The 21 st Century Skills Teacher Supporting the 21 st Century Learner

1. The 21st Century Skills TeacherSupporting the 21st Century Learner Presented by: Ed Considine econsidine@boston.k12.ma.us Office of Instructional & Information Technology Eric Esteves esteves@boston.k12.ma.us Tech Boston

2. Making ConnectionsOnline Learning Online tools : Anywhere Anytime Learning: Increasing student engagement MassONE Wikis Blogs

3. Why 21st Century Learning Skills? Every one of our students is now competing in the new global economy. (They are living in a flat world!) The Nature of Work is changing Kay, Ken. "Preparing Students for the 21st Century: Weaving 21st Century Skills into K-12 Education" Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 29 Jan 2007. 23 Jun 2008 <http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

4. Why 21st Century Learning Skills? The demands of the 21st Century workforce are different “The job of education is to prepare students for jobs that don’t exist yet using tools that have not been created to solve problems that have not been faced before.” Kay, Ken. "Preparing Students for the 21st Century: Weaving 21st Century Skills into K-12 Education" Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 29 Jan 2007. 23 Jun 2008 <http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

5. Students Today • A third grader today has has never known a world without internet • 38% of grade 3-5 students participate in virtual worlds (a 58 percent increase over 2007) • 40% of students grades 3-5 have a cell phone. • 50 % have a laptop Speak Up 2008

6. 21st Century Skills Frameworks

7. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Andrew Churchs http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

8. Why Online learning? • to promote reflective analysis and the emergence of a learning community that goes beyond the school walls. • a way to communicate with students and parents, • used to archive and publish student work • To learn with, and ’manage’ the knowledge that members of the school community create • To provide resources: unique proportions of links, commentary, and personal thoughts and essays. • to organize in-class discussions. • to organize class seminars and to provide summaries of readings.

9. MassONEMassachusetts Online Network for Educators www.massone.mass.edu

10. What is MassONE? • MassONE is the DESE’s Online Network for Educators. • It provides Educators and Students access to online tools and resources anytime, anywhere.

11. MassONE offers a set of Web based tools to support teaching and learning.

12. MassONE Tools Workgroup Tools Homepage VHD (shared folder) Forums Surveys

13. Students and MassONE Teachers can access the SIMS database directly to find and roster their students. To learn more visit: MassONE Student Registration Tutorial

14. Each MassONE Educator has a “Personal Folder” accessible anywhere, anytime

15. Teaching and Learning Resources

16. Curriculum Tools allow Educators to access state standards and to create lesson plans

17. Current Uses of MassONE • Students can participate in online forums set up by their teachers. • Teachers can store lesson plans, and back up important documents • Staff can collaborate on curriculum projects, grant applications, NEASC documents etc.. • Host online Professional Development

18. Extend classroom activities • Collaborate Online • Engage in Debate / Discussion • Submit homework via “dropbox” • Save portfolios • Communicate, Collaborate and Connect

20. Why use wikis and blogs? • Wikis encourage collaborative learning and information sharing • They increase student engagement and participation • Wikis facilitate communication between teachers and parents and guardians Shakespeare WIki at Monument High

21. Blogging National Council of Teachers of English “Age of Composition”

22. With digital technology and, especially Web 2.0, it seems, writers are everywhere. BPS teacher's blog

24. Here’s what some teachers say: • “Never in 25 years of teaching have I seen a more powerful motivator for writing than blogs and wikis.” … “And that’s because of the audience. Writing is not just taped on the refrigerator and then put in the recycle bin. It’s out there for the world to see. Kids realize other people are reading what they write” – Mark Ahlnes • “Even when they’re out sick, students work on their blogs.” – Carol Barsotti • “I’ve got 6th graders coming in during their lunch and after school to add articles to their blog and to respond to their classmates’ articles.” – Al Gonzalez • “The response has been tremendous. Students seem so much more willing to blog in their own space and time. They seem less inhibited and more enthusiastic.” – Beth Lynne Ritter-Guth

25. Technology Tools to Help Meet the Framework Learning and Innovation Skills: Communication and Collaboration

26. Technology Tools to Help Meet the Framework Learning and Innovation Skills: Creativity and Innovation Google Earth Keynote Digital Storytelling Google Sites