Mark Morrison Indiana Network of New Technology High Schools February 2, 2009

1. New Skills, New High Schools and New Networks of High Schools for the 21st Century Mark Morrison Indiana Network of New Technology High Schools February 2, 2009

2. 21st CENTURY SKILLS DEFINED

3. 20th CENTURY SOLUTIONS States and school districts are emphasizing test scores, managed curriculum and pacing guides at the expense of relevancy and 21st Century Skills

4. A QUICK HISTORY NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL Napa, California USA - Established 1996 • Spurred by the local business community to better prepare students for modern workplace • 400 9th-12th graders • “Enhancing the Average” • One-to-one computer ratio with students - “Model Digital School” • 800 visitors each year come to see the technology and we show them the curriculum

5. A School Development Organization

6. New Tech Network Progress Anchorage SY 2005-06 SY 2006-07 SY2007-08 SY 2008-09 Portland New York N. Eugene Klamath Chicago Indiana(3) + 3 NorthernCalifornia (8) Denver North Carolina (6) Los Angeles (4) + 3 Texas New Orleans(2) + 1 42 New Tech High Schools, August, 2008

8. What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning? And what does schooling look like?

9. At the core is a student centered, project and problem based teaching strategy that is tied to both content standards and school wide learning outcomes.

10. Each unit begins when students are presented with a complex, standards-based problem Students form a team, develop a work contract and build a work plan

11. Students Need To Know Student questions and “need to knows” drive classroom lectures and activities. Sometimes for the whole class … sometime for just one student

12. Students get to work! Students are provided an online briefcase specific to the project with information, resources, links and assessment criteria that help guide them.

13. Students experiment and apply learning Students test their ideas and experiment to find solutions and breakthroughs while receiving ongoing feedback from instructors.

14. Students get back to work! Students work and collaborate in a business-like environment, where they know their deliverables and have the technology tools to do their jobs.

15. Students prepare to present Students work on building presentations to repre-sent their work and defend their solutions

16. Students present their solutions! Students present ideas through debates, skits, panels, presentations, etc… where their work is evaluated by peers, teachers, parents, and community

17. Whole to Part Learning • Know/ Need to Know

18. How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?

19. PBL in the ClassroomSample Project Briefcase

20. School and Course Calendar

21. 21st CENTURY SKILLS ASSESSMENTS Students receive peer assessments of their collaboration skills at the end of every project … that’s dozens of times each semester!

22. CURRICULUM SHARING The Project Library allows teachers in our network of schools to search, view and download projects that other teachers have found successful.

23. More CURRICULUM SHARING The Sharing Space allows teachers in our network of schools to search, view and download projects that other teachers are currently using and refining.

24. SKILLS BASED ASSESSMENT

25. A REPORT CARD THAT MATTERS When checking grades online, students see course grades and 21st Century skill assessments.

27. PROJECT BRIEFCASE COURSE CALENDAR PeBL™ isa set of tools and technologies that support a student-centered, project- and problem-based learning environment. COLLABORATION RUBRIC NTHS GRADEBOOK

28. Contact Information Indiana Network of New Technology High Schools Mark Morrison Director of Leadership Development mmorrison@newtechfoundation.org www. newtechfoundation.org 707-253-3819