1. Middle School BE Courses: When They’re
Not Looking…Throw in 21st Century Skills!
Melanie Wiscount
Hershey Middle School – Derry Township School District
NBEA 2008 Convention – San Antonio, TX
March 20, 2008
2. Become Global Thinkers
Assignment
On Board:
“Think of an
Idea to
change
The world –
&
Put it into
Action
“Pay It Forward – Assignment to Save the World” – video segment from www.youtube.com by
user WateryNeo
3. The World is Different
“World is in my hand” - Photo from flickr.com ~by simply fred
4. Digital Writing Prompt
Think about the word "determination". What do the
words "you can do anything that you set your mind to
do" mean to you?
http://www.videovat.com/search.aspx?q=hoyt
5. Things to Think About…
Internet users ages 12 to 28 years old have
embraced the online applications that enable
communicative, creative, and social uses.
The growth rate of China's internet user
population has been outpacing that of the U.S.,
and China is projected to overtake the U.S. in the
total number of users within a few years.
http://www.pewinternet.org
6. Things To Think About…
Internet became available to the average
American less than a decade ago
Moore‘s Law
Metcalf‘s Law
"Children are native to cyberspace and we, as adults, are immigrants."
“Playing the Future” Douglas Rushkoff (2001, personal communication)
7. What Did We Do Before the Internet?
54% in the number of adults who said the internet played a major role as
they helped another person cope with a major illness
50% in the number who said the internet played a major role as they
pursued more training for their careers
45% in the number who said the internet played a major role as they
made major investment or financial decisions
43% in the number who said the internet played a major role when they
looked for a new place to live
42% in the number who said the internet played a major role as they
decided about a school or a college for themselves or their children
23% in the number who said the internet played a major role when they
bought a car
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/181/report_display.asp
8. How Can We Describe Our Students'
Generation?
• Computers aren‘t technology.
• The Internet is better than TV.
• Reality is no longer real.
• Doing is more important than knowing.
• Learning more closely resembles Nintendo than
logic.
• Multitasking is a way of life.
• Typing is preferred to handwriting.
• Staying connected is essential.
• There is zero tolerance for delays.
• Consumer and creator are blurring.
McMahon, Tim & Huette, Scott. (2005) The Net Generation Comes to
College! University of Oregon.
10. Gwen's Communication for the
Month of December
Text messages - 904 messages
Voice cell phone - 1,000 minutes
AIM messages - 2880 messages sent
FaceBook - Check 10 times daily
MySpace - Check 2 times daily
Bloom. U. Email - 24 emails
11. Socialized in a Different Way
"Different kinds of experiences lead to different kinds of brain
structures."
Dr. Bruce D. Berry, Baylor College of Medicine
10,000 hours playing video games
Over 200,000 instant messages & emails
Over 10,000 hours talking on cell phones
Over 20,000 hours watching TV
At the most 5,000 hours reading
Prensky, Marc. "Do They Really Think Differently?". On the Horizon
(NCB University Press, Vo 6, December 2001) l. 9
12. How Do We Connect to our Digitally-
Native Students?
Digital Multimedia
– Text
– Sound & music
– Motion
– Graphics
– Interactivity
– Lighting
13. National Economy
"The current and future health of America's 21st
century economy depends directly on how
broadly and deeply Americans reach a new
level of literacy—'21st Century Literacy' "
The 21st Century Workforce Commission's (2000)
National Alliance of Business
14. The New Responsibility of Citizen
―The explosive growth of technology in every
aspect of society offers us a unique
opportunity to engage our citizens in
economic and civic life "
The 21st Century Workforce Commission's (2000)
National Alliance of Business
15. Technology
―Information and communication technologies
are raising the bar on the competencies
needed to succeed in the 21st century "
The 21st Century Workforce Commission's (2000)
National Alliance of Business
16. Our Graduates Need to be:
– a critical thinker
– a problem solver
– an innovator
– an effective communicator
– an effective collaborator
– information and media literate
– globally aware
– civically engaged
– financially and economically literate
Preparing Students for Jobs That Do Not Exist, Chris Pearson, August 16, 2007
http://squeakymouse.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/preparing-students-for-jobs-that-
do-not-exist/
17. 21st Century Literacy
Digital Age literacy
Inventive Thinking
Effective Communication
High Productivity
19. Learning Objectives
Explore how we as teachers can effectively
provide experiences that ‗connect‘ to the
global society of the 21st century learner
Infuse 21st century skills by using Web 2.0
resources & tools that can be integrated into
business education curriculum
20. 21st Century
Skills
Digital Inventive Effective High
Literacy Thinking Communication Productivity
21. Basic
Literacy
Global Scientific
Awareness Literacy
Multicultural Digital Economic
Literacy Literacy Literacy
Information Technological
Literacy Literacy
Visual
Literacy
22. Basic Literacy
Oral Presentations
Written English components
– Spelling
– Grammar
ESL classes
Web 2.0 Tools
– Wikis
– Blogs
– Chat rooms
30. What is Web 2.0?
―an emerging network-centric platform to
support distributed, collaborative and
cumulative creation by its users.‖
John Hagel, Business, Strategy, and Technology Speaker
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_elevator.php
More social – more communication
More collaborative
Content created by users
Services can be built coordinating data and code
from other services
34. Social Bookmarking
Users save bookmarks to a publicly accessible
web site
– Make your bookmarks available on multiple
computers
– Share your bookmarks with a group of
colleagues and see their bookmarks
– Share your bookmarks with the wider Internet
•Del.icio.us
•digg.com
•Technorati.com
http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/advantages-of-social-bookmarking-for-
smbs-and-hospitality-businesses/2006/07/31/
37. Blogging
Technorati now tracks over 35.3 Million blogs
The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6
months
It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years
ago
On average, a new weblog is created every
second of every day
19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3
months after their blogs are created
Technorati tracks about 1.2 Million new blog posts
each day, about 50,000 per hour
52. How We Learn
10% of what we READ
20% of what we HEAR
30% of what we SEE
50% of what we SEE and HEAR
70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS
80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY
95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE
William Glasser
81. Health & Well-being
Ergonomics
Workstation Workout
Non-food Rewards
Great Web Sites
NMSA: Exploring Essential Components: Physical Activity,
Nutrition, and the Young Adolescent ppt
88. Castronova says:
In 1814 everybody was on foot
In 1914 they were on trains
In 1940 they were in cars
In 2040 there will be 100 million avatars in the
synthetic worlds
Right??? Wrong!!!
Immersion slideshow on www.slideshare.net by danrev; slide 65
89. It will be sooner than 2040…
Second Life was created at the end of 2003
October 18, 2006, the population of Second
Life hit 1,000,000 residents
January 14, 2007, the population of Second
Life was 2,573,932
January 19, 2008, the population of Second
Life was
90. Second Life Blog Comments
Second Life has been just that for me and
has given me a world in which I have finally
found freedom. Thank you!
http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/01/10/tip-of-the-week-17-how-to-
run-multiple-viewers-at-the-same-time/
