Northwest colorado boces cooperative workshop

1. Northwest coloradoboces cooperative workshop

2. INTRODUCTIONS AND WELCOME • Grounding question: • Introduce yourself, your district, and your role. • What is the benefit of working together as a consortium to develop common 21st Century Technology standards?

3. GOALS FOR TODAY • Develop a vision for a 21st century learning environment • “Unpack” the National Educational Technology Standards from ISTE • Create essential questions for teaching to these standards • Identify the knowledge and skills students will need at end of grade levels 2, 5, 8, and 12 • Develop sample activities to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills

4. Agenda

5. GENESIS OF THE PROCESS • This work is only in its infancy across the nation and here in Colorado • NW BOCES technology coordinators and learning specialists cooperatively developed a draft template for Grades 6-8 • Work can dovetail into the redrafting of Colorado State Standards (etc 2010) and CTE standards (see also TLF Recommendations).

6. 21st Century Skills

7. Grade Level Groups • K-2 • 3-5 • 6-8 • 9-12

8. Group Activity • “What is your vision for the 21st century learning environment?” • Select a person to report for your group • Discuss the question and record your top three ideas • Report out from groups • (Cathleen and Marcia will compile into group vision statement)

9. Break

10. Curriculum Development Process • Understanding by Design • Rubicon • Curriculum Mapping: video

11. Unpacking the ISTE Standards • “What does this standard mean to you?” • “What questions do you have about this standard? • Work in groups – write comments and questions on sheets • Rotate to next standard – add to comments and questions and use green and red dots to indicate agreement and disagreement with previous comments • Continue until each group has looked at every standard • Resolve any burning questions • Reflection on process – each group reports back to the large group

12. 21st Century Standard Framework • Template for Work • Enduring Understandings • Essential Questions • Knowledge & Skills • Activities

13. Resources We need to use 21st century skills in our work: • Wiki: http://nwbocestech21.wikispaces.com/ • Discussion Board (part of wiki) will be used for non-contact work until our next meeting

14. Task for Afternoon • Work in Grade Level Groups • Using the UBD Process to : • Create essential questions for teaching to these standards • Identify the knowledge and skills students will need at end of grade levels 2, 5, 8, and 12 • Develop sample activities to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills

15. Discussion before Dining • What experience have you had with the Understanding by Design Process?

16. Lunch

17. Understanding by Design • Overview of process

18. Group Work • Team Leaders • How will you equally divide the work in your group? • Review resources (don’t reinvent the wheel!!)

19. Break

20. Group Work • Issues and stumbling blocks • Successes and aha moments

21. Process Review • Each group reports to the large group the status of their work and what they feel they still need to do

22. Next Steps • Work to complete • Using the wiki and discussion board • Next session date • Next session overview

23. Evaluation and Feedback