Technology trends

Technology trends

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  Technology Trends/Issues 21st CenturyLearners and Classrooms By Sherri Wade
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  The New Mission •The new mission for teachers, if they chose to take it to guide students in becoming tech- savvy and not offer vague promises on you can compete in the global market when it comes to jobs.
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  The Description ofa 21st Century Learners and Classroom • It requires today • The classroom needs to students to be employ new academically technologies for the competitive on a global students in order to scale. foster innovation and creativity. • It needs to be flexible, creative, challe nging, and complex in order to tackle the rapidly changing world.
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  How is the technology used? Theclassrooms are : Relevant, real-life, and project based  Schools becoming smaller and more neighborhood-focused. Class sizes are smaller. Dominance of technology in the delivery of instructions. Shift in the organization of students and teachers Longer school days. Modification to grade configurations Advancements in instructional materials.
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  Teachers have tobecome more tech-savvy. They have to acquire the application of knowledge and skills to be able to integrate lessons across the curriculum. They need to use high-order thinking questions to simulated students critical thinking skills.
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  What is thecurriculum? • 21st century curriculum: • Is interdisciplinary, project-based and research- driven • Not textbook-driven, but thematic • Incorporates higher order thinking, multiple intelligences , technology and multimedia • Authentic assessment • Connects the community-local, state, nation and global.
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  21st Century LearnersRequire • Outcome-based • Integrated and • Focus interdisciplinary curriculum • Upper levels of Blooms’ • Grades based on what was • Research-driven learned • Active learning • High expectation • Global classroom • Self, peer, and other assessments • Student-centered • Curriculum designed on • Student freedom students’ interests • Diversity
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  Websites for the21st Century Learners and Classrooms • http://montessorium.com • www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise • http://orangeoragpple.com/Fla • http://sites.google.com shcards/ • http://pbworks.com • www.mathplayground.com/ind • www.keytoschool.com/moodle/ ex.html • www.wikispaces.com • www.explorelearning.com www.cut-the- knot.org/games.shtml www.brainpop.com
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  The Tablets haslanded •As students move away from pen and paper and the transition to digital, and the education industry must keep up with the evolving revolution of learning in the classrooms. •Tablets are becoming the BYOD of all grade levels . It offers supplementary and interactive learning experiences for students. •Twitter and Facebook are pushing the digitally native students into the mainstream of global education.
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  Inclusion • We canchoice to be illiterate in the development of a 21st century learners or we can get on board in order to see today students become more global savvy. • So the question is how will you teach a 21st century learner? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvyP-cwpHN8.
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  References 1. “What is21st Century Education”. Retrieved on February 1, 2013 from http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/what_is_21st_century_education.htm 2. Jerald, C. “Defining a 21st Century Education: At a glance”. Retrieved on February 1, 2013 from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Learn-About/21st-Century?css=print 3. “10 Educational Trends Impacting School Planning and Design”. Retrieved on February 1, 2013 from http://www.kieducation.com/issues.aspx?ar=168 4. Eaton, S.E. (2010). Global Trends in Language Learning in the Twenty-first Century. Calgary: Onate Press. 5. Kraft, M. How will you teach me in the 21st century? Retrieved on February 1, 2013 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvyP-cwpHN8.