Writing & Technology
MassCUE MASS Fall Conference:
Tackling 21st Century Learning
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States LicenseDennis Richards & John Heim, innovation3 llc
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IntroductionsDennis
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MotivationJohn
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One of the most difficult problems for me in school has always been my writing. Other things seem to come more naturally to me. John’s Research Paper
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I seem to see the connections in math quite easily, and I also understand science - its applications and how they affect our world.
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Today, the fact that technology pervades almost every sphere of life – from home to work to play – results in Profound implications for learning, both in schools and throughout life.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, The Intellectual and Policy Foundations of the 21st Century Skills Framework
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Mike Wesch
Seven Survival Skills1. Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
2. Collaboration & Leadership
3. Agility & Adaptability
4. Initiative & Entrepreneurialism
5. Effective Oral & Written Communication
6. Assessing & Analyzing Information
7. Curiosity & Imaginationhttp://www.schoolchange.org/articles/rigor_redefined.html
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Whole Child: Engaged, Challenged & Inspired(wholechildeducation.org)
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The Way It Must Be
The Way It Is
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Whole Child: Engaged, Challenged & Inspired
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Schools must embrace new designs for learning based on emerging research about:
> how people learn, > effective uses of technology, and > 21st century skills in the context of > rigorous academic content (2003)
enGauge: 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners, NCREL, Metiri Group
Stephanie Pace Marshall, Does Education and Training Get in the Way of Learning? 1997
Learning is passive.
Learning is acquired information.
Potential & capability are finite and bounded.
Intelligence is fixed.
Content is our priority.
Reliable evaluation is external.
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Now there is Buzzword, an online writing tool by Adobe, that allows anyone to type a paper and receive comments from someone they invite to read or comment on your work.
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… the number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do.
It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer's John’s Research Paper
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The coin of the realm will be do you know how to find information, do you know how to validate it, do you know how to synthesize it, how to leverage it, how to communicate it, collaborate with it, and do you know how to problem solve with it?
Daniel Pink in “Learn to Change, Change to Learn”John’s Research Paper
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… transfer from school to the everyday environment is the ultimate purpose of school-based learning. ‘Research indicates that students are more successful at doing this when instruction explicitly emphasizes the process of transfer by using real world context.’
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, The Intellectual and Policy Foundations of the 21st Century Skills FrameworkJohn’s Research Paper
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Teachers [and administrators] continuously improve their professional practice, model life long learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)NETS-T (National Educational Technology Standards - Teachers)
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RecommendationsTransition to Co-creators of Knowledge
Move to Connect, Communicate, Collaborate, Create, & Contribute Locally & Globally
Move from Compliance to Personal Ownership of Learning
Promote and demonstrate the safe, effective use of digital tools and resources
Offer digital alternatives for assignments28
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2009 National Writing ProjectA Series of three Podcasts
Teachers Teaching Teacherswww.EdTechTalk.com
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www.tr.im/[email protected]
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