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Innovative Learning
For Title I Learners
National Title I Conference, San Diego
February 4,, 2014
Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
George Lucas Educational Foundation
San Francisco Bay Area
[email protected]
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My Learning Journey:
Longest Street in the World to a
Galaxy Long Ago & Far, Far Away
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Imagine an Education Nation…
A learning society where education of
children is the highest priority, on par
with a strong economy, high
employment, and national security.
A nation is only as good as its
educational system.
U.S. an Education Nation?
• Of 50 1st-grade students behind in reading,
44 still behind in 4th-grade
• A HS student drops out every 26 seconds,
6,000 each day
• Closing the gap could contribute $2 trillion
per year in GDP
America’s Strength:
School/Community Partnerships
Blending formal and informal learning
through schools, universities, media,
museums, libraries, companies, churches,
youth groups, parks
A New Day for Learning: 24/7/365
• Innovation: “Must Do,” Not “Nice to
Know”
• Internet Time: Google 15 Years Old,
YouTube 8 Years
• Every Minute, 100 Hours of
New YouTube Video!
Learning
Any Time, Any Place,
Any Path, Any Pace
6 Leading Edges of Innovation:
Any Time, Place, Path, Pace
1. Thinking
2. Curriculum & Assessment
3. Technology
4. Time/Place
5. Co-Teaching, inc. Parents!
6. Youth
Thinking Edge: Teaching The Whole Child
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
1. Verbal
2. Logical/Mathematical
3. Visual
4. Musical
5. Bodily/Kinesthetic
6. Intrapersonal
7. Interpersonal
8. Naturalist
Thinking Edge
Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
Students & Teachers
Thinking Edge: New Roles!
21st C. Educator:
End of Solo Practitioner,
Rise of Team Collaborator
• Teachers -> Mentors, Team Leaders
• Students -> Team Members, Scholars
The Technology Edge
• Weapons of Mass Instruction, 1:1
• iPod, iListen, iRead
• Online Learning
• Intelligent Text
• Assistive Tech/Universal Design
Co-Teaching Edge
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Team Teaching
• Teachers + Parents, Artists, Scientists,
Engineers, Poets
• Online and In Person
The Greatest Edge: Today’s Youth
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95% of Stakeholders
• Digital Natives Carrying Change
in their Pockets
• Generation YES: Students as TAs
genyes.org
• Edutopia’s Digital Generation
edutopia.org/digital-generation
EdYOUcation
You At the Center of Your Learning
Milton Chen | Institute for the Future
What’s your definition of
a great school?
Make it short and
measurable!
Do the students run in
at the same rate
they run out?