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Technology:
Gifted Students and
21st Century Learning
Cindy Sheetscindysheets@smsd.org
Ginger Lewmangingertplc@gmail.com
• What brought you here today?• What are you hoping to take away
from this workshop?• How many attended one of our
sessions yesterday?• Plan to set some goals for yourself –
what will you do when you return to work?
• Purpose–Provide you with words,
phrases, and resources that you need in order to advocate
Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to
the past or present
are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy
Kids are Different
Brain Research
Connectivity
Rip Van Winkle
What does this mean for you and your learning community?
No generation in history has ever been so
thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/02/16/happy-birthday-jude/
Knocking
Down the
4 Walls
Shift Happens
Did You Know? 4.0
Shelfari
• http://www.shelfari.com/groups/38463/about
BGBefore Google
Social Media Count
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/
OLPC
One laptop per child
TED TalksTechnology, Entertainment, Design
Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers - - - - for free
Berkeley, MIT, Stanford Learning no longer bell-bound
Pause & PonderPause & Ponder
Take a BreakTake a Break
21st Century Skills
Process not Product
“We teach a subject not to produce little living libraries on that subject,
but rather to get a student to think mathematically for himself, to consider
matters as an historian does, to take part in the process of knowledge-
getting. Knowing is a process, not a product.”
(Bruner, 1966, p. 72)
Core Subjects
Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century.
Moving Beyond the Basicsbeyond a focus on basic
competency in core subjects
to promoting understanding at much higher levels
by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:
•Global Awareness•Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy•Health Literacy•Civics Literacy
Global, Economic . . .Global, Economic . . .
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Sept. 10, 2008 – Creating a 21st century education system that prepares students, workers and citizens to triumph in the global skills race is the central economic competitiveness issue currently facing the United States, according to a new report released by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Learning & InnovationThis will separate students who are
prepared for increasingly
complex life and work environments in
the 21st century,
and those who are not - -
A focus on creativity,
critical thinking, communication and
collaboration is essential to prepare
students for the future.
Collaboration – Collaboration – CooperationCooperation
3 Steps
Sir Ken Robinson - Creativity
Information, Media & Technology• In our world . . .
– technology and media-suffused environment
– access to an abundance of information
– rapid changes in technology tools
– ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale.
•Information Literacy
•Media Literacy•Information, Communication & Technology Literacy
Information LiteracyWhen they know how to access data, they are better able navigate the
vast data ocean that surrounds our world. evaluate that data, to make sense of it, thus turning it into information. effectively use information, in order to convert it into useful knowledge.
Information literacy has a truly transformative effect, one that makes possible the acquisition of other skills necessary for 21st century life.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills White Paper
Life and Career
Skills
“What we resolve to do in school only makes
sense when considered in the broader context
of what the society intends to accomplish through its educational
investment in the young.”
Jerome S. Bruner, The Culture of
Education
21st Century Teachers
Who’s the expert?
“We live in a time of such rapid change and growth of knowledge that only he who is in a fundamental sense a scholar – that is, a person
who continues to learn and inquire – can hope to keep
pace, let alone play the role of guide.”
Nathan M. Pusey,
The Age of the Scholar
The lines are beginning to blur between teacher and student
Student – Learner - Teacher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2Iv5D10Bs
.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills White Paper
Students may speak “technology” with
greater fluency than their digital immigrant
parents, but they do not always do so
with . . .
as much sophistication as they imagine,
as much wisdom as their parents would wish,
or as much competence
as their teachers
would like
Web 2.0
The Internet is not JUST a Library
New technologies provide access to a vast array of information, including digital libraries, real-
world data for analysis, and connections to other people who provide information, feedback, and inspiration, all of which can enhance the learning of teachers
and administrators as well as students. (p.xix)
How People Learn
by Bransford, Brown and Cocking (1999)
Here Comes Everybody
By Clay Shirky
Instutitions vs. Collaboration
Podcasting
Our City
Audacity
Tools• Skype http://www.skype.com• Wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki• Blogs http://www.classblogmeister.com/• Social Networks Nings
http://giftededucation.ning.com/http://www.classroom20.com/
• Social Bookmarking http://delicious.com/• http://www.diigo.com/• Podcasting • Moodle http://moodle.com
• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
Google Tools
• Google Docs http://docs.google.com
• Wonder Wheel
• Google Squared http://www.google.com/squared
• Other Google options
http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/
Take a break
What would you like to ask students who are working and living in a technology
rich environment?
Change Can Be Difficult
Become a powerful advocate for change
Share your knowledge and passion
Showcase your work
and student’s work
Have High Expectation
s
Use All Available Resources
And be sure to gather a support group . . .
What do you need to change in yourself, your
school and your community in order to
achieve, embrace, encourage the potential
of technology?
What are the implications for traditional high ability/gifted programs
in our schools?
As a result of today’s workshop, what are your goals as you return to work?
What can reasonably expect to accomplish in the next 6 months? How much time to you have to commit to the digital diet?
How are you going to start the process of achieving those goals? What needs to be accomplished?
Who are you going to connect with that will help support you in the journey?
In science, the most
exciting expression
isn’t ‘Eureka!’
It’s ‘Huh?’
– Michael Hawley
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