on the first day of school this year, i had a little boy, get up in my faceand he screamed at me. he said "i hate school. i hate teachers.i don't wanna be here." i remember taking a calm breath,finding my biggest smile and i got down on his level and i said
How Technology Has Changed Education, "i promise you're going to loveschool this year." if we take a look at classroomsover the past 70 years, we are seeing the same type of classrooms,and the same type of learning environments standing up to 70 years.
it is my goal to continually revitalizelearning and the classroom. this is a picture of my classroomthis last school year. i see classrooms differently. these are some of my students. i see my students differently, and i see the waythat they learn differently. the results i get are incredible. as teachers and educatorswe must embrace the students of today to reimagine tomorrow.
first, we must wonderhow we can release the power. for as long as schools have existed, teachers have been the main sourceof knowledge in the classroom. teachers are the gatekeepers foreverything that happens in the classroom. we are in charge of everything studentsdo or don't do. as teachers, let's not misuse this power. in 2015 we have more resources availableat our fingertips than ever before. this gives us the ability, as teachers, to make our classrooms lessteacher-centred and more student- centred.
let's embrace that. teachers don't need to masterevery single app or every single tool before we hand it over the students. in my classroom i like to usea student teaching student model. so i would give an app or a toolto a student, i would have them learn how to use it, and then i'd have them go teachall the other students and myself how to use that app. teachers don't need to master at all.
let's get kids involved in projectslike genius hour. genius hour is based ongoogle's 20% policy, where kids will actually get 1 hour a week to study things thatthey are passionate about. instead of telling them thingsthey have to learn every single day. this really gives kids ownershipin their learning and it makes it very relevant to them. this also means that a lot of the time my students are going to knowmore than me.
that's awesome. embrace their knowledgeand they'll embrace their learning. second, we must wonder howwe can embrace purposeful technology. using technology just for the sakeof using technology is wasteful. if it doesn't transform your classroom,or your teaching or your learning, just skip it, don't use it. if the same project can be doneusing paper or pencil, it's not transforming your classroom. always start with your purpose.
if something is boring on paper,it's still going to be boring on an ipad. let me tell you what i mean by that. if i give my studentsan addition worksheet on paper, they are going to think thatit is mind-numbingly boring. they are going to stare at me. if i take that same worksheetand i put it on an ipad... guess what? it's stillmind-numbingly boring for them to do. boring things on paper are still boringwhen you put them on an ipad. even apps have different purposes now.
some apps are skill- based and repetitive,while other apps are project- based. let's turn kids loose to go createsomething, and not just play games. if you actually have to leaveyour classroom to go to a computer lab, the technology is notat the point of instruction. let's take technologyin the hands of kids when they need it, and where they need it. this is a picture of a little girlin my class i had this last school year. her name is molina molina is following alongwith a classmate recording
of the book that she is reading. she scanned the qr codetaped to the back of that book to access this recording. this app transformed my reading block. this app helps instill a love of readingand a sense of pride among my students. not to mention my reading fluenty scoresimproved exponentially. third, we must wonderwhat my mentor once told me. he said "kayla, don't feed the fears." schools are still banning cell phones.
principals are still banning cell phonesfrom teacher's staff meetings schools are even buildingwhat they call cell phone hotels. (laughter) this is a real thing. let me tell you how this works. when kids come to school in the morning, they check their cell phoneat the cell phone hotel. at the end of the school day, they get to check their cell phone backout of the cell phone hotel.
we have more technologyin the palm of our hands now that what put men on the moon. we are telling our students"leave your technology at home. keep your mobile device in your locker.are you hiding a cellphone? did you check your cellphoneinto the cellphone hotel?" what are we doing? (laughter) (applauses) schools in the united statesare still blocking youtube. did you know that youtubeis the number one used search engine
among students in grades 5 to 12. this is utterly incomprehensible. so much learning is lost. we blockall of these resources from our students. we might think thatwe are protecting our kids when we keep them in this little bubblefor 8 hours of the school day. but guess what? these kids leave and go home.they graduate. they try to get jobs. if we block all of these thingsduring the school day we are not protecting them,we are actually hurting them.
we need to put kids in real worldlearning authentic environment during the school day and give them the toolsthat they need to be successful so that we can actuallyprotect them for a life time. jumping in the new technologiesor social media can sometimes be scary. we need to always keep in mindthat if it right for kids, it's right. sometimes the confort level of teachers is less important than doingwhat's right for kids. my kids have never lived in a timewithout wi-fi or mobile devices.
my kids have neverfelt the pain of t9 texting. they've never had to experiencedial-up internet. technology is the languagetoday's students speak. furthermore, as educators it is our jobto be champions of digital citizenship. 93% of employers now usesocial media in some way to either recruit or hire employees. that means that if our students leave us with a neutralor a negative digital footprint they have just a 7% chanceof getting a job.
seven percent. my friend george couroschallenges us as educators to make sure that every singlehigh school graduate is well googled. i challenge you to google yourself. go have your students google themselvesand like what they see. what does your digital footprintsay about you? we must wonder as educatorshow we can make global connections. it is now our job to make sure thatwe are connecting our students globally. this probably soundsa lot harder than it actully is.
with just a few clicks, you can do a virtual field tripto the smithsonian institute. or you can bring your students on avirtual field trip to the sistine chapel. learning is no longer limited to justour classroom, or our school, or our state or even our planet. you can now take your students ona virtual field trip to the stratosphere. do a google hangout witha classroom in hong kong to expose your kids to newand different cultures. give them the practicethat they are going to need
with the real live speakingand listeing skills of the 21th century. set up a classroom twitter account. have your kids tweet with experts from the world, like brad waid and jen jones. have your kids tweet withother classes around the world to share and compare their learning. don't be the four walls that holdyour kids back or limit their learning. break down those walls and go global. we must wonderhow we can reinvent the skills of today. while standardize test might havea valid place in our schools,
we need to start assessing teachersand students in others ways too. i assess my studentson their creativity, collaboration, critical thinkingand communication skills. i assess my kids on their grit and how they are ableto find success through failure. i assess my kids ontheir digital literacy skills and others skills they are going to needwhen they graduate to be successful employees, citizens andinnovator individuals in the real world. assess me on how will i prepare kids fortheir future when they leave my classroom.
while difficult to assess,this should serve as our daily mission. it should guide our teachingand learning values. a compass for a true educational north. everyone, here is my challenge for you. we are now 15 years into the 21th century. we need to make surethat our schools and our classrooms are as engaging, responsiveand dynamic as the world around us. do you remember that little boythat i talked about at the beginning? well, his name is christian.
he came to me that first day of school litlerally wanting to be anywhere elsein the world but my clasroom. well, on the last day of school christianwas craying out of control. he was refusing to leave my classroom. why? because he didn't want to let goour very last hug. pretty different thanthe first day of school. for the first time in his lifechristian loved school. he loved coming to school,he loved learning,
he loved everything about being with me. i saw amazing growth not only in christianbut in the rest of my students as well. what doesn't often gettalked about though, is the impact that studentshave made on my life. everyday my students taught meabout humility and being a realand authentic person. they taught me to have tons of patience. they taught me to have a sense of humorand be able to laught at myself. and so many more things.
technology changes.the laws that we have will change. the standards that we use to assesour kids are going to change again. but one thing remainsconstant through time. relationships between studentsand passionate teachers will always be the foundationof successful classrooms. (applause)
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