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Nathan Gingras

Why PBL? | Project Based Learning | BIE - 2 views

  • In the 21st century workplace, success requires more than basic knowledge and skills. In PBL, students not only understand content more deeply but also learn how to take responsibility and build confidence, solve problems, work collaboratively, communicate ideas, and be creative innovators.
  • The Common Core and other present-day standards emphasize real-world application of knowledge and skills, and the development of the 21st century competencies such as critical thinking, communication in a variety of media, and collaboration. PBL provides an effective way to address such standards.
  • Modern technology – which students use so much in their lives – is a perfect fit with PBL. With technology, teachers and students can connect with experts, partners, and audiences around the world, and use tech tools to find resources and information, create products, and collaborate more effectively.
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    "In the 21st century workplace, success requires more than basic knowledge and skills. In PBL, students not only understand content more deeply but also learn how to take responsibility and build confidence, solve problems, work collaboratively, communicate ideas, and be creative innovators."
marciapeterson

21st-Century Libraries: The Learning Commons | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Transforming the library into a learning commons, with details about a school library in Chicago.
stephanie karabaic

Education 3.0 Introductory Podcast - 0 views

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    THis is what education should be at this point in the 21st Century and we should be teaching this way
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    THis is what education should be at this point in the 21st Century and we should be teaching this way
Jill Abair

Educators Need to be 21st Century Learners Too... - 1 views

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    Amy Heavin is the principal at Ryan Park Elementary School, MSD of Steuben County in Angola, IN. She has been a school administrator since 2010, and taught middle school English for 8 years prior. Passionate about curriculum and instruction, she pursues learning opportunities to blend 21st century essential skills instruction with best practices.
Eric Telfer

7 Inspiring TED Talks on the 21st Century Curriculum ~ Educational Technology and Mobil... - 1 views

  • This dynamic shift in students learning styles requires a specific kind of curriculum, one that responds to their different emerging needs and help them make the best of their learning experiences and most important of all, prepares them for jobs that are not yet created
  • In this talk from TEDGlobal 2012, computer science professor Shimon Schocken shares the idea that educators don’t necessarily need to actively teach, but instead can provide an environment for self-learning
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      Very provocative claim, and I don't think that this would necessarily fly with high school students at some levels.
  • What kind of school would have teenagers fighting to get in, not fighting to stay out?
    • Eric Telfer
       
      Perhaps use this quote to work on the Vision assignment this week. 
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  • Bir Sethi shares the story of children who were taught the importance of literacy and who were inspired to hold a campaign to educate their illiterate parents
    • Eric Telfer
       
      Likely comparable to the narratives the Heaths use in Switch (malnutrition in Vietnam, Dr. Esserman, saving 100,000 lives)
Leah Starr

Flipping The Classroom… A Goldmine of Research and Resources To Keep You On Y... - 0 views

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  • Resources To Better Understand Flipping the Classroom
  • Resources To Promote Higher Level Thinking, 21st Century Skills, and Formative Learning in  the Flip. 
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  • Higher Level Thinking Skills… Two Way Interaction…. Formative Learning… 21st Century Skills
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    Resources on how to flip the classroom...
leahammond

True Grit: The Best Measure of Success and How to Teach It | Edutopia - 0 views

  • predict academic success
  • “Grit Scale”
  • grit is a better indicator of GPA and graduation rates. (IQ, however, is very predictive of standardized test scores.)
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  • Some would argue that grit is inherent in Albert Bandura’s research on self-efficacy, and that resilience is also part of i
  • tackling grit in my classroom and school.
  • Read Books About Grit
  • Talk About Grit
  • Share Examples
  • elp Students Develop a Growth Mindset
  • rol Dweck from Stanford University teaches us that students who have a growth mindset are more successful than those who think that intelligence is fixed. 5. Reframe Problems Using stories and examples from Malcom Gladwell's book David and Goliath, we talk about "desirable difficulties." Students need perspective about problems to prevent them from giving up, quitting or losing hope. 6. Find a Framework I use Angela Maiers' Classroom Habitudes as my framework. The KIPP framework specifically includes grit as one of its seven traits. Find one that works for your school and includes clear performance values. 7. Live Grittily You teach with your life. Perhaps that is why Randy Pausch's Last Lecture and David Menasche's Priority List resonate. These teachers used their own battle with death itself as a way to teach. But you don't have to die to be an effective teacher. Our own work ethic yells so loudly that kids know exactly what we think about grit. 8. Foster Safe Circumstances That Encourage Grit Never mistake engaging, fun or even interesting for easy. We don't jump up and down when we tear off a piece of tape because "I did it." No one celebrates easy, but everyone celebrates championships and winners because those take grit (and more). We need more circumstances to help kids to develop grit before they can "have it." Tough academic requirements, sports and outdoor opportunities are all ways to provide opportunities for developing grit. Verena Roberts, Chief Innovation Officer of CANeLearn says: One of the best ways to learn about grit is to focus on outdoor education and go out into the wild. Grit is about not freaking out, taking a deep breath, and moving on. 9. Help Students Develop Intentional Habits Read about best practices for creating habits, because habits and self-control require grit. 10. Acknowledge the Sacrifice Grit Requires Grit takes time, and many students aren't giving it. In their 2010 paper "The Falling Time Cost of College", Babcock and Marks demonstrate that, in 1961, U.S. undergraduates studied 24 hours a week outside of class. In 1981, that fell to 20 hours, and in 2003, it was 14 hours per week. This is not to create a blame or generation gap discussion, but rather to point out the cost of being well educated. We are what we do, and if we study less and work less, then we will learn less. Educators Need Grit Now we as teachers just need the grit to do whatever it takes to turn education around, and that starts with hard work and our own modern version of true grit. Teaching it and living it is now front and center in the education conversation. Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher's Profile Sign in or register to post Sign in to vote! (3) The Educational Benefits of GritThe character traits of determination, adaptability and reflection add up to a critical 21st century skill.<< Previous Next >> Learn More About Education Trends Latest Reconnecting Adults With Playful Learning A New Must-Read for All Educators Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers What Is Personalization, Really? 20 Top Pinterest Tips Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Computer Fundamentals, Computer Science and IT Integrator from Camilla, GA follow: http://www.facebook.com/coolcatteacherhttp://www.twitter.com/coolcatteacherhttps://plus.google.com/+VickiDavishttp://www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher/http://www.linkedin.com/in/coolcatteacher/http://www.pinterest.com/coolcatteacher Related Tags: Education TrendsCollege ReadinessResilience and GritCharacter EducationAll Grades In This Series T
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    How and why to teach students grit
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    Grit! Who knew?!
Chelsea Turley

7 Inspiring TED Talks on the 21st Century Curriculum ~ Educational Technology and Mobil... - 0 views

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    I always find Ted Talks to be inspiring when I need a little lift me up. I had not seen any of these before today. I watched the bacteria/virus science one, and plan on watching more soon. 
Leah Starr

Blogging in the 21st-Century Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • First and foremost, student writing is improving by leaps and bounds
  • Their improved skills transfer to formal work.
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      Example of rhetorical questions prompt.
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  • A mini-lesson and quick in-class prompt using rhetorical questions has resulted not only in well-argued blog posts, but also in students excitedly telling me how they used that technique for their HSPA persuasive task.
  • Introverted students tend to share more online than they do in person; blogging is an invaluable way for me to get to know them better as people and students.
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      Blogging gets more students involved. Introverts can have their voices heard.
  • t’s no secret that students value an authentic audience for their writing.
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      Authentic audience!
  • Encouraging students to blog about topics from other classes helps them see connections among subjects and realize that writing is a worthwhile skill in any field.
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    This articles shows how engaging and beneficial blogging can be in the classroom.
kellyenterline

The Promise of Schools as Digital Citizenship Hubs - Connected Learning Alliance - 0 views

  • Surveys from over a thousand K-12 teachers suggest that 60% of teachers used a digital citizenship resource or curriculum in 2019, but this statistic does not speak to how often teachers were able to talk about digital citizenship over the course of the year (once a week, once a month, once a year?).
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      Though I do some digital citizenship lessons in my library class, I am realizing that I am not even aware of which teachers also cover some of this in their classrooms. I am realizing that I need to make this more of a partnership between what I am doing and what the teachers are doing by starting this conversation.
  • Surveys from over a thousand K-12 teachers suggest that 60% of teachers used a digital citizenship resource or curriculum in 2019, but this statistic does not speak to how often teachers were able to talk about digital citizenship over the course of the year (once a week, once a month, once a year?).
Nathan Gingras

Educational Leadership:Giving Students Meaningful Work:Seven Essentials for Project-Bas... - 1 views

  • A project is meaningful if it fulfills two criteria. First, students must perceive the work as personally meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second, a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and well-implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways.
  • Teachers can powerfully activate students' need to know content by launching a project with an "entry event" that engages interest and initiates questioning. An entry event can be almost anything: a video, a lively discussion, a guest speaker, a field trip, or a piece of mock correspondence that sets up a scenario.
  • A good driving question captures the heart of the project in clear, compelling language, which gives students a sense of purpose and challenge.
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  • In terms of making a project feel meaningful to students, the more voice and choice, the better.
  • A project should give students opportunities to build such 21st century skills as collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and the use of technology, which will serve them well in the workplace and life. This exposure to authentic skills meets the second criterion for meaningful work—an important purpose. A teacher in a project-based learning environment explicitly teaches and assesses these skills and provides frequent opportunities for students to assess themselves.
  • Formalizing a process for feedback and revision during a project makes learning meaningful because it emphasizes that creating high-quality products and performances is an important purpose of the endeavor. Students need to learn that most people's first attempts don't result in high quality and that revision is a frequent feature of real-world work.
  • In addition to providing direct feedback, the teacher should coach students in using rubrics or other sets of criteria to critique one another's work. Teachers can arrange for experts or adult mentors to provide feedback, which is especially meaningful to students because of the source.
  • When students present their work to a real audience, they care more about its quality. Once again, it's "the more, the better" when it comes to authenticity. Students might replicate the kinds of tasks done by professionals—but even better, they might create real products that people outside school use.
Nathan Gingras

How to Reinvent Project Based Learning to Be More Meaningful | MindShift - 1 views

  • If PBL is to become a powerful, accepted model of instruction in the future, a vocabulary change may be in order — preferably to the term project based inquiry.
  • 1. Put PBL on a continuum of inquiry.
  • 2. Blend surface knowledge and deeper learning.
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  • 3. Start with a sophisticated student-centered culture.
  • 4. Make collaboration as powerful in school as it is in life.
  • 5. Understand that PBL cannot be done alone.
stephanie karabaic

How Can we Embed Digital Literacy in the Classroom? - Purposeful Technology-Constructin... - 0 views

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      Turning passive learners into active learners using technology tools and changing the paradigm is essential! With that comes the teaching not only of the tools, but proper use of the digital tools, which is like an open door to the world, once posting, its' out there-huge responsibility to teach the proper use and dangers that lurk!
  • College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (6-12):
  • CCCS Reference to Technology by Grade Levels
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  • Production and Distribution of Writing (6-12):
Becky Seymour

Diigo, a Web 2.0 teaching tool supporting important 21st century learning skills - 0 views

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    Outlines how Diigo support teaching and learning.
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