21 st Century Leadership Training

1. 21st Century Leadership Training June 1-2, 2010 Brookings, SD Presenters: Terri cordrey Kimberly Kludt

2. 21st Century Skills and Tools…or 21st Century Tools and Skills? We do not worry about what refrigerators are doing to the nature of food. We just use them. For the cyber-generation, gadgets and services have always been there. We do not ponder the pencil and wonder about how they got the lead in there. It is transparent, and unless it is broken or we cannot find it, we do not dwell on the pencil but we focus on the task. People today use cars, electricity, and a multitude of other technologies that make their lives more pleasant and efficient. We are not conscious of these things; we simply let them empower us to do much more than we could do without it.

3. 21st Century Skills and Tools…or 21st Century Tools and Skills? It is only when we learn to get beyond the tool and begin to focus on the task that we will really be able to appreciate and understand the power of the device. However… Although these new electronic tools have great power, we must not confuse the tools with the task because technology in and of itself does not and cannot improve the human condition; only humans can improve the human condition.

5. What are 21st Century Skills and Tools? Student Outcomes: Core subjects and 21st Century themes Learning and innovation skills Information, media, and technology skills Life and career skills

6. What are 21st Century Skills and Tools? Support systems standards Assessment Curriculum and instruction Professional development Learning environments

7. Six Ways to Teach for Deeper Independent and Higher Learning We must resist the temptation to tell. We must stop teaching decontextualized content. We must stop giving students the final product of our thinking. We must make a fundamental shift – problems first, teaching second. We must progressively withdraw from helping students. We must reevaluate evaluation.

8. Video Examples http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM (1947) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-S54bbX6eA&feature=related (ferris Buehler’s Day off) http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/9592-seinfeld-teaches-history (Seinfeld) http://sd21stcenturyleadership.wikispaces.com/Resources (wiki link for videos)

9. 21st Century Resources http://www.p21.org/ Teaching for Tomorrow by Ted Mccain Windows on the future: Education in the age of techno by Ian jukes and Ted mccain Transforming Professional development into student results by douglas B. Reeves 21stCentury Skills: Learning for life in our times by bernie trilling and charles fadel

10. Reflection Who are you going to get on board? What do you want this to look like in your classrooms, buildings, and district? What do your classrooms, buildings, districts look like right now? How will you get there? What questions do you have?

11. Strategic Planning Resources http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1957 http://mdk12.org/process/leading/planning/step_implement.html http://www.capta.org/sections/programs/action-plans.cfm