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Change Is GoodYou Go FirstEmpowering The
Educational Leader

• Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Digital Journey
• howie_at_frontier.net
• www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
• Presentation 2009

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www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
www.drhowie.comTWITTER hdiblasiSkype
duralgowranglere-mail howie_at_frontier.net
Conference LinksTools For The Classroom
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Headlines in the news

• Schools are stuck in the 20th century. Students
  have rushed into the 21st. How can schools catch
  up and provide students with a relevant
  education?
• Marc Prensky

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How do we prepare our students to become not
only readers and writers, but editors and
collaborators as well?Will Richardson
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We are currently preparing students for jobs that
dont yet exist . . Did You know II-III-IV-VDr.
Howie DiBlasiKarl Fisch .
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Who said that.

• I am not complacent at all John. I have gone
  through experiences such as this for a very long
  time. I know I am right. I make the good
  argument, write the wise articles, and the
  persuasive letters. And sometimes I feel as
  though I am preaching to a stack of wood. People
  do not easily embrace change. Convincing them to
  turn in a new direction requires a patience and
  persistence that tax everyone. It does not help
  matters that the course we are attempting to
  follow could get us all hanged
• Ben Franklin talking to John Adams , June 7, 1776

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What does the Dept. of Commerce have to say about
education? Where does it rank ?
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Learning To Change..Changing To Learn
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The fact is, our young people are woefully under
prepared for the demands of todays workplace,
Ken Kay, President of the Partnership for 21st
Century
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What Are 21st Century Learning Skills
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• 1. Deal with massive amounts of information2.
  Become self-directed3. Create global
  communications and connections4. Create
  life-long learning skills5. Collect and/or
  retrieve, organize and manage information6.
  Interpret and present information7. Evaluate the
  quality, relevance, and usefulness of
  information8. Generate accurate information
  through the use of existing resources9.
  Information and effective communications
  skills10. Thinking, problem-solving
  interpersonal skills11.Self-directional
  skills12. Use digital technology tools 13.
  Teach and learn in a 21st century context.14.
  Understand Digital Age Literacy15. Understand
  Inventive Thinking 16. Produce High Productivity
  content

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Skills for successhttp//www.graduateopportunitie
s.com/career_advice/graduate_skills

• So what skills do employers seek.
• Core skills which employers seek include

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Skills for success -TOP 3

• Creative problem-solving
• Critical and analytical thinking
• Information gathering, evaluation and synthesis

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• Team work
• Adaptability
• Literacy and numeracy
• Time management and organization
• Oral and written communication
• Initiative and enterprise
• Ability to apply discipline knowledge and
  concepts
• Interpersonal skills
• Capacity to manage stress levels
• Community involvement
• Personal attributes such as ambition,
  self-awareness and an inquiring mind.

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What needs to change about our curriculum when
our students have the ability to reach audiences
far beyond our classroom walls?Will Richardson

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New report urges U.S. schools to create
21st-century environments in classrooms.
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Kids have almost no choices at all about how they
are educated -- they are, for the most part, just
herded into classrooms and told what to do and
when to do it.
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Getting Started

• Who do we invite to the table to start the
  discussion about School 2.0 ?
• Web site
• http//www.etoolkit.org/

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Ask the question?

• What does learning look like?

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On or off the bus??? Good to Great by Jim
Collins

• How to change and transform a good company into
  a great company.
• 1. Get the right people on the bus.
• 2. Get them in the right seats- Put the right
  people in the right place in the bus
• 3. Get the wrong people off the bus.
• Question Who is driving the bus?

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• Educators need to be genuine, authentic leaders
  that will infuse meaning in what we do as
  teachers. We all need to tell our success
  stories, assist others in helping, influence and
  inspire people around us.

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Is this what will happen if we do NOT provide our
Digital Kids with 21st Century Skills?Think Dan
Pink
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Is this what will happen if we do NOT provide our
Digital Kids with 21st Century Skills?
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I.S.T.ENETS for administrators

• Leadership and Vision
• Learning and Teaching
• Productivity and Professional Practice
• Support, Management, and Operations
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues

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Why should I change my classrooms?
What can I do to change my classrooms?
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Lets look at a 21st Century Classrooms
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Change the classroom
My 21st Century ClassroomThank you to Alan
November for the inspiration and ideas

• Team of students
• Research team Google AltaVista Search
• Tutorial Team Jing (Create Screencasts)
• Curriculum Team Podcasts (Recordings)
• Scribes Team Google Docs (take class notes)
• Global team e-pals IVC- Skype
• Contributions To Society - Kiva
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• Need 5 students each day then rotate-every
  student participates in a team

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Rules For Trailblazers in the Classroom
All software presented in the attached slides is
available FREE
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1. Hug a GEEK
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• 2. Create a Social Connections - Network for
  your teachers
• Start with NING

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http//toolsfortheclassroom.ning.com/
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Continue with a Twitter Account

• Create a Twitter account and start sending
  Tweets

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What can I do with Twitter ?

• Instant updates
• News
• Friends and family
• Homework
• Ask for recommended books
• Ask for help or advice
• Tweet about a useful web resource
• Provide a daily tip
• Tweet about your school's website
• Answer someone else's general ques
• Ask others for favorites

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Why Twitter ?
If you would like a list of the top 50
educators to follow on twitter send me an
e-mail Howie_at_frontier.net
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Continue with a PLN

• Create a P.L.N. (Personal Learning Network)
• What is a PLN ?

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What is a PLN? Works together to share and
build an enriching environment. A safe place to
try, fail, and try again. You can take risks
together. (Fail FAST Succeed Sooner) A place
where we can learn from our own and each others
mistakes and feel comfortable doing so. An
environment that fosters innovation and
creativity. A way to share , discuss and
exchange "Big Ideas." An atmosphere of respect
where people are comfortable sharing their
ideas. A place where everyone is interested in
learning. Collaboration cross-curricular/divisio
n
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What is the best PLN to join ?
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3. Develop Problem Solving and Critical
Thinking Skills
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A well cultivated critical thinker

• raises vital questions
• assesses relevant information
• comes to well-reasoned solutions
• thinks open-mindedly
• thinks about the implications
• thinks about practical consequences
• communicates effectively with others

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Lets solve a problem Brain Sharpener

• Developing Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
  Skills

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Knock to the noggin

• A man wanted to enter and exclusive club but did
  not know the required passsword. He waited by the
  door and listened. A club member knocked on the
  door and the doorman said, TWELVE. The member
  replied ,SIX. And was in. A second member came
  to the door and the doorman said, SIX. The
  member replied, THREE and was let in. The man
  thought he heard enough and walked up to the
  door. The doorman said. TEN and the man
  replied, FIVE.
• He was NOT let in..what should he have said?

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Critical Thinking Skillshttp//fantasticcontrapti
on.com/index.php
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Problem Solving Skills A well cultivated
critical thinker ?
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Critical Thinking Skills A well cultivated
critical thinker ?
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4. Start collaborating documents with Google
Docs or EtherPad or Google Wave
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5. Provide Project Based Learning
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Students prefer dealing with questions rather
than answers, sharing their opinions,
participating in group projects, working with
real-world issues and people, and having teachers
who talk to them as equals rather than as
inferiors.
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Project Based Learning?(2 min)
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6. Develop Information Processing
Skills(Teach students how to deal with massive
amounts of information)
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Evaluating Web Pages

• Reading Web Addresses
• Quick Tips for Boolean Searches
• DETERMINING PAGE AUTHORSHIP
• CHECKING THE VITAL INFORMATION
• CHECKING THE CONTENT

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Learning how to use the 7 key commands

• Using the LINK Command
• Using the SITE Command
• Using the HOST Command
• Using the TITLE Command
• Using the TEXT Command
• Using the INURL Command
• Using the IMAGE Command

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7. Give Kids A Global Voice and Globalize the
Curriculum
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e-Pals16 million users
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8. Discover RSS and subscribe to a Podcast or
Blog
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Young People Urgently Need New Skills to Succeed
in the Global Economy

• Headline in the news Nov. 6. 2006

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9. Staff developmentMarket PlaceWorkshopsEduc
ational Leaders
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Professional Development 21st Century Models

• Effective professional development
• Face-to-face presentations
• Well-trained leaders are key to the success
• Center on academic goals
• Principals celebrate completing a "Laptops for
  Leaders" course
• Professional development for Superintendent

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I.S.T.E.National Education Technology Standards
for Administrators (cnets.iste.org/tssa)

• Superintendents take a 50-hour technology
  literacy course along with other administrators
• Progressive superintendents and executive leaders
  can and should lead the way.

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Staff development..is it working ?

• Integrate Proof of Concept into ALL Staff
  Development

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Proof of Concept

• Create a proof-of-concept that meets the
  following criteria
• Utilizes at least one Web 2.0 tool
• Is tailored for a specific educational purpose
• Illustrates how you or students would use the
  tool
• Demonstrates the concept sufficiently that other
  educators might implement it

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10. Provide opportunities for students to make a
connection and contribution to society ..
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Fresh Faces of PhilanthropyA Fla. Boy, 11, Helps
Fight Homelessness Through Walk To D.C., Part Of
a Growing Trend of Youths Who Reach Out
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http//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic
le/2009/07/11/AR2009071102667.html

• Zach started his own nonprofit organization four
  years ago after a hurricane hit Florida. He asked
  his mother if they could donate their water
  bottles, and he gathered more from neighbors, an
  earnest little redheaded boy pulling his red
  wagon behind him. By the end, they had 27
  truckloads of aid.

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• Zach has met three presidents and was invited to
  President George W. Bush's farewell address this
  winter. Last night, he was scheduled to visit
  Elton John at his concert at Nationals Park and
  accept a 25,000 check. And an Emmy-award winning
  journalist, Michael Guillen, is making a 5
  million film about the Little Red Wagon.

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http//www.kidsareheroes.com/index.html
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Make a connection to society ..what can I do to
change the world ?
Meet Maura age 11 (252)
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BONUS    Teach Our Students to Be Self-Directed
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Make a white board for 39

• Demo -Talks Johnny Lee Creating tech marvels out
  of a 40 Wii Remote Vi
• Video here
• http//www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/245

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Make a white board for 39
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And finally

• Is the leadership capable of bringing about this
  change?

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If you are that Leader..

• from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment
• Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing
  Your World

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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they
  have always been done, only one will ever wonder
  if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front
  of a locked building, only one will ever come
  around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the
  shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are
  satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
  
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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Lets Change The World
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Evaluation Questions

• Text to 36263
• Key Word Enter your session code here (TL31)
• Did you find this session informative?   
•  Extremely (100a)      
• Somewhat (100b)    
• Waste of Time (100c)

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Evaluation Questions

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• Key Word Enter your session code here (TL31)
• Did you leave with a better understanding of the
  content?
• Yes (101a)   
• Somewhat (101b)    
• No (101c)
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Last Question

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• Key Word Enter your session code here (TL31)
• How would you rate the presenter?
• Rank 1 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) 
• 1 (102a)       
• 2 (102b)
• 3 (102c)
• 4 (102d)
• 5 (102 e)          

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Empowering The Educational Leader
Change Is Good-You Go First

• Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Digital Journey
• howie_at_frontier.net
• www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
• Presentation 2009

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