12/2/13!1!tinyurl.com/unietdchat!Backchannel!Technology Trends !and K-12 Education!Joshua Mitchell * University of Northern Iowa!2026!http://nces.ed.gov!12/2/13!2!http://nces.ed.gov!Image from BarabaraLN @ Flickr.com!http://nces.ed.gov!Today's education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn. !–Partnership for 21st Century Learning!21stcenturyskills.org!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0xa98cy-Rw&feature=watch-vrec!Rethinking Learning in the 21st Century!12/2/13!3!http://www.teachthought.com/learning/9-characteristics-of-21st-century-learning/!9 Principles of 21st Century Learning!Shift Happens!http://youtu.be/vdvo5FlRqmM!School Tech!• Interactive Whiteboard/LRS!• eLearning & LMS!• Open Source & Open Content!• Mobile & 1:1 environments!• Project-based learning (PBL)!• Social Media & PLNs!flickr.com/photos/missy-and-the-universe!Telecommunication Tools!• Google Apps apps.google.com!• Backchannel todaysmeet.com !• Video wevideo.com skype.com!• Creativity skrbl.com glogster.com!• Wikis wikispaces.com pbwiki.com!• Blog, Micro-blogging twitter.com edmodo.com!• Social Networking ning.com facebook.com!• Multimedia voicethread.com animoto.com!googledocs.blogspot.com!collaboration!12/2/13!4!It’s a Smaller World After All!• Technology flattens the world!‣ Routine tasks now easily automated, off-shored!• eLearning!‣ tutoring, exam prep!‣ language instruction!‣ virtual schooling!‣ just-in-time learning!Virtual Schooling"Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace –Florida Virtual School!• Florida Virtual School www.flvs.net!✓ Founded 1997!✓ 97,000 students enrolled in 2009-10 (nationwide)!✓ 100+ courses for grades 6-12!• Michigan, North Carolina, Iowa, etc. !ncvps.org!mivhs.org! iowalearningonline.org!iowafuture.org!Iowa eCurriculum Going Live!Convergence Convergence Convergence!Convergence12/2/13!5!What’s wrong with this picture?!prometheanplanet.com!http://tinyurl.com/ac4ees!Google Glasses!MUVEs"Multi-User Virtual Environments!• immersive environments!• simulation, role playing!• learning & training!• marketing, live events, product demos, retail!secondlife.com!activeworlds.com!clubpenguin.com!webkinz.com!imvu.com!runescape.com!What’s Ahead ???!12/2/13!6!“The real world judges you on the quality of your work, not your ability to regurgitate material. … Big picture? Our society cannot continue to evolve if students are taught to a test, rather than understanding.!We’re in the 21st century.!Let’s act like it.”!!Noa Gutow-Ellis!10th grader ~