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21st Century Skills in a Lower School Classroom by Laurie S. Vennes The Lexington School
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21st Century Skills in a Lower School
Classroomby Laurie S. Vennes
The Lexington School
What is 21st Century Learning?
P21.org
21st Century Learning
21st Century Learning
Google Images
Results for Google Images: 21st Century Skills
This updates daily...
Wikipdia 21st Century Skills
Wikipedia
Buzz Word or Lifestyle?
• Hybrid Cars
• Recycling
• Handheld Devices
• Food
• Clothing
• Culture
• Climate Change
• National Security
• Overseas Military Engagments
• Facebook, Twitter, Google, Wiki-Everything, Intagram, Virtual Chat Rooms
21st Century Cafeteria
TLS Chef Ryan Blog "I-yam-what-I-yam"
Brainstorming Action Research
The Learner
Why Me?
Action ResearchFor my class I am researching:
Does activating prior knowledge through discussion boards improve student
comprehension?
Who Are Your Clients?
• Xbox Live
• 4G
• Internet Sensations:o Call Me Maybeo Justin Bieber
• eHarmony
• Craigslist
• Ordering Pizza/Wingzone
• 2nd Life [virtual relationships]
e-education
Who Are Your Clients?
• CA High School: Hack-A-Thon
• GoToMeeting.com
• k12.com
• Carpe Diem Schools
Carpe Diem Longboards
Carpe Diem Longboards
Dempster 12ft Windmill
In his pocket is an iPhone 4S
How do kids get information?
Mac Book open to Lego.com
iPhone
TV tuned to Walking Dead
Minecraft
Hands-On Technology
• As soon as they can hold it, children have access to iPhones, iPads, and Laptops.
21st Centuryschool wide
Rubicon Atlas
• Online Curriculum
• Essential Questions
iPads
18 educational uses for iPadsHow Classrooms are Benefitting from iPads
Open Court Resources
Confer App
Laptops
Laptops
Smart Board
Smart Board vs. White Board
Google Apps Accounts
Mission Skills Assessment
Mission Skills Assessment
Ning
TLS Ning
• A great way to stretch PD dollars
• Reduce personal and irrelevant emails from large distribution lists
• Sense of community
Lower School Meeting
Show & Tell
1st Grade BATS
Book Boxes
21st Century Readers
2nd Grade
SIP=Self-Initiated ProjectsMSA tracking
PBL: Covered Wagons
Project Based Learning
• collaboration
• time managment
• problems solving
• creativity
• learn as you go
Jimmy Harold Ching, Jr.
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
3rd Grade: Parent Night SlideThe Lexington School
21st Century Skills· Discussion Boards· iPads· Laptops· Student Computer & Listening Stations· Smart Board· Problem Solving· Green Communication· Online Access to Homework· Lexia & Student Data Analysis· Imagine This!
Discussion Boards
Mrs. Vennes's Discussion Boards
Try a new twist on journaling and focus questions.
Students post replies to teacher-led discussions.
TXTNG LNGSet expectations for Discussion Boards--
what works best for you?
3rd Grade
Team Challenges: 170+ Group Activities to Build Cooperation, Communication, & Creativity
by Kris Bordessa
4th Grade
• Record students reading on iPad for conferences.
• Mini-teach=students teach small groups lessons they have mastered.
• A picture is 'worth a 1,000 words'--great resource for writing report cards.
5th Grade
• Designing Science Lessons as a Group and Presenting to the Entire Class
• Science Concepts put to Adele song
• Flipped Math [next slide]
Flipped Classroom
• Use Jing or Camtasia to record a lesson.
• Upload and have students watch the lesson the night before.
• Class time is now free to discuss, work on projects, and tutor.
The Flip Side
Standing Behind the Camera/Phone
Spanish 1st-5th
• Calendars
• Students develop lessons for preschoolers
Fine Arts
• Choreograph Dances
• Improv on Keyboards
• Set Design
• Gallery Hop downtown Lexington
Lower School Meeting
Show and TellYour Ideas?
New Ideas for the 21st Century Classroom
Smartphone Reader
High School: Differentiate on math paper
simplek12
Hidden Web Tools eBook
• I get emails daily regarding web tools, iPad uses, and online PD.
• Once you are hooked into a company like this one, you are overloaded with ideas and resources.
Skype
Social Media
Google Sites
Google Sites
Like the idea of interacting with your students online?
Do Discussion Boards sound interesting?
Google Sites is friendly and FREE!
8 Google Tricks for your Classroom
Evernote
EndnoteTeach Citations?
Sometimes it's easier to take a picture:)
iJack
School Outfitters
Blogging
Great Ideaslinks provided
Tech-Literacy Centers
WebQuestshttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/>
Designed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, WebQuests begin with a well-designed task that is engaging and achievable for students. WebQuests will generate thinking and other skills that go beyond rote comprehension.
The WebQuest matrix at this site contains frequently asked questions and templates, and describes various tasks that can be designed as WebQuests.
Tech-Literacy Centers
Author StudiesStudents can choose a favorite author to research and
even e-mail through the Internet.
Many children's and young adult authors have Web sites to reach their readers.
Don't miss sites by Jan Brett <http://www.janbrett.com>, PatriciaPolacco <http://www.patricia-polacco.com>,
and Dav Pilkey, <http://www.pilkey.com>.
Tech-Literacy Centers
Progressive StoriesStudents can design and write their own stories as a group.
Each group in a center may add to the beginning, middle, or end of the story.
With Kid Fix, HyperStudio, or PowerPoint, the first group can construct a title slide and first slide to begin the story. As students rotate, the story builds, with the final group designing an ending.
These are great for collaboration and not to mention, fun!
Tech-Literacy Centers
BrainPophttp://www.BrainPop.com
Let Tim and Moby introduce your students to all that is amazing about our world. Topics include physical sciences, health, math, technology, and language arts. This site is fantastic for thematic units and integrated lessons.
Tech-Literacy Centers
Candlelight Stories <http://www.candlelightstories.com/HclpOFoodMem.htm>>
Candlelight Stories are enchanting ebooks students can read independently or enjoy as a listening center. Macromedia's Shockwave is used to bring the stories to life.
Tech-Literacy Center
TV, Radio, & Commercials
Have a Flip Camera? Put a 21st Century twist on book reports, prewriting, and research.
AssessmentRubrics
How do I assess?
Teach-nology<http://teachers.tcach-nology.com/>
Teach-nology is a Web portal with rubrics, worksheet generators, lesson plans, and classroom materials.
How do I assess?
Suggested Site: RubiStarhttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/>
RubiStar lets teachers customize online rubrics and save or print them. For a paperless assessment, teachers can provide a link directly to the rubric at the end of an assignment.
Show Discussion Board Rubric
How do I assess?
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
<://school.discovery.com/ schrockguide/>
Kathy has compiled an amazing library of information and tools for teachers. You will find everything from lesson plans and Web sites to teacher helpers, such as the lesson planner, Quiz Center, and Puzzlemaker.
Start Smallbecause you are already in the 21st Century
In-"VEST" Some Time to Get to Know Us
Publishing Space
Schoolhouse Rock on YoutubeSchoolhouse Rock
What Will it be Like in 10 Years?
• Playstation 2 was released in 2000• iPod was released October 2001• X-box came out November 2001• 5th Graders were born that year
• Most popular gifts and presents in 2001:o iPodo Harry Potter book 1o Razor Scooterso Bob the Builder
Who Are Your Clients?
"These tech-savvy, multi-media, multi-tasking digital natives navigate everyday life far differently than many of their digital immigrant teachers."
• Teaching in the 21st Century: A Review of the Issues and Changing Models in the Teaching Profession--Blackboard
Who Will Your Clients Be?
"...the 21st-century learner,the millennial, whose orientation to
technology is innate and who views technology not as a way to do something better or more efficiently than it was done before, but as the only way to do it."
-St. Lifer, E. (2005)
Share Ideas
ResourcesWe often hear that 21st century skills are NOT just about technology, but in case you were curious, what exactly ARE 21st century
skills, here are some great articles to take a look at:
What are 21st century skills? http://atc21s.org/index.php/about/what-are-21st-century-skills/
Partnership for 21st century skills: an overview: http://www.p21.org/
Video (examples) of 21st century skills in the classroom: http://www.secctv.org/video/?p=1306
The Connected Classroom (what are 21st century skills, and at the bottom are links to how other teachers have incorporated these skills): http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/Classroom
ASCD video of applying 21st skills in the classroom with real examples: http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol5/507-video.aspx
Six Steps for Implementing 21st Century Skills: http://www.ocmboces.org/tfiles/folder1041/6_Steps_to_Implement_21st_Century_Skills.pdf
21st century skills, where do we start?: http://www.creativelearningsystems.com/files/21st-Century-Skills-Where-Do-We-Start.pdf
