The Future is Now: Equipping our Learners to be the Leaders of Tomorrow (2016 version)

@DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com

THE FUTURE IS NOWEquipping our LEARNERS to be the LEADERS of tomorrowDiana Rendina, Media Specialist

http://RenovatedLearning.com


DIANA RENDINA, MLIS• Media Specialist at Stewart

Middle Magnet School in Tampa, FL since 2010

• Library Technical Assistant with Hillsborough County Public Libraries from 2006-2007

• Blogger @ RenovatedLearning & AASL Knowledge Quest

• 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Award

• Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace - May 2017

Portrait by Kimberly Yau



The quick version of my story…



The only STEM in our library



The Maker Movement



Maker research



Sharing vision = supplies!



The birth of our Makerspace





CreaEvity in programs



A place to explore STEM



We took an ordinary library…



And transformed it.



The Stewart Makerspace


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LEARNERS

How do we prepare our

to be the

LEADERSof tomorrow?


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DID YOU KNOW?


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Did you know…

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“The Top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010

DID NOT EXISTin 2004”




Did you know…


“Today’s learner will have

10-14 JOBSby the age of 38”




Did you know…


“If Facebook were a country it would be the

3RD LARGEST(behind China and India)”




Did you know…


There are over 600 tweets

PER SECONDon TwiVer




Did you know…


The first text was sent in 1992.Now there are more texts sent & received everyday than

THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE PLANET




Did you know…


The # of internet devices in the world:

1984: 1,000 1992: 1,000,000 2008: 1,000,000,000




Think back to your first cell phone…



“Do you realize that your cell phone is THE WORST TECHNOLOGY that your students will ever use?” ~ @ThomasCMurray


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We are working with

DIGITAL NATIVES



How do we prepare them

for a world thatDOESN’T

EXIST YET?



We need a new set of skills



THE FOUR C’SCreaEvity

CriEcal Thinking

CollaboraEon

CommunicaEon



How do we teach the Four C’s?



CREATIVITY



Let them play



“Play is ofen talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children

PLAY IS SERIOUS LEARNING.Play is really the work of childhood.”

– Fred Rogers



Let them play



Let them use their imaginaEons



Let them build



Be more about CREATION and less about CONSUMPTION



HONOR their creaEons



Let them get messy



Let them change their environment



CRITICAL THINKING



Make room for “What if?”My iPhone panorama

(Also known as Inquiry)



Jacob’s iPhone panorama

Make room for “What if?”



Give them permission to fail



Use the Design Process



The li_leBits Car



THE DESIGN PROCESSIdenXfy the PROBLEM

BRAINSTORM a soluXon

DESIGN & BUILD a prototype

TEST & EVALUATE

REDESIGN based on tests

SHARE your soluXon

REFLECT on process



Give them a challenge to solve…



And allow divergent soluEons.



COLLABORATION



Rethink group work structures



Provide natural opportuniEes to collaborate



Allow for remixes



Provide space to brainstorm together



Let roles form naturally



Connect them with tools



Let them learn together



COMMUNICATION



Connect your students with the world



Expose students to other cultures



The Stewart/Lamar Catapult Challenge


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Let them share their learning


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Let them tell their stories



Rocket & launch pad



Solar power staEon



Let them be the teachers



Learn alongside them



Bring it all together:INNOVATION





How will YOU bring

CREATIVITY

CommunicationCOLLABORATION

&

Critical Thinking

into your school this year?


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