Preparing Students for the 21st Century

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Preparing Students for the 21st Century

• by Rebecca Landa
• March 2, 2008
• EDTC 6340

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Why Change?
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• Why Change?
• By 2020, the nation is expected to have a
  shortage of 14 million workers who must have
  college-level skills.

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"Our high schools were designed 50 years ago, to
meet the needs of another age. Until we design
them to meet the needs of the 21st century, we
will keep limitingeven ruiningthe lives of
millions of Americans every year."  Bill
Gates, Speech to the 2005 National Governor's
Association
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Classroom Challenges
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Understanding Our Students
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Time Spent
Less than 5,000 hours reading Source M. Prensky
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Characteristics
Source M. Prensky
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Students Today
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Students Say

• We dont listen to them
• We dont engage them
• We dont respect them
• But, we do one thing very well, BORE them

Source M. Prensky
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The best way to create interest in a subject is
to render it worth knowing, which means to make
the knowledge gained usable in ones thinking
beyond the situation in which learning has
occurred.   Jerome Bruner, 1960
Source Understanding by Design
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Instructional Planning
Source Using Technology with Classroom
Instruction That Works
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Nine Categories of Instructional Strategies
That Effect Student Achievement
Instructional Strategy Average Affect Size
Identifying Similarities Differences 1.61
Summarizing Note-Taking 1.00
Reinforcing Effort .80
Homework Practice .77
Nonlinguistic Representation .75
Cooperative Learning .73
Setting Objectives Providing Feedback .61
Generating Testing Hypotheses .61
Cues, Questions, Advanced Graphic Organizers .59
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Instruction That Works
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Technology Integration

• Technology-based methods should be based in both
  learning theory and teaching practice
• Uses of technology should match specific teaching
  and learning needs

Source Integrating Educational Technology Into
Teaching
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• Increases student learning, understanding, and
  achievement
• Enhances motivation
• Supports critical thinking and problem-solving
• Its student-centered
• Effective for at-risk and special needs students
• Offers frequent and immediate feedback

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Instruction That Works
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Bibliography

• Roblyer, M. D. (Ed.). (2006). Integrating
  educational technology into teaching (4th ed.).
  Pearson Education, Inc.
• Wiggins, G., McTighe, J. (Ed.). (2005)
  Understanding by design. Association for
  Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Hubbell, E.R., Pitler, H., Malenoski, K. (Ed.).
  (2007) Using technology with classroom
  instruction that works. Association for
  Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Prensky, M. (2007, January 29). Listening to
  change. Keynote speech presented at Texas
  Association of School Administrators.
• Daggett, W. (2007, July 5). Our changing world.
  Keynote speech presented at Models Schools
  Conference.
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (n.d.).
  Retrieved March 1, 2008, from http//www.gatesfoun
  dation.org/UnitedStates/

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Sources

• Pictures Becky Landa