Leveraging+Challengebased+Learning

21st Century Requirements (for students)
 * asking the right questions/solving new problems
 * working in teams
 * learning how to find, communicate, and apply information
 * initiative, leadership, taking responsible risks
 * time management
 * interacting in a multimedia, graphics-based environment
 * working across disciplines

How does technology get used? (Transformation, Technology, and Education)
 * Redefinition: allows for the creation of new knowledge and new tasks, previously inconceivable
 * Modification: technology allows for significant task redesign
 * Augmentation: technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
 * Substitution: technology acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement

How do young professionals learn? online, collaboratively

What is the role of innovation in education? Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (1985 - 1997) ACOT2 = Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow - Today

Challenge Based Learning - Framework
 * Big Idea (assigned by teacher)
 * Essential Question (defined by student)
 * The Challenge - guiding questions, guiding activities, guiding resources (by student)
 * Solution - Action (by student)
 * Assessment (by teacher)

"Teachers must move beyond the role of facilitators and become collaborators in learning, seeking new knowledge alongside students and modeling positive habits of work and mind." ACOT2

www.hippasus.com/resources/tte/ "The Global Achievement Gap" by Tony Wagner www.acot2.com
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