Connecting the Digital Dots

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CONNECTING THE DIGITAL DOTS

Creating 21st Century Learning Environments

LEARNING

21st Century

Skills

ToolsLearning

Environment

GUIDING QUESTION FOR THE WORKSHOP

How can we create environments that support student learning for today

and tomorrow?

TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION THE WORKSHOP WILL BRIEFLY EXPLORE:

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

PARKING LOTUse 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

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

WHAT WAS THE WORLD LIKE FOR YOU GROWING UP?

What events shaped your life?

What are the most significant changes from then to now?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7BLwrFS2I&feature=player_embedded

Don Tapscott - 2020 Shaping Ideas

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

CHANGING LANDSCAPES

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 Flat8

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”9- Education for the 21st Century: The Basics

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.”

10 – John Scharr

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.

11 – Charles Schultz

QUOTE # 5:

“Change is like dancing with a gorilla - you can't stop

because you're tired!”

– Anonymous

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

QUICK QUOTATIONSStand 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?

LEARNING

21st Century Skills

ToolsLearning

Environment

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

PORTRAIT OF A 21ST CENTURY LEARNERCreate 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

PORTRAIT OF A 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

Learner

Communicator

Collaborator

Innovator

Critical Thinker

Problem Solver

Media Literate

Digitally Literate

Civically Engaged

Globally Engaged

Environmentally Aware

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?

WHAT ARE THE SKILLS STUDENTS NEED NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE?

HOW CAN WE ASSESS WHERE WE ARE?NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS (NETS)

Yes In ProgressNot Yet

http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx A6

HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT NETS FOR YOUR STUDENTS? Go to the NETS Wiki and choose your

grade level.Select a lesson that interests youHow does it fit with the NETS standardsHow might you use it in your classroom?How might you change it?

http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net

LEARNING

21st Century

Skills

ToolsLearning

Environment

WITH YOUR TABLE GROUP…

What does a 21st century learning environment look like? Sound like?

Feel like?

ELEMENTS OF A 21ST CENTURY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Student Learnin

Design

Management

21st Century Classroom Wiki –http://21stcentury-classroom.wikispaces.com/Resources

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

BLOOM’S REVISED TAXONOMY

What are the similarities and differences?How might the new taxonomy support 21st century learners?

ELEMENT 2: MANAGEMENTWhat might be important to

consider when managing a classroom focused on 21st century learning?

MANAGEMENT Student Centered Teacher as Facilitator Adaptive and Flexible Community Environment Digital Citizenship

* Explore more information on the wiki - http://21stcentury-classroom.wikispaces.com

LEARNING

21st Century

Skills

ToolsLearning Environmen

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

TOOLS – EXAMPLES

Source:

• What tools have you heard of?• What tools have you used ?• How can this model be used to

consider student learning?

http://www.thedigitaldiet.com/ B8

YOUR TOP TEN LISTBased on your experiences and

learning today, what are your top tips for building 21st century skills and environments?

TEN TIPS FOR CREATING A 21ST–CENTURY CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE1. Pull, Don’t Push2. Create from Relevance3. Stop calling them “soft skills”4. Allow for variation5. No more sage onstage6. Teachers are designers

TEN TIPS FOR CREATING A 21ST–CENTURY CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE7. Build a learning community8. Be an anthropologist, not an

archaeologist9. Incubate the future10. 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

GUIDING QUESTION FOR THE WORKSHOP

How can we create environments that support

student learning for today and tomorrow?

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