The Future of LearningRaymond McNultyDean, School of Education, Southern NH UniversitySenior Fellow, ICLEClayton WilcoxSuperintendent of Schools, Washington County, MD

If students leave school less curious than

when they started we have failed them.

Agenda

•21st Century Behavior•Technology Added to Behavior•Real School Example•Advice

Agenda

21st Century Behavior

The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient

for tomorrow. - William Pollard

Our biggest challenge is..

The “Status Quo”

We can’t build the future by

perfecting the past!

Change is an opportunity to do something amazing.

Recent Reads

Change almost never fails because it is too early. It almost always fails because it is too late.

How many of you want to be a better educator than you are?

What have you changed &experimented with to get there?

CHANGE

This doesn’t mean throw

everything out!

Stop DoingContinue Doing

Consider or Begin Doing

INSTEAD THINK!

Working alone and thinking that you have nothing to learn about education.

How might my experience in education be used in helping this idea succeed.

INSTEAD THINK!

Pretending education technologywill eventually go away.

How can I show my students & colleagues that I am a life long learner?

INSTEAD THINK!

Waiting for administration to do something.

Leadership is everyone’s responsibility. Use your experience to form a committee, build plans & passionfor the new work/idea.

INSTEAD THINK!

Stereotyping students & families.

Educators have the power to influencethe path a student may be following.Students may become a mayor or a member of the Seal Team 6. Paths change when students & families are given a sense of support along the road to success.

INSTEAD THINK!

Ignoring student feedback aboutthe lessons and teaching they experience.

Ask students for feedback! Ask them how you could improve on yourteaching and communication with them.

Agenda

Technology Added to Behavior

Technological change is not additive, it is ecological, it

changes everything. - Neil Postman

Explosive Growth in Technology

Tech is nice but it’s about 21st Century Behaviors

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SELF-HELP

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SELF-HELP

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SELF-HELP

•Checking account•Paying bills•Buying gifts•Medical changes•Etc………..

How has technology impacted us?

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Technology

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Teacher

Customized

Solution for

Judson ISD

Technology Makes Your Job Easier

Stride Academy Solves the Problem of Unpacking CCSS/TEKS/State Standards

Academic Games Logic Practice

Reward

Agenda

Real School Example

WCPS Stride Academy

2015 – 2016 Total Usage as of 6/1/16• 15,200 K-8 students with active

accounts.• 14.6 million questions answered.• 7.2 million minutes worked.• 850,000 minutes worked from home.

WCPS Usage -Stride Academy

Elementary Usage as of 6/1/16• Approximately 11,000 students

actively using Stride Academy• 13.5 million questions answered• 6.5 million total minutes worked• 810,000 minutes worked at home• 12.5% home usage

WCPS Usage -Stride Academy

Middle School Usage as of 6/1/2016• Implemented in December 2015• Approximately 4,000 6th – 8th grade

students actively using Stride Academy

• 1.1 million questions answered• 610,000 total minutes worked• 46,000 minutes worked at home

WCPS Growth Data – Stride AcademyWCPS students have shown growth in 8 out of the 11 math concepts. Numbers & Operations, Statistics & Probability, and Functions have show the highest level of increase across the county

WCPS students have shown growth in all 5 areas of reading. Foundational Skills has the highest percentage of growth across the county.

WCPS PMA Growth Data – Stride Academy

WCPS Stride SurveyStudents: (% of students who answered ‘Most of the time’ or ‘Always’)• Stride makes learning fun = 78%• Stride shows my teacher that I am able to do well in school = 80%• Stride makes me want to work hard to get good grades = 73%• I like playing against my classmates on Stride’s games = 75%• It is important for me to learn why I sometimes get answers wrong when using Stride = 75%• I believe that Stride helps me be a better student = 70%

Teachers: (% of teachers who answered ‘Most of the time’ or ‘Always’)• Stride’s integration with state standards and assessments makes it easier for me to deliver data driven

instruction = 63%• Stride gives students who are hard to motivate the opportunity to experience academic success, which

raises their engagement in the classroom = 71%• Stride provides a private and safe environment for students to take risks, which builds their academic

confidence = 78%• Stride reinforces the mindset that students can be successful if they work hard at learning what I teach =

65%

Agenda

Advice

We need to have these THREE elements

of support in place?

ONE

Modelling

Educators are great at encouraging students to have a growth mindset

when learning.

Educators need to see themselves capable of learning and improving.

TWO

Create Space for New Ideas

Educators need to be able to try new things and

make mistakes.

THREE

Build Time for

Self-Reflection

We need to reflect upon any new experience and ask ourselves, what we have learned and how can we

make it better.

Be more dog!

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