to Brain

54. Sight Hearing Input to Brain

55. Sight Hearing Input to Brain

56. Sight Hearing A Input to Brain

57. Sight Connections / Pathways Hearing C Association Area

58. Sight Connections / Pathways Prefrontal Cortex Hearing C Association Area B D

59. Sight Connections / Pathways Prefrontal Cortex Hearing Association Area

60. Sight Connections / Pathways Prefrontal Cortex Hearing Association Area

61. Rigor/Relevance Framework Knowledge Application High Low High

62. What we can do is take the best features of the American system— openness, INNOVATION, creativity, and flexibility— and enhance them so that we can create new industries, new technologies, and new jobs.

63. Source: Tough Choices Tough Times, National Center on Education and the Economy United States

64. “A majority of U.S. voters agree that building students’ imaginations to equip young people with the ability to innovate is as important as teaching them the academic basics.” Education Week, 1/08

65. Mark your calendars! The 16th Annual Model Schools Conference June 22-25, 2008 Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort Orlando, Florida For more information and registration visit: www.ModelSchoolsConference.com

66. Jim Warford Phone (518) 399-2776 Fax (518) 399-7607 E-mail – jwarford@fasa.net www.LeaderEd.com International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.