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21st Century Lessons
An Introduction to 21st Century Lessons, Available for free on ShareMyLesson.com
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Access 300,000+ free lesson plans like this one on Share My Lesson, developed by the American Federation of Teachers and TES Global: sharemylesson.com.
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Does Danica Build Her Own Racecar?* Races 150-160 times a year
* Drives a new car – every time.
* Goes home every night and builds the car
* By herself
* With limited resources and experience
19th Century Work Model
● Working in isolation
● Limited tools and resources
● Sometimes varying levels of background knowledge or experience w/particular topic
Advocates for Choice of Planning Models
● “No Teacher Should Have To Plan Alone.”
● Culture, tradition and policy for us to maintain the old model - without asking why?
A 21st Century Model of Teacher Collaboration
● Full units - not lesson plans
● Designed by expert colleagues
● Designers work in teams
● Aligned to Common Core
● Embedded with best practices
● Rigorous peer review
● Modifiable
● Free, free , free!!
What We Should Expect of “Free Stuff?”
● Super high quality
● Engage students
● Improve student achievement
● Support professional growth
● Support teachers with the new evaluation process
COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT
● Hired Directors and Lesson Designers
● Teams of designers studying and analyzing CCSS
● On-going discussion around most challenging concepts to teach
● Consensus on what content would be covered in full units
● On-going feedback loop
● Tech support
Download Numbers
● Our lessons have been downloaded over 86,000 times since February 2013
● Daily average last week was 600 DLs/per day
● Our view-to-download ratio is 1:1 on SML. Under 3 to 1 on BL.
● Strong ratio is about 7 to 1.
Directors:
Kathy Aldred - Co-Chair of the Boston Teachers Union Professional Issues Committee
Ted Chambers - Co-director of 21st Century Lessons
Tracy Young - Staffing Director of 21st Century Lessons
Leslie Ryan Miller - Director of the Boston Public Schools Office of
Teacher Development and Advancement
Wendy Welch - Curriculum Director (Social Studies and English)
Carla Zils – Curriculum Director (Math)
Shane Ulrich– Technology Director
Marcy Ostberg – Technology Evaluator
21st Century Lessons
The people…
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND US...
www.sharemylesson.com(This presentation as a webinar:
http://www.sharemylesson.com/ResourceDetail.aspx?storyCode=50033229&)
www.21stCenturyLessons.org