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katherine bonesteel

What is 21st Century Education - 1 views

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21st century learning

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  • ow should education be structured to meet the needs of students in this 21st century world?  How do we now define “School”, “Teacher” “Le
  • arner” and "Curriculum"?   
  • Schools in the 21st century will be laced with a project-based curriculum for life aimed at engaging students in addressing real-world problems, issues important to humanity, and questions that matter
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  • This is a dramatic departure from the factory-model education of the past.  It is abandonment, finally, of textbook-driven, teacher-centered, paper and pencil schooling.  It means a new way of understanding the concept of “knowledge”, a new definition of the “educated person”.  A new way of designing and delivering the curriculum is required.
  • We offer the following new definitions for “School”, “Teacher” and “Learner” appropriate for the 21st century
  • Schools will go from ‘buildings’ to 'nerve centers', with walls that are porous and transparent, connecting teachers, students and the community to the wealth of knowledge that exists in the world.
  • Teacher - From primary role as a dispenser of information to orchestrator of learning and helping students turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom. 
  • The 21st century will require knowledge generation, not just information delivery, and schools will need to create a “culture of inquiry”.
  • Learner - In the past a learner was a young person who went to school, spent a specified amount of time in certain courses, received passing grades and graduated.  Today we must see learners in a new context:
  • First – we must maintain student interest by helping them see how what they are learning prepares them for life in the real world. 
  • Second – we must instill curiosity, which is fundamental to lifelong learning.   
  • Third – we must be flexible in how we teach.  
  • ourth – we must excite learners to become even more resourceful so that they will continue to learn outside the formal school day.”
  • So what will schools look like, exactly?  What will the curriculum look like?  How will this 21st century curriculum be organized, and how will it impact the way we design and build schools, how we assess students, how we purchase resources, how we acquire and utilize the new technologies, and what does all this mean for us in an era of standardized testing and accountability?
  • Imagine a school in which the students – all of them – are so excited about school that they can hardly wait to get there.  Imagine having little or no “discipline problems” because the students are so engaged in their studies that those problems disappear. Imagine having parents calling, sending notes, or coming up to the school to tell you about the dramatic changes they are witnessing in their children:  n
  • ewly found enthusiasm and excitement for school, a desire to work on projects, research and write after school and on
  • Imagine your students making nearly exponential growth in their basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, researching
  • weekends
  • explorations, math, multimedia skills and more! 
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  • 0th Century Classroom vs. the 21st Century Classroom
Shane Freeman

Mindmapping, concept mapping and information organisation software - 0 views

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mindmapping mindmap software visualization collaboration web2.0

shared by Shane Freeman on 11 May 10 - Cached
  • information organisation Try the new Razor-sharp Mind Mapping search engine Read how to Exchange mind map files with other software Get the skinny on All the FREE web-based mind mappersLearn about all the Mind map libraries Vic's compendium of software that supports knowledge management and information organisation in graphical form. Includes mind mappers, concept mappers, outliners, hierarchical organisers, KM support and knowledge browsers, 2D and 3D. The opinions are Vic's but material in quotes that follows "What they say" is quoted from the vendors' web sites. Product names used in this web site are for identification purposes only and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.  Please let me know of any software that isn't here but should be: Vic [at] the above domain.  If you find this site useful and have your own web pages or blog, please let other people know by linking here - thanks! ResourcesRefine software listBlog Resources
Shane Freeman

Google Reader (72) - 1 views

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  • Shane Freeman on 17 Jan 12
     
    One group imagined themselves in the lobby of the White House and created a preso that could be used to inform visitors on the history and importance of the White House.
Shane Freeman

What Belongs in a 21st-Century Classroom? Faculty and IT Staff Disagree - Wired Campus ... - 0 views

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web2.0 technology

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  • Shane Freeman on 23 Jul 10
     
    Faculty members and information-technology staff members alike say technology is useful for teaching and learning, but professors take a narrower view of what technology belongs in today's classroom, according to a report released on Monday by the technology company CDW Government Inc.
Shane Freeman

Building an Online Presence More Important Than Ever - 0 views

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digital_footprint digitalcitizenship

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  • Shane Freeman on 19 Sep 10
     
    Educators have long cautioned students about posting damaging information online, but now it's also becoming important to build a positive digital footprint. When should students start building their online persona? The earlier, the better.
Shane Freeman

Welcome - The Flow of History - 0 views

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history flowcharts socialstudies

shared by Shane Freeman on 28 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Shane Freeman on 28 Oct 10
     
    On this site, you will find several hundred pages of information describing the flow of history, from the evolutionary processes that formed our bodies, to the forces of globalization that exploded in the 1990s. It is detailed, engaging reading-the result of over 25 years of continuous refinement for actual classroom use. Reading about a period will fill your head with facts and names about your chosen topic like any good history textbook. But you won't remember the important lessons-the ones that history classes exist in order to teach us, so that we don't each have to learn them on our own. Good students studying traditional History texts learn much about the past, but even the best rarely take the lessons of the past with them when they leave class. As a history teacher at University High School in Urbana, Illinois since 1979, I have developed a method for teaching history, using a series of about 200 cross-referenced flowcharts and over 100 powerpoint multimedia lecture outlines to help students see history as a dynamic process of causes and effects, not just a meaningless list of names and dates. With this website you can help bring about a revolution in the History classroom, producing students that deeply understand the past and enjoy learning about it. » printer-friendly version
Kathy Aldridge

SparkNotes: The Outsiders - 0 views

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NOVEL-TheOutsiders

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  • Kathy Aldridge on 14 Dec 10
     
    Detailed information needed when teaching the novel
Leigh Hopkins

The Global Connection Project - 0 views

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googleeart nationalgeographic

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  • Leigh Hopkins on 03 Jan 11
     
    "The Global Connection Project develops software tools and technologies to increase the power of images to connect, inform, and inspire people to become engaged and responsible global citizens. "
Shane Freeman

LEARN NC :: News, information, and updates » Blog Archive » Join us for the L... - 0 views

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news information updates

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  • Shane Freeman on 20 Oct 11
     
    Join us for the LEARN NC fall interactive conference POSTED OCTOBER 20, 2011 · BY EMILY · IN BULLETIN BOARDOn Monday, November 7, LEARN NC will host our annual fall conference. This year, for the first time, the conference will take place entirely online. You'll be able to listen to the presenters, pose questions, and interact with other participants from any internet-connected computer. And, as always, the conference is entirely free! We'll be joined by an exciting line-up of presenters, who will discuss topics like how to reach struggling readers, teaching about North Carolina American Indians, modeling-based science instruction, and the state's adoption of new curriculum standards and professional teaching standards. Presenters include classroom teachers, UNC faculty members, and leaders from DPI. The conference will consist of eight sessions, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All sessions will be archived for future viewing. For more details and to register, please see the conference website. We look forward to seeing you there!
Leigh Hopkins

Math Trails Information - 1 views

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math pbl problemsolving

shared by Leigh Hopkins on 01 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Leigh Hopkins on 01 Dec 10
     
    "The Math Trail expeditions are activities in which students explore their communities, find real-life illustrations of math concepts they are studying, create problems based on their discoveries, and describe solutions for the problems. "
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