Helping Iowa schoolstransition into thedigital, global age

Dr. Scott McLeodCASTLE

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Globalizationdoesn’t careabout you

Iowaschools

are clueless

What should you be doing?

Iowa Workforce Development. (2009, May). Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.1 Percent.www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=81

Iowa Workforce Development. (2009, May). Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.1 Percent.www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=81

Percentile change in importance of task type

in U.S. economy

Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2003). The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration. Quarterly Journal of Economics 188, 4. [updated, D. Autor, 2008]

Abstract

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Growth of the creative class

Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class (p. 332). New York, NY: Basic Books.

Growth of the creative class

1.Can someone overseas do it cheaper?

2.Can a computer do it faster?

3. Is what we’re offering in demand in an age of abundance?

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The fundamental dilemma

Schools were designedfor this …

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While we teach whatever we teach at school, the kids

go home and learn the skills they

need to survive and prosper in an

interconnected global economy.

Clarence Fisher

No generation in history has ever been so thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.

David Warlick

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1.Insist on a different kind of curriculum

critical thinking problem solving

collaboration

adaptability

entrepeneurialism

creativity

effective speaking

effective writinginnovation

information literacy

media fluency

synthesis

analytical skills

curiosity

global awareness

1.Insist on a different kind of curriculum

2.Insist on a different kind of instruction

high schoolelementary school

student engagement

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Our kids have tasted the honey.

1.Insist on a different kind of curriculum

2.Insist on a different kind of instruction

3.Advocate for e-learning

4. A computer in every hand

4. A computer in every hand

5. Focus on leaders, not just students and teachers

The people in charge of leading school organizations into the 21st century …

often are theleast knowledgeable

about the 21st century.

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4. A computer in every hand

5. Focus on leaders, not just students and teachers

6. Revolution, not evolution

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a 20 foot chasm in two 10 foot jumps.

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7. Inform yourself

7. Inform yourself

8. Exercise your voice

What are you doing to prepare students to be successful in the

digital, global age?

Why do students do so much of their work on paper?

The world has changed. Why haven’t our schools?

7. Inform yourself

8. Exercise your voice

9. Invest now or pay later

No one will thank you for taking care of today if you have failed to take care of tomorrow. Joel Barker

Thank you!

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D.Director, CASTLE

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