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Teaching 21st Century Students
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What Does It Mean
To Teach
In the 21st
Century?
If teachers can only provide:
- Content
- Facts
- Dates
- Formulas
- Research
- Theories
- Stories
- Information
Then our role in the
lives of students
is obsolete......
Students can find information on
- Anything
- Anytime
- Anywhere
Blogs
Cell Phones
Wikipedia
You Tube
I Pods
Virtually Limitless Information
We are the filter
What's the best credit
card deal for me?
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create
And what does Creation mean today?
- blogging
- podcasting
- animating
- planning
- recording
- designing
- programming
Where do these fit into Bloom's Taxonomy?
Where are they learning this?
- Friends?
- Strangers?
- Themselves?
Where do we expect them to learn about
Pirating
Plagarism
Slander
Copyright
Crowdsourcing
Confidentiality
So what does this mean for the classroom?
How could you gather and discuss data via
- Cellphone
- Crowdsourcing
- Online Surveys
- RSS Feeds
How could you talk about reliable sources using
- Delicious
- Wikipedia
- Blogs
- Podcasts
How could students publish and evaluate work using
- Wikis
- Nings
- Website Creators
- Video
- Audio
- Graphics
- Programming
How could students collaborate using
- Chat
- Skype
- Google Wave
- Google Docs
How could struggling students benefit from
- Wordles
- Virtual Manipulatives
- Audacity
- Video Lessons
- Dynamic Graphic Organizers
How could students in
- Art
- Drama
- Social Sciences
- Music
- Language Arts
- Math
- Science
- Foreign Language
Create an e-portfolio to store work and reflect on their progress?
Tonight's Homework:
Answer the following question using any resources you wish.
You must explain, justify, and evaluate your opinion and resources.
How many grains of sand are on an average beach?
What is the current relationship between India and Pakistan?
You have $1000 to donate toward hunger relief.
Which organization in which country would you give it to?
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Use data in your justification.
What are the top rated jobs in your country?
What required skills do these jobs have in common?
If you were trying to lose weight, would you
choose a popularized diet program?
(Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, etc.)
Why or why not?
Find an online presentation program.
Use it to create a 2 minute presentation describing
the pros and cons of the program.
What are the 3 most popular areas of research in physics today?
Read the terms and conditions of YouTube and summarize the key ideas.
But how do we manage
- laptops
- cellphones
- ipods
at school?
Any lesson you create,
no matter what tools are used...
Has to be
Engaging
But why does every lesson have to
entertain students with these new toys?
These tools are no longer about pure entertainment
Students do not need to be entertained
They need to be engaged.
Entertainment is not the same as engagement
Entertainment is passive
Engagement is active
Entertainment is for enjoyment
Engagement is for learning
Entertainment is short-lived
Engagement has long-term results
Entertainment doesn't
require relevance
Engagement is meaningful
and applicable
Entertainment allows escape
from problems
Engagement is solving problems
Entertainment is using
the creativity of others
Engagement is using the
creativity of the participant
Engagement can and should be fun and exciting
Our charge is to provide
meaningful and
powerful
engagement
So where does it start?
And remember the big picture....
2. Start small
What is one thing you
could do in the next unit
to better engage with
21st century skills?
1. See what's out there
- Find some sites
- Try some software
- Do some research
3. Collaborate
Don't do it all alone.
Plan carefully and ask
what others have
found successful
With
YOU
4. Take a risk
Change cannot
occur without
conflict. Try it
and see what
happens.
- Whatever
- Whenever
- Wherever
In the 21st Century?
What are the newest ideas and innovations I need to keep up with?
Sure, they can use
But has anyone shown them how to:
- VALIDATE information?
- SYNTHESIZE information?
- LEVERAGE information?
- COMMUNICATE information?
- COLLABORATE with information?
- PROBLEM SOLVE with information?
How do we teach
students to handle
these resources?
G GLE
Teachers are no longer the
main source of knowledge
How should
I invest
my savings?
Think about what you ask students to do.
When is the last time you had them
Create?
My connecting
flight was just
cancelled. What
do I do now?
searching
experimenting
uploading
twittering
paraphrasing
posting
linking
integrating
networking
sharing
attributing
And what about all the other tech skills?
mashing
tagging
bookmarking
reflecting
locating
editing
subscribing
commenting
How do I fix my car?
And what about
- Responsibility?
- Reliability?
- Integrity?
It means we need to rethink
the tools we use
and the types of problems
we ask students to solve
Should I rent or buy?
?
Professionalism?
?
With all of this information available,
Should our curriculum be focused on
facts and content
or
skills
?
How could students be challenged to solve problems online?
How would
your students
No matter what content you teach....
No matter what skills you teach...
No matter what subject you teach...
The question to ask is...
What's the fastest route home to avoid traffic?
Who should I vote for?
What kinds of discussions could
this create in the classroom?
What skills could students gain
through this process?
How could students
share
collaborate
compare
publish
these ideas?
Think of the possibilities
Where can I get
reliable news?
The same way you manage students using
- paper
- pencils
- textbooks
- notecards
The tools provide temptation,
but they are not the source of
negative behavior
How can I get my image
out there so companies
will hire me?
What is the most
efficient tool for
this project?
Relevant
Challenging
Think of the
skills you use
when you ask:
answer these questions?
Have you
asked
them?