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Education Nation:6 Leading Edges of School
Innovation
Summer Alumni SummitCollege of Education, Lipscomb University
Nashville, June 27, 2014
Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior FellowGeorge Lucas Educational Foundation
San Francisco Bay [email protected]
My Learning Journey: Longest Street in the World to a
Galaxy Long Ago & Far, Far Away
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U.S. an Education Nation?
• Of 50 1st-grade students behind in reading, 44 still behind in 4th-grade
• A HS student drops out every 26 seconds, 6,000 each day
• Closing the gap could contribute $2 trillion per year in GDP
America’s Strength: School/Community Partnerships
Blending formal and informal learning through schools, universities, media, museums, libraries, businesses, churches, youth groups, parks
A New Day for Learning: 24/7/365
6 Edges of Innovation Moving to the Center
1. Thinking
2. Curriculum & Assessment
3. Technology
4. Time/Place
5. Co-Teaching, inc. Parents!
6. Youth
Learning Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace
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Thinking Edge: Teaching The Whole ChildHoward Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
1. Verbal2. Logical/Mathematical 3. Visual4. Musical5. Bodily/Kinesthetic6. Intrapersonal7. Interpersonal 8. Naturalist
The Thinking Edge: New Roles!
21st C. Educator: End of Solo Practitioner, Rise of Team Collaborator
• Teachers -> Mentors, Team Leaders
• Students -> Team Members, Scholars
The Technology Edge
• Weapons of Mass Instruction, 1:1
• iPod, iListen, iRead
• Online Learning
• Intelligent Text
• Assistive Tech/Universal Design
The Greatest Edge: Today’s Youth
• 95% of Stakeholders
• Digital Natives Carrying Change in their Pockets
• Generation YES: Students as TAs genyes.org
• Edutopia’s Digital Generation edutopia.org/digital-generation
What’s your definition of a great school?
Make it short and measurable!
Do the students run in at the same rate
they run out?
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