21st+Century+Learning+Environments

- //What are our Educational Tech Goals// o Create learning environments supporting 21st Century skills o Integrated and Interdisciplinary o Global classrooms o Student centered e-learning o Project-based research driven o Relevant, Rigorous and Real World


 * Ed Tech Goals:** Professional development, seamless – adaptable; flexible spaces, wireless, professional development for New Teacher at beginning of year – who are the tech people, where is the tech, how to use it etc.

//- Learning Environment Goals:// o Digital o Communicative o Interdisciplinary o Social Learning

__Learning is both Environmental and Biological__

//- New Learning Environments// o Learning playgrounds o Form collaborative teams teacher/tech/admins //- Typology of Learning spaces// o Thinking/converging (deliberating) o Designing (putting structure to idea) o Presenting (showing to a group) o Collaborating (team activities) o Debating, negotiating o Documenting o Implementing/associating (to accomplish a task) o Practicing o Sensing o Operating

//- Office Environments of New England// (They sell office furniture / audiovisual) LearnLab Environments (Insights & findings for team) @http://www.oene.com/SWAPPID/77 o Swivel chairs o Three projection areas on room (one interactive (SMART) white board and two drop down screens – no matter where sitting you can see) o Copycam (Look up) o Huddleboard o Poduim Kingswood Regional High School (Wolfeboro NH) – they are on a semester schedule.

//- Virtual Schools// o Book “Disrupting Class” – Clayton Christensen o Blended / hybrid learning (Do activity in class where teacher projects video and students discuss in ning/blog etc.) o Needs Assessment Online • Community Engagement • Curriculum Management • Professional Development • Virtual School • Blended Learning