21-20-19:
TEACHING 21st-century students
IN a 20th-century buildings
WITH a 19th-century educational design

Dr. Jay Eitner

THANK YOU to @McLeod
& @Shareski for writing this book!
( available at https://goo.gl/h712hw)

http://bit.ly/DrEitner

Before we start...

• Go to bit.ly/ncepadlet
• Add your favorite 'edu-hipster' / trendy term or program you hear about this year.

BREAKING NEWS:

WE ALL KNOW

• We are preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet.
• Technology in schools has changed more in the past 6 years than 60.
• The internet has changed our lives and how we learn; technology in our lives is no longer optional; it's now HOW technology is used instead of YES or NO.

WE ALSO KNOW

• Everything on the internet isn't true.
• Students spend between 4.5 hours a day (grades 5-8) and 8 hours (9-12) on technology - NOT including screen time in school
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• SOCIAL MEDIA

Finally, we know that student engagement continues to drop based on age.

@mcleod 

@mcleod 

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Students today be like...

James Corden has re-made that video 5 more times since 2016 based on new apps.

Our students are also living in an era of hearts and stars.

Buy your likes & hearts!

Or pay for a celebrity to like you in a video!

FOMO

• Fear
• Of
• Missing
• Out

Source: The Huffington Post 

Source: NJ.com 

Source: NJ.com 

Source: NJ.com 

Is this incident something that the originators of the American public education system planned for?

Is our District designed to handle today's issues?

FUN FACT: The Committee of Ten was a working group of educators that, in 1892, recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum.

AKA, 10 rich White guys.

Was there ever a time where 10 rich White guys were truly reflective of the United States?

What does your curriculum look like?

Is it reflective of 21st-century learning or more like the Committee of 10?

PLAYING SCHOOL
or
GOING TO SCHOOL?

“The longer we keep up the facade that school is the primary place of learning, the sooner we’ll become irrelevant.” via @shareski

19th-century pedagogy? Drop it.

• Today's curriculum needs to be 'breathing'.
• Today's curriculum needs needs to be vertically & horizontally articulated WITH STAFF, not just Administration.
• Today's curriculum needs to be seen as a beaten path, not a highway.

Is your curriculum relevant to your learners?

Is it teaching something students can apply in TODAY'S times or is it preparing them for Jeopardy?

American Schools

• 89% of American schools were built between 1919 - 1974.
• DESIGNED on concepts of the Committee of 10.
• One-room school, to open room, to closed door, multi-rooms, to open floors, to shapes, to pods, back to classrooms, to balls & standing treadmill desks to ?!?!?!?

By Alexandra Lange | https://goo.gl/cRj2tZ 

20th-century schools

• SO WHAT! You can't control that. {#1stWorldProblems}
• Make your space STUDENT ACTIVE & PERSONALIZED.
• Follow code.
• Meet learners where THEY are. You don't need a building for that.

TURN AND TALK:


Ask someone by you what their students are like. If you ever taught anywhere else, share your experiences.

SURPRISE!

KIDS
are
KIDS
are
KIDS

21st-century learners:

• Need daily lessons on DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP.
• Need to learn about EMPATHY, because a device (won't necessarily) have any.
• Need a BALANCE between screen time and interaction time.

21st-century learners also need:

• To be met where they are.
• Opportunities for academics, athletics, and the arts.
• Collaboration and team-building skills.
• To be kids.

Make A Battle Plan:

• Keep it to achievable, measurable, attainable goals.
• Keep it simple.
• Keep the buy-in worthy.
• Keep your lines of communication open; don't go it alone.

GO.

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