21st century

Feb 11

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21st-Century Skills Resources

• 21st Century Partnership Framework: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php

• 21st Century ICT Maps http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=33

• Apple’s Classroom of Tomorrow, Today http://ali.apple.com/acot2/

• Curriculum 21 (edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs) http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Authors/Heidi_Hayes_Jacobs.aspx

Introduction & Rationale

“Changing World” Stats

• Ian Jukes’ Committed Sardines Blog http://www.committedsardine.com/handouts.cfm

• “Learn to Change, Change to Learn” video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiby3m_RyM

• PBS Frontline’s Digital Nation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/?utm_campaign=viewpage&utm_medium=grid&utm_source=grid

• Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation

21st century themes

Global Awareness• Stanford Institute of Design K12

http://www.stanford.edu/group/dschool/k12/

• Asia Society http://www.asiasociety.org/

• I-Earn http://iearn.org/

• Taking It Global http://www.tigweb.org/

• Care http://www.care.org/index.asp?

• http://www.charitywater.org/

Economic & Financial Literacy • The Girl Effect http://www.girleffect.org/#/home/

• Kiva http://www.kiva.org/

• Consumer Jungle http://www.consumerjungle.org/

• Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/financial-literacy-introduction

• Global Stock Market Simulation http://www.globalstockchallenge.com/about.php

Civic Literacy• Time Magazine “Call to Service”

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1657256_1657317_1657570,00.html

• Digital Citizenship

http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/

• Learning To Give http://learningtogive.org/

• Circle http://www.civicyouth.org/

Health Literacy

• Focused Fitness http://www.focusedfitness.org/

• Edutopia Health articles & video http://www.edutopia.org/exercise-fitness-brain-benefits-learning & http://www.edutopia.org/edible-schoolyard-video

• Online P.E. http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/08/virtual-pe-no-sweat.aspx

Environmental Literacy• Siemens “We Can Change The

World” Contest http://siemens.discoveryeducation.com/

• NBC’s iCUE http://www.icue.com/ (plus US History, AP Language & AP Gov)

• Environmental Literacy Council http://www.enviroliteracy.org/

Creativity & Innovation• “Ted Talks” App http://www.ted.com/

• Sir Ken Robinson’s Ed site http://www.sirkenrobinson.com/

• Annenberg Media’s Art classes http://www.learner.org/

• Daniel Pink (A Whole New Mind) Blog http://www.danpink.com/

• Wordle (creating speech clouds) http://www.wordle.net/

TEDtalks are a must!!!

Critical Thinking• Edutopia’s look at “Project Learning”

http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning (all the videos are also found at “Beyond Campus” Itunes store under iTunesUt

• “10 Concepts Introduction” to any course is from November Learning http://novemberlearning.com/

• Critical Thinking Community (posters & questions & videos are online at their site & youtube): http://www.criticalthinking.org/

• IDE (paid service for Project-based activities) http://www.idecorp.com/

Communication• Prezi presentations

http://prezi.com/

• Video conferencing (1:1 skype; more than 1:1 use oovoo or palbee) http://www.oovoo.com/

http://www.skype.com/ http://www.palbee.com/index.aspx

• Online presentation tools (a la PowerPoint) that allow “cloud” collaboration: http://www.zoho.com/ ,

http://www.slideshare.net & google presentation at http://docs.google.com

Collaboration

• Examples of websites where students actively contribute and have the power to add/edit content: Ning social networks (

www.ning.com), wikis (www.wikispaces.com), and Google Sites and/or Zoho

• Full 21st-Century Maps (English) http://21ctlearning.pbworks.com/f/21st_century_skills_english_map.pdf & http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/ss_map.pdf (social studies)

Information Literacy• Boolean sites & Google examples come from

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ (specifically from his “Beyond Google” guide); 3 examples were Google Related Searches, Timeline & Wonder Wheel

• “In Plain English” vids (web 2.0 examples) can be found on YouTube or the Common Craft website http://www.commoncraft.com/

All sites are linked from my social bookmarking page (especially check out the Look Sharp program): http://delicious.com/mrsanchez/media_literacy

ICT Literacy

• ICT Literacy Maps (including math, science, geography, English & SS) http://21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=33

• Create your own video tutorial w/out camera: Jings! (Or have students create them for difficult concepts) http://www.jingproject.com/

ICT Literacy

• ICT Literacy Maps (including math, science, geography, English & SS) http://21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?

option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=33

• Create your own video tutorial w/out camera: Jings! (Or have students create them for difficult concepts) http://www.jingproject.com/

ICT Literacy

• ICT Literacy Maps (including math, science, geography, English & SS) http://21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?

option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=33

• Create your own video tutorial w/out camera: Jings! (Or have students create them for difficult concepts) http://www.jingproject.com/

ICT Literacy

• Edutopia’s tech site

http://www.edutopia.org/tech-integration

• Check out each & every MIT class online (for free) on MIT OpenCourseWare and other virtual courses on Itunes U (plus museums at their “Beyond Campus”)

Life Skills: Productivity & Accountability

• Online assignments such as blogging or VOICETHREAD (http://voicethread.com/) force students to do their best, especially since their work is “public” among peers

Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

• To promote perspective consciousness, all students k-12 read versions of the same story over the summer (Three Cups of Tea)

• It became a community read for our two towns

Life Skills Reads

• For self-direction, see Daniel Pink’s Drive (animated preview at www.danpink.com)

• For social skills, see the empathy chapter in Howard Gardner’s new Five Minds for the Future (a great book!)

Flexibility & Accountability• Cloud Institute’s Mission: We aim to “ensure the viability of sustainable

communities by leveraging changes in K-12 school systems to prepare young people for the shift toward a sustainable future. We monitor the evolving thinking and skills of the most important champions of sustainability, and transform them into educational materials and a pedagogical system that inspires young people to think about the world, their relationships to it, and their ability to influence it in an

entirely new way.” http://www.sustainabilityed.org/