21st century learner and the iowa core curriculum
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This was a presentation for the 2009 ITEC conference.TRANSCRIPT
Making the Connection:
Iowa Core and the 21st Century Learner
2009 ITEC Presentation byToy Waterman
What’s the big deal about blogs, wikis, or any Web 2.0 tool? These tools can transform the classroom to embrace 21st century learners and the Iowa Core Curriculum. This session will discuss 21st century learner characteristics and the connection to the Iowa Core Curriculum.
What’s the big deal about blogs, wikis, or any Web 2.0 tool? These tools can transform the classroom to embrace 21st century learners and the Iowa Core Curriculum. This session will discuss 21st century learner characteristics and the connection to the Iowa Core Curriculum.
How are the 21st century learners different?
How are the 21st century learners different?
will use technologies that haven’t been invented to do jobs that don’t exist
networked multi-tasker digitally literate craves interactivity strong visual-spatial skills tethered to the Internet wants to learn things that
matter wants to be challenged to reach
their own conclusions
will use technologies that haven’t been invented to do jobs that don’t exist
networked multi-tasker digitally literate craves interactivity strong visual-spatial skills tethered to the Internet wants to learn things that
matter wants to be challenged to reach
their own conclusions
From Iowa Core Curriculum
Presentation
Our students of today…Our students of today…
A Vision of K-12 Students Today
iSchool Initiative
A Vision of K-12 Students Today
iSchool Initiative
What do 21st century learners need to survive?
What do 21st century learners need to survive?
Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration across networks and
learning by influence Agility and adaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Effective Oral and Written
Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information Curiosity and Imagination
from The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need—And What We Can Do About It, by Tony Wagner (Basic Books, 2008)
Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration across networks and
learning by influence Agility and adaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Effective Oral and Written
Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information Curiosity and Imagination
from The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need—And What We Can Do About It, by Tony Wagner (Basic Books, 2008)
What are 21st century tools?What are 21st century tools? Web 2.0 Mobile learning:
Pockets of Potential“Perhaps the most ubiquitous technology in children’s lives today are mobile devices - tools such as cell phones, iPod devices, and portable gaming platforms that traverse home, school, and play via the hands and pockets of children worldwide.”
Did You Know 4.0
Web 2.0 Mobile learning:
Pockets of Potential“Perhaps the most ubiquitous technology in children’s lives today are mobile devices - tools such as cell phones, iPod devices, and portable gaming platforms that traverse home, school, and play via the hands and pockets of children worldwide.”
Did You Know 4.0
Why should Iowa schools teach the 21st century
skills?
Why should Iowa schools teach the 21st century
skills?“Integrating 21st century skills into teaching and assessment, then, is not only an economic imperative, driven by changes in the workforce, but a vital aspect of improving student learning.”“Measuring Skills for the 21st Century, 2008” - Silva
“Integrating 21st century skills into teaching and assessment, then, is not only an economic imperative, driven by changes in the workforce, but a vital aspect of improving student learning.”“Measuring Skills for the 21st Century, 2008” - Silva
Iowa knows it is imperative!
Iowa knows it is imperative! Iowa legislature defined 21st
Century Skills as:
• Financial literacy• Health literacy• Technology literacy• Civic literacy • Employability skills
21st Century Skills Work Teams• Partnership for 21st Century Skil
ls• enGauge • SCANS• Contextually related national
standards
Iowa legislature defined 21st
Century Skills as:
• Financial literacy• Health literacy• Technology literacy• Civic literacy • Employability skills
21st Century Skills Work Teams• Partnership for 21st Century Skil
ls• enGauge • SCANS• Contextually related national
standards
21st Century Partnership21st Century Partnership
Partnership Route 21 Framework
NETS StandardsNETS Standards
Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
& Decision Making Digital Citizenship Technology Operations
andConcepts
Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
& Decision Making Digital Citizenship Technology Operations
andConcepts
ISTE’s NETS for Students Refreshed
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
CreatingEvaluatingAnalyzingApplyingUnderstandi
ngRememberin
g
CreatingEvaluatingAnalyzingApplyingUnderstandi
ngRememberin
g
Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally - Tech & Learning
Foundational MaterialFoundational Material
Iowa Core Curriculum21st Century Skills
Tech LiteracyNETS 2007 Student Standards
Creativity and InnovationCommunication and
CollaborationResearch and Information
FluencyCritical Thinking, Problem
Solving, and Decision Making
Digital CitizenshipTechnology Operations
and Concepts
Iowa Core Curriculum21st Century Skills
Tech LiteracyNETS 2007 Student Standards
Creativity and InnovationCommunication and
CollaborationResearch and Information
FluencyCritical Thinking, Problem
Solving, and Decision Making
Digital CitizenshipTechnology Operations
and Concepts
Are the 21st Century teachers different?
Are the 21st Century teachers different?
I hope not, as district 25 so well describes teachers…
“It’s not the ideas or descriptors that are different - the WORLD is different…” -Kristin Hokanson, technology interaction mentor, Upper Merion, PAhttp://lucygray.org
http://del.icio.us/tag/dist25
I hope not, as district 25 so well describes teachers…
“It’s not the ideas or descriptors that are different - the WORLD is different…” -Kristin Hokanson, technology interaction mentor, Upper Merion, PAhttp://lucygray.org
http://del.icio.us/tag/dist25
What does this all mean????
What does this all mean????
Teaching in the 21st Century
A Vision of 21st Century Schools
(This is a large file and will take time to download.)
Welcome to the 21st Century
Teaching in the 21st Century
A Vision of 21st Century Schools
(This is a large file and will take time to download.)
Welcome to the 21st Century
How does IACC change the school system?
How does IACC change the school system?
Educator professional development • 21st century
instruction• Authentic
assessmentsCollaboration
• Among teachers and students
• CommunityHigh expectations
• Each and every student
• Educators• Community
Educator professional development • 21st century
instruction• Authentic
assessmentsCollaboration
• Among teachers and students
• CommunityHigh expectations
• Each and every student
• Educators• Community
Expect a changing school environment• Project-based
learning• Time allocation• Student ownership
of learningTechnology
• Tool for learning• Breadth of options• Community
connections
Expect a changing school environment• Project-based
learning• Time allocation• Student ownership
of learningTechnology
• Tool for learning• Breadth of options• Community
connections
What are the tools of the 21st century educator?
What are the tools of the 21st century educator?
Iowa Core Curriculum Web Site PLCs supporting with social sites like
Ning Leadership teams within each school
using Etherpad and Moodle Support sites
Scenario Database Online Resources
netTrekkerThinkfinity
Web 2.0 Tools WebTools4U2Use Edutopia.org Social sites like
Classroom 2.0David Warlick
Iowa Core Curriculum Web Site PLCs supporting with social sites like
Ning Leadership teams within each school
using Etherpad and Moodle Support sites
Scenario Database Online Resources
netTrekkerThinkfinity
Web 2.0 Tools WebTools4U2Use Edutopia.org Social sites like
Classroom 2.0David Warlick
