21st Century Learning and the wiki way

Charlie RoyNCEA - New Orleans - 2011

Overview

Overview

Challenges / Opportunities of the 21st Century

School Response

Wikis as one tool for enhancing student -centered instruction

PND and our Tech Journey

Warnings

I don’t know everything

No one does 21st Century Learning perfectly

First Step

Meet your neighbor

Where are you from?

Tell me about your school / students?

What is your school doing with technology?

What is your interest in technology?

21st Century

Challenges and Opportunities

Information Intensity

Rise of Social Media - Web 2.0

Globalization and the Economy

Work and demographics

Information Intensity

Everything is on the web

Web 2.0 technologies make everyone an author

Video Did You Know 4.0

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Trends in Social Media

91% of use is to maintain relationships that already exist

96% of Generation Y are on social network sites

Latest Users are over 45

Anonymity is fading

2007 - Boyd and Ellison - Journal of Computer Mediated Communication

Social Media and traditional power

structures

United Airlines and a guitar

Yesmen and Bhopal / Dow

Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2003). The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration. Quarterly Journal of Economics 188, 4. [updated, D. Autor, 2008]

Fundamental Problem

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21st Century Skills

Critical Thinking

Creativity

Problem Solving

Project / Time Management

Soft Skills

Discussion Question

If the web and web 2.0 have transformed how we access and create information - what impact should this have on the way we teach?

21st Century Teacher

Out with Sage on the Stage

Guide by the Side

Meddling in the Middle

2007 Erica McWilliam “Unlearning How to Teach”

Benefits of Wikis

Free: wikispaces, google docs, pbwiki, wetpaint, etc.

Provides the Collaborative Space

Easy to Learn

Easy to Manage

What is a Wiki?

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Examples of Wiki Use

Asking Critical Thinking Questions

Examples (see links)

Pros and Cons

Pro: saves transition time, public feedback, format neutral, space neutral

Cons: risk, be ready for surprises, teacher knowledge

Examples of Wiki

Class Scribe

Build collaborative set of notes

Assign as a rotation involve multiple students

Pros and Cons

Pros: central, absent students, linked

Cons: quality, front end organization

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Examples of Wiki

Student Created Text Book

Example (see links)

Pros / Cons

Pros: enriched format, authorship, pride

Cons: front end organization

Examples of Wikis

Student Showcase

Example: links

Place for Projects to be posted

Central Location saves transition time

Examples of wiki

Larger Projects

Examples: Links

School Data Sharing / Communication

Other Concepts

What else can you think of in terms of wikis / technology?

Alan November - Automative vs Transformative Change

Peoria Notre Dame

Plan your work - work your plan

2008-2009 commitment to go 1:1 by 2010-2011

2008-2009 Internal Leadership and Planning

2009-2010 Communication of Plan in Fall - Focus on Professional Development

Professional Development

Tours of other 1:1 schools

Cut back teaching load to allow weekly PD

Created new position - Director of Instructional Technologies

Ongoing Plan for PD (new teachers, growth of staff)

Revamp Curriculum

Leadership’s Role

Be the change you want to see

Stop using fear as an excuse to put off change

Enable risk taking and learn from failure

Support your teachers

year One Implementation

45% decrease in discipline referrals

33% drop in tardies

30% decrease in absenteeism

Predicted positive enrollment growth

Ongoing Challenges

Continued PD in technology area

Increasing Home Comfort Level - Sharing the wisdom

Communicating Mission and Reason

Teacher Methods

Broader Schedule Change to enable student centered approach - trimester, longer periods