EDU 6054 21st Century Student-Centric Educational Model

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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) Foundations of a 21 st Century Student-centric Educational Model By Jackie Barlow EDU6054

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Cooperative Learning Teacher as facilitator Peer teacher Designing Spaces for Effective Learning: A guide to 21st century learning space design http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearningspaces.pdf Collaboration Laptops and iPads Desktops & headphones Foundations of a 21 st Century Classroom

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Not Your Grandmother’s Generation of Learners As Marc Prensky (2001), told us Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants , students are digital natives “as a result of this ubiquitous environment and the sheer volume of their interaction with technology, today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. (p. 1) That is one of many supporting arguments that the monolithic educational model cannot sustain student learning and growth. In Disrupting Class (2008) we read “schools have crammed (computers) into classrooms to sustain and marginally improve the way they already teach” (Christensen, 73)

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Who are Today’s Students? Howard Gardner introduced us to the concept of Multiple Intelligences. Before we take a peek at the computer-based model, we should inspect 20 th Century tools and strategies. Intelligence 20 th Century Tools/Strategies 21 st Century Tools/Strategies Visual-Spatial learn from environment with visuals and models Graphics, pictures and charts. video, videoconferencing, television, and multimedia Bodily-kinesthetic learn by touching & body language physical activity, hands-on learning, role playing Interacting with Smart Board , engage in Learner as Teacher sessions Musical learn by rhythm and sound turning lessons into lyrics, using musical instruments CD-ROMs, iPods, multimedia with headphones. Interpersonal Learn by interacting with others group activities, seminars, dialogues. email, blogging, social media Intrapersonal learn through introspection books, creative materials, diaries, privacy and time independent study using web research, online classes. Linguistic using words effectively reading, playing word games, making up poetry or stories and lecture computers, games, multimedia, books, iPods with headphones Logical-Mathematical reasoning and thinking conceptually reasoning and thinking conceptually computers games, online puzzles, web research using search engines Gardner, Howard. (1983) "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences." New York: Basic Books.

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Examples of computer-based learning Links to podcasts and audio lessons. http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/lincoln/audio.html …and even “chat” with historical figure. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/

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Cooperative Learning and Peer Teaching Neal Whitman in Peer Teaching: To Teach is To Learn Twice (1988) Speaks to both cooperative learning and peer teaching, two strategies in our model. Of collaboration: “Learning is enhanced when it is more like a team effort than a solo race. Good learning, like good work, is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated. Working with others often increases involvement in learning. Sharing one’s own ideas and responding to others’ reactions improves thinking and deepens understanding.” (p.45) Of peer teaching: “Allow your learners to actively share their experiences — effectively leverage the knowledge and experience of your learners to help them teach each other.” (p.8)

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Teacher as Facilitator Teachers will increasingly function as one-on-one tutors than teaching monolithically- and computer based models will enable a teacher to oversee the work of more students. (Christensen, 101). With a classroom population of special needs, ESL, gifted and “average” students, computer-based learning will not only provide students with technology to develop cross-subject, grade -level competencies, meet IEP goals, improve English mastery, among other things. An added benefit to this technological model is that the teacher can provide these students with individualized attention that just isn’t possible in the traditional model. “A good facilitator is one who is a connector and integrator, the glue that brings the collective experiences of the classroom together in a shared learning experience.” ( Sunnaborg , 2008)

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Foundations of a 21 st Century Science Lab Designing Spaces for Effective Learning: A guide to 21st century learning space design http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearningspaces.pdf Cooperative Learning Smart Board Computer carrels Teacher as Facilitator

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SMART Board Allows students to write notes in digital ink, and save work – with the simple touch of a finger. This is a good tool for students with Bodily-kinesthetic intelligences as they learn by touching.

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Looks good but is it viable? In Disrupting Class we are introduced to the two stages of disruptive innovation.. Stage I - Product introduced to non-consumers. While product may be easy to use, it can be expensive (Christensen ,122). If presenting this model to stakeholders, provide data and costs. To reach a tipping point, and get stakeholders to move a plan- and fundraising for construction it would help to have a Connector and a Salesman. (Gladwell, 34) STAGE II - “Modular design makes it simple and inexpensive to build and upgrade the products. ( p.123). It is important here as well to provide estimates of what it will cost to upgrade.

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S chools should : Not be a community school Nor a school in the community But the community’s school. 21 st Century Schools, Learning Environments of the Future

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Works Cited : Christensen, C. M. (2008) Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. Gardner, Howard. (1983) "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences." New York: Basic Books. JISC. (2006). 21 st Century Schools, Learning Environments of the Future . Designing Spaces for Effective Learning: A guide to 21st Century Learning Space Design. Retrieved from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearningspaces.pdf Prensky, M. ( 2001) On the Horizon. MCB University Press. Vol. 9 No. 5. Sunnarborg, M. (2008) From Teacher to Facilitator, Learning Solutions Magazine , Whitman, N. (1988). Peer Teaching: To Teach is To Learn Twice. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 4.