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Connecting the Digital Dots

Creating 21 st Century Learning Environments. Connecting the Digital Dots. Connecting the Digital Dots. Guiding Question for the Workshop. How can we create environments that support student learning for today and tomorrow?. 1. To answer this question the workshop will briefly explore: .

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Connecting the Digital Dots

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  1. Creating 21st Century Learning Environments Connecting the Digital Dots

  2. Connecting the Digital Dots

  3. Guiding Question for the Workshop How can we create environments that support student learning for today and tomorrow? 1

  4. To answer this question the workshop will briefly explore: Resource • the concept of 21st century teaching and learning, • the changing world and globalization, • skills students will need to be successful now and in the future, • current and appropriate tools and resources to continue to learn and apply 21st century promising practices Resource Resource Resource Resource Resource Resource

  5. Parking Lot • Use sticky notes to write comments and feedback throughout the workshop. • A virtual tool to use for this purpose can be found at www.wallwisher.com 3

  6. Name that Tune! Think about the first format of music you remember listening to. What was it? • 78 rpm • LP 33/ 45 rpm • 8 Track • Audio Cassette • CD • Mp3 (digital music i.e.. iTunes) Stand next to the item/picture you chose. 4

  7. What was the world like for you growing up? • What events shaped your life? • What are the most significant changes from then to now? 5

  8. Video Don Tapscott - 2020 Shaping Ideas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7BLwrFS2I&feature=player_embedded 6

  9. Changing Landscapes • ATA Publication - Changing Landscapes for Learning our Way to the Next Alberta • http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Albertas-Education-System/Changing%20Landscapes%202010-2030.pdf

  10. Quote # 1: “We are preparing students for jobs that don’t exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, to solve problems we haven’t begun to think about.” - Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat 8

  11. Quote # 2: “Students today are partly shaped by their environment, which is media rich, immediate, fast, engaging, dynamic and instant. It is electronic and digital, a communication medium implying instant gratification” - Education for the 21st Century: The Basics 9

  12. Quote # 3: “ The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destinations.” – John Scharr 10

  13. Quote # 4: Charlie Brown, on the cruise ship of life… Lucy: Which way is your deck chair facing? Charlie Brown: (ponders and replies) I don't know, I've never been able to get one open. – Charles Schultz 11

  14. Quote # 5: “Change is like dancing with a gorilla- you can't stop because you're tired!” – Anonymous 12

  15. Quote # 6: “ The principle goal of education is to create men and woman who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” – Jean Piaget 13

  16. Quick Quotations • Stand by a quotation that is especially meaningful to you. • What important insights can be gained from performing an activity such as this? • What is the importance of enhancing critical thinking skills within our classrooms? 14

  17. Connecting the Digital Dots

  18. 21st century Skills What skills and attributes are necessary for student success now and in the future? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_ehGLqzBVM A1

  19. Portrait of a 21st Century learner • Create a representation of the skills and attributes students will need to be successful now and in the future. • Choose a reporter to share with the large group

  20. Portrait of a 21st century learner A2

  21. EnGauge 21st Century Skills for 21st Century learners • Go to “21st Century Skills Brief” for the summary of the longer article (NCREL/ Metiri Group) www.metiri.com/features.html • What was the most interesting or surprising to you? • Why is it important to foster 21st century skill building in schools? - A4

  22. What are the skills students need now and for the future? A3

  23. How can we assess where we are?National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) • Yes • In Progress • Not Yet http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx A6

  24. How do you implement NETS for your students? • Go to the NETS Wiki and choose your grade level. • Select a lesson that interests you • How does it fit with the NETS standards • How might you use it in your classroom? • How might you change it? http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net A7

  25. Connecting the Digital Dots • 21st Century Skills • LEARNING • Learning Environment • Tools

  26. With your table group… What does a 21st century learning environment look like? Sound like? Feel like?

  27. Elements of a 21st Century learning environment 21st Century Classroom Wiki – http://21stcentury-classroom.wikispaces.com/Resources

  28. Element 1: DesignCurriculum and learning Drives Technology • UBD (Understanding by Design/ backwards design) • UDL (Universal Design for Learning) • Project Based Learning • Inquiry Based Learning • Curriculum Mapping B4

  29. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy • What are the similarities and differences? • How might the new taxonomy support 21st century learners?

  30. Element 2: Management • What might be important to consider when managing a classroom focused on 21st century learning?

  31. Management • Student Centered • Teacher as Facilitator • Adaptive and Flexible • Community Environment • Digital Citizenship * Explore more information on the wiki - http://21stcentury-classroom.wikispaces.com B9

  32. Connecting the Digital Dots

  33. Tools – examples • Personal Reflection and Seeking Feedback- blogs • Collaborative Knowledge Building - wikis • Making Connections – social networking • Expressing Creativity – multi media • Personal Connection – VoIP (e.g. Skype) - Explore the NETS wiki - http://21stcentury-classroom.wikispaces.com B6

  34. Tools – examples • What tools have you heard of? • What tools have you used ? • How can this model be used to consider student learning? Source:

  35. http://www.thedigitaldiet.com/ B8

  36. Your Top Ten List • Based on your experiences and learning today, what are your top tips for building 21st century skills and environments?

  37. Ten Tips For Creating a 21st–Century Classroom Experience • Pull, Don’t Push • Create from Relevance • Stop calling them “soft skills” • Allow for variation • No more sage onstage • Teachers are designers

  38. Ten Tips For Creating a 21st–Century Classroom Experience • Build a learning community • Be an anthropologist, not an archaeologist • Incubate the future • Change the discourse Source: IDEO’S Ten Tips for Creating a 21st Century Classroom Experience - http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20090218/ideos-ten-tips-for-creating-a-21st-century-classroom-experience

  39. Guiding Question for the Workshop How can we create environments that support student learning for today and tomorrow? B10

  40. Represent Your Learning From Today www.bighugelabs.com 15

  41. Thank You For Your Participation • Please complete an evaluation • An online survey tool – www.surveymonkey.com 16

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