Book: Curriculum 21
Podcast: Curriculum 21
Website: www.curriculum21.com
Heidi Jacob Hayes has also participated in a TEDx Event.
We have a new group of 21st learners. They have been born into touch technology.
School reform is not the answer it is the problem.
Technology will not prepare kids for 2025. The way we use it and integrate it will. I have seen teachers do dumb things with smart boards. We currently are preparing students for 1985 to 1990. The tools we use do impact learning.
Common core standards are embrace by at least 45 states. The curriculum will no longer be bound in binders.
Strategic replacement-
Back channel- conversations going on during class, presentations or conferences. (Twitter)
Schools should go globally at least twice a year. We need to open the portals of learning and let our students taste and see the world.
Teachers are not resistant to the new tools, they just need to know when and how to fit it in.
Schools have 19th century schedules, 20th century curriculum and 21st century learners.
Classrooms should be modeled after Wikipedia - sharing of knowledge. Using social tools for learning and sharing knowledge. (Google Docs, Wikie, Blogger or Twitter.
Great websites that have nothing to do with this class but are interesting and peak
Teachers should be required to replace at least one component of their curriculum with a price of digital technology. Show teachers one web 2.0 that is curriculum specific.
Digital Literacy - coming soon
Media literacy - coming soon
Global literacy - coming soon
Visual thesaurus
Gap finder
21st Century Senior Projects- create an app
Why aren't schools doing TED events.
I loved this presentation - really makes you think! I am excited to explore the Curriculum 21 site in depth.
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