NORTHWEST COLORADO BOCES COOPERATIVE WORKSHOP

INTRODUCTIONS AND WELCOME

Grounding question: Introduce yourself, your district, and

your role. What is the benefit of working

together as a consortium to develop common 21st Century Technology standards?

GOALS FOR TODAY

Develop a vision for a 21st century learning environment

“Unpack” the National Educational Technology Standards from ISTE

Create essential questions for teaching to these standards

Identify the knowledge and skills students will need at end of grade levels 2, 5, 8, and 12

Develop sample activities to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills

Agenda

GENESIS OF THE PROCESS

This work is only in its infancy across the nation and here in Colorado

NW BOCES technology coordinators and learning specialists cooperatively developed a draft template for Grades 6-8

Work can dovetail into the redrafting of Colorado State Standards (etc 2010) and CTE standards (see also TLF Recommendations).

21st Century Skills

Grade Level Groups

K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12

Group Activity

“What is your vision for the 21st century learning environment?” Select a person to report for your

group Discuss the question and record your

top three ideas Report out from groups (Cathleen and Marcia will compile into

group vision statement)

Break

Curriculum Development Process

Understanding by Design Rubicon Curriculum Mapping: video

Unpacking the ISTE Standards

“What does this standard mean to you?” “What questions do you have about this standard?

Work in groups – write comments and questions on sheets

Rotate to next standard – add to comments and questions and use green and red dots to indicate agreement and disagreement with previous comments

Continue until each group has looked at every standard Resolve any burning questions

Reflection on process – each group reports back to the large group

21st Century Standard Framework

Template for Work

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions Knowledge & Skills Activities

Resources

We need to use 21st century skills in our work:

Wiki: http://nwbocestech21.wikispaces.com/

Discussion Board (part of wiki) will be used for non-contact work until our next meeting

Task for Afternoon

Work in Grade Level Groups Using the UBD Process to :

Create essential questions for teaching to these standards

Identify the knowledge and skills students will need at end of grade levels 2, 5, 8, and 12

Develop sample activities to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills

Discussion before Dining

What experience have you had with the Understanding by Design Process?

Lunch

Understanding by Design

Overview of process

Group Work

Team Leaders How will you equally divide the work

in your group? Review resources (don’t reinvent the

wheel!!)

Break

Group Work

•Issues and stumbling blocks•Successes and aha moments

Process Review

Each group reports to the large group the status of their work and what they feel they still need to do

Next Steps

Work to complete Using the wiki and discussion board Next session date Next session overview

Evaluation and Feedback