Here are the slides I presented at CUEBC 2010 in Richmond, BC minus a few of my personal, classroom slides. Unfortunately, uploading them is beyond my District's fair-use agreement. If I can be of any further help feel free to contact me. Good luck redesigning your classrooms in your schools and districts!

1. Redesigning 21st
Century
Classrooms

2. What are We Looking at?

3. Frameworks

4. SYSTEMS THEORY

5. complex array of:
diverse,
interconnected,
dynamic
elements

6. System Flow
Input Output

7. Environment
System
Input Output

8. Environment
Human Body
Input Outputhuman body

9. Environment
River Basin
Input Outputriver basin

10. Environment
Classroom
Input Outputclassroom

12. Environment
Classroom
Input OutputMinistry

13. Environment
Classroom
Input Outputlaw

14. Environment
Classroom
Input Outputbeliefs

15. Environment
Classroom
Input Outputbooks

16. Environment
Classroom
Input Output
System
of
Inquiry

17. Analysis
Development
Management Design

18. Room 24

19. TIME
COMPLEXITY
Systems Increase in
Complexity over Time

22. Historic Classroom

23. Modern Classroom

28. Compari
son

30. Modern Student

32. ISSUES

33. Technology vs.
not Technology
Technology
vs.
not Technology

34. Improvement
vs.
Reform
Improvement vs. Reform

35. Standards
v.s.
21st Century Learning

36. To Review:
• View your class as a complex system
• focus on the similarities in classrooms
over time: community, structure,
purpose
• leverage the differences in students to
advantage

37. Syllogism

38. All students are inputs
Inputs are resources
All students are resources
Syllogism

39. Resources to:
• Themselves
• Their classmates
• Their classrooms
• Their larger communities
• The world

40. Learner Centred
v.s.
Learning Centred

41. Classroom
Students Students+
Environment

42. Classroom
Students Students+
Environment
1. People
2. Structures
3. Processes

43. People
• Students
• TA’s
• Parents
• Administrators
• Experts (Scott and Lloyd)
• Community Members

44. Structures
• Desks and chairs
• Computers
• Tables
• Website
• Graphic organizers
• Charts

45. Processes
• Attendance
• Homework
• Agenda
• Needing help
• Class discussion
• Note taking

46. Systems and Values

47. Analysis
Development
Management Design

48. Analysis
Development
Management Design
System Core
Core Values
Core Ideas
Organizing Perspectives

49. Classroom
Students Students+
Environment

50. Classroom
Students Students+
Environment
Analyze
Manage Design
Develop

51. Core Values
Core Ideas
Organizing Perspectives
Students Students+
Environment

52. Matrix
AgentsSystems View of Technology Initiatives
2008-2009 to 2009-2010 People Processes Structures
B
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re
Teacher Irregular/Inconsistent
First Class
Dreamweaver
“Blogs”
T
ran
sfo
rm
ativ
e
A
fter
Entire Class Weekly/Consistent
iWeb
Wordpress
B
efo
re
Teacher
Daily with no communication
assurance
Chalkboard
Homework Board
Im
p
ro
v
em
en
t
A
fter Teacher
Rotating Leaders
Daily with communication
assurance
Chalkboard,
Google Docs
B
efo
re
NA NA NA
26 Bikes
T
ran
sfo
rm
ativ
e
A
fter 26 Bikes Director
Teacher
Volunteers
Volunteer discretion
Word (HTML)
First Class
B
efo
re
Teacher NA
Chalkboard
Paper
Class Notes
Im
p
ro
v
em
en
t/
T
ran
sfo
rm
ativ
e
A
fter Teacher
Note Directors
Archived, revisited, adjusted
Volunteer discretion
Whiteboard
Smart Notebook
.pdf
First Class