21st Century Skills-Weds. Staff Development
Check out Ed Caughlin's slides about how life has changed over the past 40 years. Brainstorm what skills students will need to succeed for this new future. (15min.)
What are 21st century skills?
With a partner from your grade level read over one of the skill areas and brainstorm what activities at the K-2 level would look like to strength and teach these skills. (10 min)
Next meet with your grade level (form 2 groups of 4) to share your ideas. (5 min per person).
Which skills are you already doing a stellar job with? Which were more difficult to think up activities for? Which would you personally like to strengthen?
For an indepth discussion on each skill see Literacy in the Digital Age
Samples of Authentic Learning at Water Habitat Project and at Quilt Project
Starting your own project
1. What product would you like to make or have your students make?
2. How will stdts benefit from this product?
3. How can technology support you and your product?
4. How will other teachers be able to access the knowledge/product you have created?
5. What standards will your product address?
6. What 21st century skills will be encorporated into your product?
7. What resources (equipment, training, time, etc.) will you need to accomplish your goals.
Sample Projects
-Build a web page or a blog to publish student work and share learning with parents and the community.
-Build an intervention program with HelpMe2Learn or Accelerated Reader.
-Build support for your science/social studies with multimedia like streaming video or slideshows.
-Make HM more interactive and authentic by building a database of Kidpix or Kidspiration lessons.
-Enhance reading practice by making "book videos" using iMovie.
-Extend learning with independant center activities like free online games.
-Build projects that integrate cross-curricular standards with Powerpoint or Word.
-Create teacher presentations that include multiple learning modalities with Keynote, Powerpoint, or iPhoto.
-Investigate and implement project based learning in your classroom.
-Create a database of lessons that employ differentiated instruction.
-Come up with your own idea!
See my Project
What is your project idea? Post it here!
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