FETC Heidi Hayes Jacobs - Keynote

Heidi Hayes Jacobs

Keynote speaker Heidi Hayes Jacobs: don't just tweak; strategically replace one component at a time. #fetc

Curriculum 21
http://www.curriculum21.com/
New technologies are creating new genres. Tools impact learning. We need to select the best forms for the right purposes. (Example. prezi good to start something, not sustain it.) We have a “tsunami of new tools” but it’s hard to know how to do it well. Don't just jump into the tool; understand how to improve the learning. Upgrading: strategic replacement. 

She is against reform- that's just tweaking things- need new forms. Every textbook is dated. “Paper is over” No more binders! Upgrade a component in each unit, Dump a faculty meeting; instead have a session about what you can do on your laptop, make every teacher make one upgrade (oral presentations are a low point). Why aren't we doing our own Ted talks for p.d. Why aren't our students?

Curriculum mapping - a live book - standards /curriculum/lessons updates immediately.

5 trends

·         Social production: Wikipedia considered reliable

·         Social networks: curriculum21.com  - clearinghouse, ap to be released

·         Semantic web

·         Media grids

·         Nonlinear learning

Tools and ideas:

Vocabgrabber create own word lists independently. 
Gapminder
Create a Voiceover for a museum trip
Jacob burn center - new media literacy framework 
Note taking - create their own text messaging system for notes
Social studies, create trailer to use next year for pre teaching