Meeting+1-11-12

Notes from Building Leadership Team Meeting 1-11-12

__**Reflection from our last meeting**__
 * 21st Century is much broader then technology and we need to make sure this is apart of our scope and conversation on the topic
 * Problem solving

__**Group Conversation**__

Question 1: What will the world be like 20 or so years from now when your child has left school and is out in the world?
 * It is very hard to imagine what this will look like-look
 * Pg. 25 under thinking tools-Sandy read this
 * Communciation with those that offer different perspectives and needing to problems solve in these typs of situations
 * Sense of wonder-you don't have to wonder anymore, you can instantly find this information now-how does this match with what we are trying to do-we need to know not just think about wonder, but how to ask the right question and to judge the accuracy of the information, and when is information enough
 * The person that will be the most prepared and the smartest will be the individual that can access this informaiton
 * How can we still foster that sense of creativy and problem solving in the lens of 21st century-we need to teach children this process before providing these tools that will give them the answer
 * Sarah discussed the presentation that we attend this summer at the ESC leadership conference and the preview we recieved of the upcoming techomology
 * We need to prepare children to be flexiable-everything is going to change so quickly and children need to adapt-children in the future will need to forget what the know and aquire the new infomraiton they can access at a different rate then we have experienced in the past
 * Looking back at the past 20 years-technology was larger, life was slower paced, technology was slower-the rate at which people will be able to adapt will be different based on what we have seen in the past
 * Children make predictions for this year 2012-cars will fly-they understand the fast paced natured of our world and they are okay with it
 * How do we foster the social experiences in light of what is happening?
 * Jobs article Megan referenced in response to how the job force will change as a result of technology-the furture of jobs is based in professionals careers vs. trades/mechinal/untrained labor force-Megan will send
 * Our economy and jobs will be globally connected
 * Currently-graduates are not able to get jobs in this area
 * In other cultures, their focus in learning. In US we focus on innovation, but learning focus is not consistent

Question 2: What skills will your child need to be succesful in this world you have imagnied 20 years from now?
 * Flexiable
 * Adaptable
 * Creative
 * Risk Taking
 * Social Skills
 * Problem Solving Expanded from our current
 * Written language will be critical
 * Confident in their ability
 * Component in the tools available to them
 * Innovators
 * Science, math (STEM) skills
 * Okay to fail-how to keep trying
 * Approaches to Learning
 * Globally minded
 * Collaboration and ability to work with others through different means of interaction (F2F and in person)
 * Bulleted list on page. 7-these are the skills that professionals are missing-we need to consider this

Question 3: Now think about your own life and the times you were really learning so much and so deeply that you would call these peek learning experiences. What were the conditions that made your high performance learning experiences so powerful?
 * Team projects
 * Caring adults
 * High expectations
 * Passion or interest guided the work
 * Work that is challenging
 * Walk away with something tangible and you were able to share with others
 * When you take on a leadership role
 * You had to teach it someone else-leadership role

Question 4: What would learning be like if it were designed around your answers to the first 3 questions?
 * Rich
 * Our school
 * group work designed and connected with technology where students are able to be leaders with a meaningful purpose for the learner
 * Children will not all be doing the same thing
 * Process and product balance focus-something to work towards that is
 * Learning will be globalized and connected outside of their world
 * Faced paced
 * Focused on communications

Concluding Thoughts
 * Monika referenced a book on creative that was just published and the conversation about what does creative look like-individual or group; collaborative effort with individual accountability to contribute to the greater good-individual learning opp. need to still be an important focus
 * Creative article from SCOPE
 * Creative and problem solving are important terms
 * Children are learning how to define what role they are good at and what others are good at and it contributes to their collaborative efforts
 * We need to keep the humanity in the fast paced, technological world we are living in
 * Children will know more tomorrow then we can ever imagine
 * Access points from Lisa D. presentation-who is good at what and they list what they are good at and using this as a skill set we need to develop
 * Creativty crisis-Debbie