Recently, there has been heightened interest in 21st century learning. What is 21st century learning? How to operationalize it? Where are the promising practices?
Many 21st Century skills fall into the category of social and emotional competencies and higher order thinking. George Lucas' Educational Foundation (www.glef.org) features many interesting articles and video clips to support the increase of SEL and Project Based Learning in our schools. Check out the examples of 21st century skills in action! Joan
It is a good to sum up the essence of 21st Century Skills: the category of social and emotional competencies and higher order thinking. I am wondering if someone has mapped out the two dimension matrix of the revised Bloom's taxonomy with examples or samples of educational objectives with specific technology integration experiences. Love to know.
An interesting compilation of 21st Century Skills information along with a school level view of Bloom's taxonomy. Hope you find it interesting as well: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
I am interested in learning more in this area. My district is in the process of revising the APPR and encourging teachers to move beyond teaching to the test.
Thanks for sharing, Sue. I wished they videoed the presentations and would share it in a place like here. Here is a link to the video on what Rochester City School District has been doing to create 21st century learning environment with their EETT Competitive Grants and let me know your reaction to it.
Having Lee Crockett present to the staff and community in Southold about 21st Century Learning was inspiring and will stimulate an ongoing dialogue to all stakeholders.
I have been doing a lot of work in my LOTE classes in Middle School in preparing my students to become the 21st century learners they will need to be as they enter High School. I find that even though they are extremely "net-savy" they still need to learn and practice the basics of proper nettiquette, how to browse and upload a file, and how to post a possitive and informative response in a discussion forum so as to continue the conversations.
I find that it is exciting for them and myself as they discover new ways of expressing themselves digitally, especially in a foreign language. I've been using Moodle for two years now and have broadened my methods of use through vocal recordings and audio downloads, both student and teacher created. The most challenging part is to find the time to explore all the great resources that the students often send me for extra credit that relate to the topics in class and on the site.
Plus, as APPR and data collection is really going to have an impact on more content areas; I have a year's worth of written and spoken responses for all of my classes at my fingertips, and it is so wonderful to have the students go back and reflect on what they've noticed they've improved on, and how they could still improve. How great is that!?!
11th and 12th graders should take a course in the healthcare field either onlne or at a local college or university.
Healthcare is one of the few areas where there are jobs.
Even if the student is preparing for college, it's a good idea.
If the student will attend college from home or if he/she plans to go away to a college or university, it's a good idea. There are healthcare jobs in almost every college town.
And what college kid doesn't need a few extra bucks?
Students and parents should look at Condensed Curriculum International.
Where I live, this is increasing by leaps and bounds...much to the frustration of teachers. Some of the 21st century competencies need to be inculcated among parents as well- many schools here regularly hold interactive sessions with parents to win them over as partners.
As an elementary curriculum specialist, I've tried to pull together complex ideas into one-pagers for teachers who are just beginning to examine how 21st Century Skills provide a lens for teaching/instruction/teacher's role and learning/student's role. I hope these are useful for anyone looking for this type of tool or creation. Because I support elementary social studies, there are instances where wording takes on a social studies lens.
Joan Fretz
Mar 30, 2008
Teh-yuan Wan, Ph.D.
Mar 31, 2008
Sheldon Bernstein
Aug 26, 2009
Nicole Schimpf
Jan 18, 2011
Dr. Cheryl Scheidet
Feb 12, 2011
Teh-yuan Wan, Ph.D.
Thanks for sharing, Sue. I wished they videoed the presentations and would share it in a place like here. Here is a link to the video on what Rochester City School District has been doing to create 21st century learning environment with their EETT Competitive Grants and let me know your reaction to it.
IT and IM&T Movie or (http://www.rcsdk12.org/it)
Mar 22, 2011
David A. Gamberg
Mar 25, 2011
Kristen Romond
I have been doing a lot of work in my LOTE classes in Middle School in preparing my students to become the 21st century learners they will need to be as they enter High School. I find that even though they are extremely "net-savy" they still need to learn and practice the basics of proper nettiquette, how to browse and upload a file, and how to post a possitive and informative response in a discussion forum so as to continue the conversations.
I find that it is exciting for them and myself as they discover new ways of expressing themselves digitally, especially in a foreign language. I've been using Moodle for two years now and have broadened my methods of use through vocal recordings and audio downloads, both student and teacher created. The most challenging part is to find the time to explore all the great resources that the students often send me for extra credit that relate to the topics in class and on the site.
Plus, as APPR and data collection is really going to have an impact on more content areas; I have a year's worth of written and spoken responses for all of my classes at my fingertips, and it is so wonderful to have the students go back and reflect on what they've noticed they've improved on, and how they could still improve. How great is that!?!
Jun 7, 2012
Sidney B. Gilman
11th and 12th graders should take a course in the healthcare field either onlne or at a local college or university.
Healthcare is one of the few areas where there are jobs.
Even if the student is preparing for college, it's a good idea.
If the student will attend college from home or if he/she plans to go away to a college or university, it's a good idea. There are healthcare jobs in almost every college town.
And what college kid doesn't need a few extra bucks?
Students and parents should look at Condensed Curriculum International.
www.condensedcurriculum.com
They have been offering healthcare certificate courses since 1993.
Sidney B. Gilman, Registered Pharmacist
President
Dec 4, 2012
Payal Mahajan
Where I live, this is increasing by leaps and bounds...much to the frustration of teachers. Some of the 21st century competencies need to be inculcated among parents as well- many schools here regularly hold interactive sessions with parents to win them over as partners.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-pare...
May 20, 2013
Stuart Chandler
As an elementary curriculum specialist, I've tried to pull together complex ideas into one-pagers for teachers who are just beginning to examine how 21st Century Skills provide a lens for teaching/instruction/teacher's role and learning/student's role. I hope these are useful for anyone looking for this type of tool or creation. Because I support elementary social studies, there are instances where wording takes on a social studies lens.
Jan 7, 2014