A vision of students today
Students will use engaging technologies in collaborative, inquiry-based learning
environments with teachers who are willing and able to use technology’s power to assist them in transforming knowledge and skills
into products, solutions and new information.
What are the challenges of the 21st century?
How do we prepare our students for the future?
How can we best support learning?
What needs to change?
What needs to be learnt
Living and Learning in the 21st century requires new thinking.
Students are working in a • Global• High Tech• Diverse• Information Saturated World
We are preparing students for•Jobs that don’t yet exist.
•Using technology that has not been invented yet
•In order to solve problems that we don’t yet understand or even recognise.
In 2002 the amount of newly created information was greater than all the words ever spoken
In Five years time there will be a super computers that will have more
processing power than the human brain
Our current education system is rooted in the Industrial age focussing on the
mastery of the three R’s
Arithmetic
Reading
Writing
That Era has gone
We now live in a digital age. In the 21st century skills required will be
THINKING
PROBLEM SOLVING
SYNTHESISING
COMMINUCATING
DESIGNING
What will be the essential skills for the 21st century learner?
HowHow do we create powerful learning for all
students?
How do we make sure students have all the skills and knowledge they need?
Powerful learning through
Relationships
Relevance to the learner
Meeting challenges
Making rigorous effort
WhatWhat must a student learn to thrive in
the future?Critical thinking/ Analysis
Use of information
Solving Problems
Creating new Products
Teamwork
Self Management
Learning how to learn
Essential Skills
Critical thinking/ Analysis
Use of information
Solving Problems
Creating new Products
Teamwork
Self Management
Learning how to learn
Essential Knowledge
Reading
Writing
Reading
Art
Science
Social Studies
Essential Assessment
Authentic Assessment
Formative Assessment
Performance Based Assessment
WhereWhere does 21st century learning occur?
Schools must invent themselves as
learning organisations.
Learning Organisations
How will they cope with the future challenges
Overcome inertia
Systematic change
Reinventing schools
Having a Vision
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