Julie+Evans+-+Vision

**What is Your 2020 Vision? Developing a Shared Vision of Innovation for the 21st Century Learning** In this interactive session, your team will start to create or clarify a vision of innovation for 21st century learning against the backdrop of a better understanding of the views and ideas of today’s students. Building upon the five big questions of leadership and management guru, Peter Drucker, your team will examine your systems/school values and attitudes about the use of technology within education in your own district/school, learn about the aspirations of students for enhanced learning opportunities from the data findings of Project Tomorrow [], and craft a representative headline to describe your vision for learning in 2020.


 * Task #1: discussion topic

"Imagine you are designing the ultimate school, classroom or learning space for 21st century learners. What technology tools and strategies do you think hold the greatest potential for increasing student achievement and success?" Go ahead and post your thoughts under the discussion tab above.**


 * Task #2: polling questions

Polling questions to be used during the presentation - please wait for Julie to prompt you to provide your responses.**
 * 1) Who am I? Talk about the profile provided and decide upon one response for your table. You can answer using a **web browser**.
 * 2) Let's get to know each other. How would you assess you own technology skills compared to your peers? Once again, you can answer using a **web browser**.
 * 3) Now, let's think about your students. What percent of Alberta high school students consider themselves advanced tech users? Once again, you can answer using a **web browser**.


 * Task #3: What is your district's 2020 headline?

When we get to this point in our conversation on Monday morning, discuss with your team and add your 2020 headline under the discussion tab. Feel free to comment on headlines from other teams as well.**

**Links:**
@http://www.tomorrow.org/
 * About Project Tomorrow and the Speak Up Research Project**

//“Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning”// @http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SUNationalFindings2009.pdf
 * Speak Up 2009 National Findings Report from the Student Data** – released on March 16, 2010.

@http://www.speakup4schools.org/Speakup2009/StudentsSpeakUp/Default.aspx
 * Students’ Ideas:** Comments from over 500 students about the importance and value of leveraging technology within a 21st century education. Sortable by categories such as assessment, learning, productivity, digital citizenship, infrastructure and others.

@http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_reports.html
 * Speak Up Reports:** a collection of targeted reports on topics such as online learning, science instruction, parents’ views on technology use within learning and the new visionary administrator.

@http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_presentations.html
 * Speak Up Presentations and Webinars:** a comprehensive repository of presentations and webinars on the Speak Up data findings including archived presentations on the use of various emerging technology within learning such as mobile devices, Web 2.0 tools, online learning, digital content and others.


 * TodaysMeet backchannel discussion area for Julie's session** (hashtag #lowfjulie)

**Other resources that may be interesting to you:**

 * Drucker Foundation (now called the Leader-to-Leader Institute)** has created a comprehensive strategic visioning process based upon Peter Drucker’s 5 big questions. For more information on the process and the tools they have to help you with the process: @http://www.leaderbooks.org/tools/sat/index.html.
 * Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation by Neil Howe and William Strauss (2000).** This is my "bible" on the values and aspirations of today's youth that are in our schools right now. Neil is the founder and president of Life Course Associates, a consulting and research company. The Life Course website includes additional research on Millennials at @http://www.lifecourse.com.
 * Draft of the US Department of Education's latest National Education Technology Plan** - now available for review at http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010. This draft plan includes a very comprehensive review of research data, trends, emerging technologies and stakeholder viewpoints that you may find interesting and helpful for your own visioning process.

Julie's presentation will be posted shortly.

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