FINAL PRESENTATION

Susan FindlayTED 8700/Spring 2013

ME

○ Library Media Aide Falls City Middle/High School○ BS in Elementary Education○ Will complete my MS in El Ed with Library Media in the fall of 2013○ Married to husband Jeff, with 3 children, Elle, Jack,

and Hayden

Falls City Public SchoolsMission Statement

Falls City Public Schools Mission is to inspire our students to become innovative, resourceful, resilient, and responsible citizens.

http://www.fctigers.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/www.fctigers.org

21st Century Skills

● The goal for this project was to introduce 21st Century skills to the classroom with lessons using Reading/Critical Thinking, Writing/Communication, and Technology/Creativity strategies.

● Each of these strategies are key components in attaining our school's mission of inspiring our students to be innovative, resourceful, resilient and responsible global citizens.

Research on 21st Century Skills

Learning and Innovation Skills

Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that

separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments

in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking,

communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future

http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/60

● 6TH Grade● Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder● Other Help Impaired● Post Traumatic Stress Disorder● Speech Articulation● Has an 8 year old sister and lives with his Dad● Loves Ninjago and Graphic Novels

21st Century Goals for TaylorI want him to:

● Create new and worthwhile ideas

● Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively

● Interpret information and draw conclusions

● Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions

● Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions

● Demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with others

Lesson 1 - Reading/Critical ThinkingMarven of the Great North Woods

This lesson was an introduction to the book Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky

His objective was to make inferences from the text using anunderstanding of word relationships and meanings to drawconclusions and solve problems.

-Taylor went through the illustrations to predict outcomes-Used vocabulary flashcards from text-Listened to the story and followed along in the text using an iPad-Completed an assignment on problem solving

NE State Language Arts Standards

LA 6.1.5.C - Select and apply knowledge of context clues(e.g. word phrase, sentence, paragraph clues and re-reading) and text features (e.g. glossary, headings,subheadings, indexes, tables, maps, charts)

LA 6.1.6.0 - Use examples and details to make inferences or logical pre

Lesson 2 Writing/CommunicationPersonal Narrative

Objective is that he will be able to use prior knowledge and discussions to generate and develop ideas to write a personal narrative

-Re-Read the text Marven of the Great North Woods as an introduction to personal narratives

-We discussed narrative writing as when a storyteller (narrator) describes an event or series of events which can either be fiction or non-fiction

-We wrote out the characteristics of a personal narrativeCharacter-what do they look like? sound like?Setting-where is it? what time?Plot-sequence of events in storyChange-what did the characters learn? how did they change?

-Using a planning sheet created his focus for own personal narrative

NE State Language Arts Standards

LA 6.1.5.b - Relate new grade level vocabulary toprior knowledge and use in situations.

LA 6.1.6.e - Summarize, analyze, synthesize informational text using main ideas and supportingdetails.

LA 6.2.2.c - Write considering typical characteristicsof the selected genre (e.g. biography, report, businessmemo, poem, essay, email, podcast)

Lesson 3 Technology/CreativityComic Book Creator

The objective of this lesson was for Taylor to usetechnology to express his personal narrative throughvisual storytelling in a fun and creative way.

-Using his comic planning sheet Taylor mapped out his story-He learned how to format Comic Creator and chose his six frame comic strip-Using the images, captions and the speech and thought bubbles he created his comic template-Printed, colored and shared his story with his classmates

NE State Language Arts Standards

LA 6.1.6.c - Summarize narrative text using understanding of characters, setting, sequence of events,plots, and theme.

LA 6.1.6.p - Respond to text verbally, in writing, orartistically.

LA 6.3.3.c - Interact and collaborate with others in learning situations by contributing questions, information, opinions, and ideas using a variety ofmedia and formats.

I really enjoyed the opportunity to work one on one with Taylor. He is a fun and caring student who really thrived with the extra attention. Incorporating the 21st Century skills in these lessons helped me to become more aware of the strategies that I need to implement to make sure that my students are successful inside and out of the classroom. We are preparing our students for a future that will be challenging on a global scale, so we must insure that they have the skills that they need.

REFERENCESLasky, L. (1997). Marven of the great north woods. (1st ed.). New York: Harcourt

Framework for 21st century skills. (2011). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework

Saine, P., Wertz, J., & Gehr, L. (2012). "They Read the Book, Now What?" Using Digital Literacy to Engage Today's Students with Books. New England Reading Association Journal, 48(1), 104-11.

Rapp, D. (2011). Comic books' latest plot twist: Enhancing literacy instruction. Phi Delta Kappan, 93(4), 64-67. Retrieved from EBSCO Host.

Marzano, R. (2012). Writing to Learn. Educational Leadership, 69(5), 82-83.

Karbach, M. (Photographer). (2012). To be [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/33-digital-skills-every-21st-century.html