The Need for

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The Need for Change In our schools
Jim Warford 2008 MASS/Alliance Winter
Conference January 29, 2008
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Lessons Learned
The story of Americas public schools is NOT



a
story of failure! We educate more students today
to a higher standard than ever before in our
history! But the world is changing even faster
than we are. Todays students are wired
differently!
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My Story Mary Kay Jones
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We educate more students today to a higher
standard than ever before in our history. But
the world is changing even faster than we
are! Faster than we imagine Faster than we Can
imagine!!!
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Computer Sales
Computer Manufacturers
Dell Sony Compaq HP IBM Think Pad Apple NEC Gatewa
y Toshiba
Quanta Wispron Asustek Compal Inventec
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Mainland China Companies
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Cities with 1 Million People
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U.S. Demographic Change
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Demographics / Economic
3.0 / 100
1910
4.6 / 100
1946
1.4 1.8 / 100
2000
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Debt

• Federal Budget 2006 Deficit

1.3 trillion
11, 434 per household

• Total per household

516,348
31,000 per year for 75 years
Source USA Today
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• Changing Technology
• Processing
• Communications

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• Nano Technology
• Atom Up

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SPOT Technology

• Integrated Projection
• Projection Keyboard

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The ResultTodays students areWIRED
differently.Nathans Story
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The CNN Effect and Your Classroom

• The CNN screen and other media and
  technology are numbing students visual systems
  to subtle changes.
• Advertisers know this and so do Hollywood
  filmmakers.
• What does it mean in the classroom?
• Attention and motivation factors

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21st Century Learners
Digital Native Learners

• Multitasking
• Multimedia learning
• Online social networking
• Online info searching
• Games, simulations creative expressions

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Lesson LearnedFlorida Virtual School
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How dotodays studentsfeel about school?
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What reportwas released in 1983?
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1983 - A Nation at Risk

• E-mail
• Web pages
• Google
• iPODs
• Laptops
• Digital cameras
• Doppler radar
• Cell Phones
• Debit cards

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2000

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Tagging
• Text messaging
• MySpace
• Podcasts
• PDAs
• Genetic code

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As the Future Catches You By Juan Enriquez
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A Thought Experiment
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• Challenges
• Technology
• Globalization
• Demographics

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Are you Worried yet?
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Feeling trapped?
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The Rigor/Relevance Framework Is critical For
21st Century Students
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Knowledge
Application
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Knowledge Taxonomy

• 1. Awareness
• 2. Comprehension
• 3. Application
• 4. Analysis
• 5. Synthesis
• 6. Evaluation

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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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1 2 3 4 5
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Application
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Brain Researchis providing new support.
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Latest Research

• Donald Roberts - Stanford
• Jordan Grafman National Institute of
  Neurological Disorders
• Hal Pashler University of California
• Cheryl Grady Rothman Research Center, Toronto
• David Meyer University of Michigan
• Claudia Knooz Duke

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Activating Learning

• Learning takes place when multiple neurons fire
  from numerous places in the brain, and these new
  memories can be retrieved over a period of time.
• Learning must be connected and relevant to be
  remembered.
• We only remember things that have meaning for us.

The Brain Responding to Visual Stimuli Image
courtesy of R. Clay Reid
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Use it or lose it,becauseNeurons that fire
together,wire together!
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You want your neural networks to look like a
maple treenot a palm tree.
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Knowledge
High
Application
Low
Low
High
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What we can do is take the best features of the
American systemopenness, INNOVATION, creativity,
and flexibilityand enhance them so that we can
create new industries, new technologies, and new
jobs.
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A majority of U.S. voters agree that building
students imaginations to equip young people with
the ability to innovate is as important as
teaching them the academic basics.
Education Week, 1/08
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Did You Know?
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Mark your calendars!The 16th Annual Model
Schools Conference

• June 22-25, 2008Walt Disney World
• Swan Dolphin ResortOrlando, Florida

For more information and registration visit
www.ModelSchoolsConference.com