21 st Century Teaching for 21 st Century Students.pptVIP

21st Century Teaching for 21st Century Students Brad Fountain Discovery Education “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” - Alvin Toffler Who are 21st Century Learners? As large in number as Baby Boomers Consumers- $150 billion annually Digital Media Users – 6 ? hrs daily (Exposed to 8 ? hours) Multi-taskers: online - phone - print Hyper-Communicators -socially civically Gamers-interactive learning Risk-Takers Depersonalization Pursuers of ongoing education Futurists Optimistic IQ is up by 17