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Chart 4 – What should School 2.0 look like in order to meet the needs of the 21st Century learner? Stretch. Think Different. Another way of looking at this…In light of the changes that have taken place in our society in the last 20 years, what will it mean to be an educated adult in the 21st century? What do graduates need t know and be able to do to be well-prepared for college, careers, and citizenship in 10 years?

- Children teaching children. - Everyone needs equal information. - The classroom should be everywhere. Teachers still need to be good models, coaches, and facilitators. - They also need to be good mentors with a focus toward technology – we can’t forget the physical needs of students. Kids need to move. - Kids still need physical/human contact/relationships. - Body language is lost/tone misinterpreted (job interviews). - Well rounded education, physical ed., etc. - Students must change and adapt. - Students become self-directed. - Students need to find more value of what they are learning for the future. - Senior year more like college (post-secondary). - Students need to learn to type instead of learning cursive. - Locally controlled and created, but connected schools/learning environments. - Be able to sift through huge amounts of information – some useful, most not – to find truth. - Less teaching or delivering of information – More helping students learn how and where to access information. - Work in a group. - Make a digital portfolio. - Be effective communicators. - How to find answers and validate them. - How to make decisions. - Mentors to help find student strengths. - Consolidate information. - How to find help/ask for help. - Assess own skills. - Adapt to changes/flexible. - Self-motivated/increase responsibility. - Global community. - Flexible hours for learning and community. - More computers that work and are accessible to younger grades. - Different ways to show outcomes. - Using technology for…? - Less broad, more specialized (depending on interest). - Comfortable with technology. - Virtual classrooms. - Learning from experts/professionals. - Learn from each other – student to teacher/student-to-student/teacher-to-teacher. - Good communicators. - Independent thinkers. - Community minded. - Mutually accountable for our world. - More global communication/relationships. - Grouping more by interests versus age/strengths. - Development of better tolerance for individual/group diversity. - Collaborative problem solvers. - More self-motivated. - Better assessments/research based – valid and reliable. - Mobile, flexible. - Positive parent involvement. - Individual learning plans. - Global thinker. - Good foundation – basic skills. - Outside mentors. - Flexible classrooms (fluid groupings across grades/needs). - Increase parent involvement/accountability. - Work through school at your own pace. - Cooperative teaching. - More release time to work with other staff.