LECTURE 3: The CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE

 The Expert Teacher (Positive Behaviours) VS. the Digital Teacher 

THE EXPERT TEACHER	THE DIGITAL TEACHER
Feedback Prior ability Instructional Quality Direct Instruction Remediation/feedback Student Disposition Class environment Challenge Goals	Encourages collaborative and constructivist learning Moving from teacher to coach Assessment becoming performance focus Encourages socialisation in a mediated space Not locked down Fast adoption and change encouraged Get browsing to a minimum Create a knowledge network through social bookworking Instructional Quality varies

How do the STUDENTS benefit from the CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE? 

(The Millenials)

• Collaboration/teamwork

• Experiential activities

• Technology assumed

• Internet better than TV

• Results and actions, not accumulation of facts

• Learning is trial and error (Nintendo)

• Multitasking is a way of life

• Typing is preferred to handwriting

• Staying connected is essential

• Zero tolerance for delays

• Consumer and creator are blurring

How does SOCIETY benefit from the CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE? 

• “Shift Happens”