21st Century Skills and teachers' professional development

The future of ICT in education and teachers' professional development

Tryggvi ThayerNordic/Baltic thematic seminar on teachers’ trainingReykjavík, ISNovember, 2016

The 21st Century

You are here!

What 21st century skills?

Schools and technological development

Now

Reactive:Look to the now from the past.

Proactive:Look from the now to the future

The past:Facts, history, “reality”.

The future:Experimental, possibilities, innovation

• Striated space• Smooth space• Nomadding

Deleuze & Guattari (1987): A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism & Schizophrenia

Artwork: Marc Ngui @ www.bumblenut.com

Professional development for the future

Striated Space:• Hierarchical• Layered• Fixed Pathways

Smooth Space:• Continuous• No discernable pathways• No gateways

Nomading in Smooth Space:– Transcend knowledge structures– Meandering– Discovery– Serendipity– Creating meaning

21st Century Skillsfor Teachers

• Traversing smooth spaces• Nomadding• Using social media to create optimal flows of

information• Imagining/constructing new realities• Constructing optimal futures

Thank you!

Tryggvi Thayertbt@hi.is

@tryggvithayerwww.education4site.org