Hoffenberg+Presentation

Changing role of teachers: Democratization of information: We can no longer be the big content provider, information explosion, we provide context not content now Where did that content come from? How do we judge the quality of the content?

Mark Prensky: Digital native vs. digital immigrants //**Teaching Digital Natives**//

Young people have the lowest level of brain activity when they are sitting and listening.

Mobile devices are providing opportunities for students to maximize time that was "down time" before. Waiting for an appointment, driving in the car, etc.

Students want to be embraced as producers of authentic content.

Changing expectations of students for schools: Students want an education that:
 * Adapts to individual learning sty;es
 * Provides personalized lerning opportunities
 * Integrates today's digital tools
 * Encourages collaboration and teamwork
 * Accommodates a mobile lifestyle

Tony Wagner (Dean of the college of education at Harvard): from the Global Achievement Gap

Asking the right questions/solving problems Working in teams Learning how to find, communicate, and apply information Showing initiative, leadership, taking responsible risks Managing time Interacting in a mulitimedia, graphics-based environment Working across disciplines

Seymour Papert The role of the teacher is to crete the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.

Our task is to create relevant learning opportunities.

Challenge Based Learning came out of ACOT

Evolution of Teacher Thought and Practice

[|Apple's Challenge Based Learning]

Beyond Campus - Set of resources for teachers and staff development on iTunes University, just below Universities.

Subsitution: tech acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement Augmentation: direct tool substitute, with funtional improvement: now adding spell checker to typing paragraph __________________________________ Redefinition of tasks Cannot be accomplished with Technology It redefines and transforms education Modification: Tech allows for significan task redesign Redefinition tech allows for the creatation of new tasks, previously inconceivable
 * Technology Adoption Cycle:**

[|6 design principles of 21st century school]

[|Challenge Based Learning at Apple]