Group+2+Conclusions

What should 21st century learning and learning environments look like? What tools contribute to that goal?

=Higher Level Points:= 2. Information access has led to a **greater need to leverage data and information effectively**
 * 1) Our **learning environments would finally sync up with policy**, and no longer would innovation so often need to happen in spite of poor policy.
 * examples of issues (needing to "teach to the test", AYP can have negative effects often based on socioeconomics, ...)
 * This skill is not adequate for learning environments at every level: states, districts, schools, teachers, parents and students.
 * Help teachers manage their growing lists of expectations
 * 1) ((REWORD!!!!)))) **Need to refocus and redesign around things that don't change**, that is, trying to work towards not emphasizing tests, content, etc, but looking towards things like:
 * **make student passions central to learning process**
 * "The way to break free from the tests is to emphasize...
 * c**onnect parents to the learning environment**
 * real world experience (internships discussed)
 * 1) Big Picture Company Discussion!! :D

Students
---> expectation of immediate understanding ---> instantaneous information --->expect information overload that they themselves can decide how to filter through --->smoother ability to socially thrive in distributed environments --->signal vs noise = large question ---> new ways to discuss problems (academic, social, etc.) (ex: texting)

Classrooms
---> (link to students) higher expectations from student ---> Power structure in learning environments has been much fuzzier --->Students and Parents question Teacher more often, --->Hard to deal with new and constantly changing boundaries --appropriate technology use, --need to understand how to deal with chanin ---> Forced to deal with the test.

What Competencies are necessary
--> source validation for information,