Future Vision of Education Powerpoint

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My Future Vision of anElementary ClassroomCOURTNEY M. SMITH

505 FUTURE OF EDUCATION

JENNIFER WOJCIK


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Achievement First Hartford AcademElementary School

History Opened in August 2008

Created for a reform plan for Hartford PublicSchools

Public charter school

Part of Achievement First schools network inCT, NY, and RI and 25 cities

Mission to educate all levels and learnersdespite socio-economic backgrounds

Focus on college prep

Believes the achievement gap can andmust be closed

Current Sta

K4th grade

Served 429 students in 2012-13and Spec. Ed students

100% African American/Hispa

66% Free or Reduced Lunch

Data drive instruction and a ri

7a to 4p school day/before aprograms

3 hour reading block-small gro

Elevated CMT results compare

(37 and 5 points)


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Future Technologies

3D Printing

Generates creativity

Promotes ingenuity and design

Creates new learning

Every student can be an inventor andamplifies the learning experience forunderprivileged students

Virtual Laborat

Can experiment repeated

Virtual labs can help schooscience equipment

Students can remain safe science equipment

Flexible: can be used in ancapable classroom


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Futuring &Futuring Tools

Futuring

the act, or science identifying

and evaluating possible future

events (World Future Society,

2013).

Techniques used to foresee the

future.

People who study futuring are

called futurists.

Futuring can be applied to

various work fields.

Scenarios

description of a future situationand the course of events whichallows one to move forward fromthe original situation, accordingto Mietzner and Reger (2005).

Uses data to create multiplealternatives to the future.

They allow one to thoughtfullyand critically plot possiblefutures.

Many different kinds of scenarios.

Can be used in various workfields including education.

The future is not affected.

Scan

changes that ocand identify signthe world (World2013).

Uses trends to depast and present

Uses literature, wmedia as sourceSociety, 2013)

Scanning is part oprocess of futurin

Data should be e

and relevancy to


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Scenarios

Positives

Projects alternate futures

Improves decision-making

Improves organization

Improves preparation

Recognizes weaknesses

Considers several futures

Negatives

Time-consuming

Need knowledgeableoperators

Not easy to gather anddecipher data

Scanning

Positives

Analyzes trends

Uses a variety of formatsto retrieve data

Uses the past and presentto project the future

Negatives

Time-consuming

Need knowledgeablescanners

Not easy to gather anddecipher data

Pros & Cons


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Educational TechnologyTrends

Children are consuming mtechnology.

Children are handling motechnological device at a

Students will need more tinteraction in the classroo

Students can become indlearners due to their famidevices.

Will integrate subject-matcollaborative and concre

and curriculum relevancy


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Economic & Public Policy Trends

Economic Trend

Future students will achievemore success withadditional programs,materials, and technology.

More educational programsand resources will requiremore funding.

The more money that isspent, will lead to higherdebt.

More debt will lead tomore tax hikes andbudget cuts.

This will limit resources toservice studentsnegatively impactingtoday and tomorrowseducation.

What is the best action totake?

Public Policy Tre

Lifelong

Learning

Encourages learninthrough interactions

increase social sourcesindependence.

Learning should belearner-centered andless teacher-directed.


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Demographic Trends

Increase of ethnicities in the world andeducational setting.

More non-White students are enrolling inschool.

Hispanic community rapidly increasing.

Urgency to service students of variousbackgrounds, upbringings, languages, and

cultures. Increase in Special Education students.

Special Education: Overrepresentation ofAfrican-American and underrepresentation inHispanic and Asian students.

Varied level learners may present a challengewhen students collaborate together.

Teachers will need more training in educating

various learners.


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Pros & Cons to the Future Vision

Five Opportunities

Students will take a more active role duringlearning.

Students will be less reliant on the teacher toprovide knowledge.

Students will use each other and otherresources, including technology, to producetheir own learning.

Learning will be more flexible, moreengaging, and less lecture.

Multimedia will bridge the gap between

students and the teacher through its usage.

Five Challenges

An adjustment for teachers teaching control may be dif

Professional Development wtrain teachers on student-ce

practices.

It may take much time to seand nationwide implementa

Students will need practice each other.

Varied-leveled learners may

learning from each other.


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Steps Towardthe Future

1. Offer training to teachers to prepare for student-centered

2. Learner-centered standards created for nationwide imple

3. Use modeling from other expschools.

4. Get students familiar with tec

devices individually or in sma

5. Create a union with Sped aninstructors to gather resourcecollaborative work.

These steps willprepare and lead

Hartford Academy in

a direction that ismore student-based

and technologysavvy.


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Call to Action

With these next steps, Hartford Academy with reach more learnerthe students needs first.

1. Support teachers by informing them of the benefits of student-cenlearners to move away from teacher-based teaching. Begin trainmodeling what it should look like in the classroom.

2. Collaborate with ELL and Special Education staff to gather resourand materials to help support students that require more attentiohelp with including these students in learning groups and interactother students.

Taking these steps in a new direction for education will raise educexpectations.


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References

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Retrieved from http://www.achievementfirst.org/schools/connecticut-schools/achievement-first-

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Achievement First. (2013). The achievement first approach: curriculum and instruction

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References

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