Transcript 21st Century Classrooms

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21
Century Classrooms
Tammy Elledge
Coal City Unit District #1
[email protected]
Elements of 21st Century Instruction
Learner
Attitude and
Motivation
to Learn
Thoughtful
Engagement
Subject-Area
Content
Three Rs
Effective Use of Technology
Four Cs
Life and Career Skills
Partnership for
21st Century
Skills
The four Cs are not new areas of focus for classrooms or even new
goals for education. In a world in which information flows
instantaneously to a global audience, never before have
communication and collaboration been so vital. And creativity and
critical thinking are paramount in a global economy that rewards
innovation and in which routine tasks can be automated, but thinking
cannot.
Develop
Deepen their
The 4 Cs
understanding
of the content
Increase
retention
Be prepared for a
future that we can
only imagine!
thinking
routines or
models
Increase
interest in
the
subject
This is not one more thing to do …
Just change what you are already
doing …
Collaboration
• What do you think of when you think of
collaboration?
– In your professional life
– In the ‘real’ global world
– In the lives of our students
Wiki
• A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update
content on the site using their own Web browser. This
is made possible by Wiki software that runs on the
Web server. Wikis end up being created mainly by a
collaborative effort of the site visitors. A great example
of a large wiki is the Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia in
many languages that anyone can edit. The term "wiki"
comes from the Hawaiian phrase, "wiki wiki," which
means "super fast." I guess if you have thousands of
users adding content to a Web site on a regular basis,
the site could grow "super fast."
Wikipedia = Global Collaboration
The English version of Wikipedia has 4,616,677
content articles, and 33,942,865 pages in total. There
have been 737,873,598 edits. There are 839,818
uploaded files. There are 22,711,508 registered users,
including 1,386 administrators. (October 6, 2014)
Editing Wikipedia
What classroom projects could incorporate
the use of Wikipedia?
Google Sites
Google Sites
Share with students
Edit and add pages
Controlled by you
Application
• How can you use a wiki in your classroom?
– All students adding content to a topical wiki
– Student teams building subject specific wikis
– Classroom wiki that other
students/classrooms/the world contribute to ….
Whiteboards
• Apps/websites that allow multiple users to
interact simultaneously in a space in real time
Communication
• com·mu·ni·ca·tion
• noun \kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən\: the act or process
of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to
express or exchange information or to express
your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone
else
• : a message that is given to someone : a letter,
telephone call, etc.
• communications : the ways of sending
information to people by using technology
In Today’s Classroom
What tools can we use to extend communication beyond the four walls?
Blog
• Recording opinions, information, etc. on a
regular basis
• Entries are added and it becomes episodic
• Users state ideas and opinions and garner
comments and feedback from viewers.
• Lots of free tools allow for blogging
– http://edublogs.org/
Where is everyone social?
Sending Text Messages to the
Universe
What do we know about Twitter?
How can it be a tool for you or for your students?
Step 1: 140 Characters
Step 2: # and @
Step 3: Get Connected
Podcasting
Animations
Presentations
• Audio for the Web
– AudioBoo.fm
• Animations for the Web
– PuppetPals
– SockPuppets
– Toontastic
– dvolver.com
– Goanimate
• Presentations
– Google docs (presentation)
– Prezi
Critical Thinking
If student’s don’t learn facts while
concurrently thinking about how to
interpret and use those facts, students
won’t retain the information.