21st Century in a Lower School Classroom

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

Twitter

Lower School Meeting

Show & Tell

1st Grade BATS

Book Boxes

21st Century Readers

2nd Grade

SIP=Self-Initiated ProjectsMSA tracking

3rd Grade

Scholastic News e-copy

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

• Teacher contact information:

• QR code maker website:Go QR

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?

Twitter

Instagram

Sometimes it's easier to take a picture:)

Instagram

mindmeisterhttps://www.mindmeister.com/159522011

Pinterest

Pinterest

iJack

School Outfitters

Blogging

My Blog

Laurie V's Blog

Great Ideaslinks provided

Tech-Literacy Centers

WebQuestshttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/&gt

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&gt>

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/&gt;

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/&gt

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)

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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