21st century classrooms

Classrooms Pre-21st Century

Classroom layout

•Desks in rows

•Board in front

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Classroom Visuals

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Technology in the Classroom

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Classrooms Today in the 21st

Century

Our classrooms today must meet the goals for future-ready students of the 21st

century?

•Twenty-first century technology and learning tools are available and are supported by school facilities

that have the capacity of 21st Century learning.

What is a 21st Century Classroom?

• It is an engaging, technology-enabled environment that is appealing to 21st century learners are available today.

• It provides many opportunities for students to learn using 21st Century Skills, such as; blogging, podcasting, presenting,

• Technology is used as a resource in the learning process.

Smart Classrooms

These make a remarkable difference on how teachers teach and how students learn.

Where are we now?

• Rapid developments in technology have brought many exciting changes to life in the new millennium, presenting new challenges

for schools. Multiple new literacies are required to navigate the “forest of signs and

symbols” of our globalized media culture. (Douglas Kellner, UCLA)

Interactive Whiteboards Engages Students

Classrooms should provide Technology where students can use it as a resource in the learning

process -- for information retrieval, communicating with others, building models of solutions, engaging in

simulations, and making presentations.

Classrooms should provide technology to support instructional activities.

Presentations

Movies

LaptopsLevel the Playing Field

“Certainly there are families who can't afford a laptop for their children, and those kids who don't get one are going to be behind

forever until we do something to catch them up.” (Law)

“Smart Toys”Leap Pads for Letter Recognition

Smart Board Tables for Phonemic Awareness

•Digital cameras•Overhead projectors•Ipads•Laptops•Ipods•GPS devices

Technological Components Used Today

Wilkes County Schools has provided the school infrastructure necessary for 21st Century technology.

• All classrooms have high speed internet access and wireless connectivity;

• Currently all 4th and 5th graders are provided Personal handheld computing devices;

• Currently 600 classrooms are identified as Smart Classrooms (SMART Board, laptop for teacher, and data projector);

• Students in 6th and 7th grades issued mini-laptops; • Students in 11th and 12th grades issued laptops

Why do we need 21st Classrooms?

• Wilkes County saw their graduation rate increase from 63%-73% in a six year span.

• It engages all learners. • Engaged learners results in a higher level of

achievement. • Today’s kids have grown up in a digital world.

Citations• http://www.idecorp.com/philosophy/newpage21.htm• http://www.wvschools.com/harrisoncounty/21classroom/technologyinteg

ration.html• http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/centers/ltc/news/2009/21stcen/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Wilkesboro,_North_Carolina• http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3751379

Components of Classrooms of the Future

Tablets instead of books

Multi-touch desk

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Multi-use Desk

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Technology galore!

Video streaming of teachers and other classes from around the world

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3d Projectors will make class subjects come to life.

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21st Century Around the World

Saya, Japanese Robot TeacherA primary-school class in Japan is being taught by a robot that can express six emotions, take class rolls, assign basic tasks and speak several languages. The robot is controlled by a human, and is not expected to replace human teachers.

SingaporeItaly- In this classroom showing each student with a netbook

Middle East model of 21st Century

This class is being taught from China to students around the world.