Making the Connection: Iowa Core and the 21st Century Learner 2009 ITEC Presentation by Toy Waterman [email_address]

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? 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

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

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? 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? 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? “ 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 legislature defined 21 st Century Skills as: Financial literacy Health literacy Technology literacy Civic literacy Employability skills 21st Century Skills Work Teams Partnership for 21st Century Skills enGauge SCANS Contextually related national standards

Iowa legislature defined 21 st Century Skills as:

Financial literacy

Health literacy

Technology literacy

Civic literacy

Employability skills

21st Century Skills Work Teams

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

enGauge

SCANS

Contextually related national standards

21st Century Partnership Partnership Route 21 Framework

NETS Standards 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

Creativity and Innovation

Communication and Collaboration

Research and Information Fluency

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

Digital Citizenship

Technology Operations andConcepts

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally - Tech & Learning

Creating

Evaluating

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

Foundational Material Iowa Core Curriculum 21st Century Skills Tech Literacy NETS 2007 Student Standards Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making Digital Citizenship Technology Operations and Concepts

Iowa Core Curriculum

21st Century Skills

Tech Literacy

NETS 2007 Student Standards

Creativity and Innovation

Communication and Collaboration

Research and Information Fluency

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Digital Citizenship

Technology Operations and Concepts

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, PA http://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, PA

http://lucygray.org http://del.icio.us/tag/dist25

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? Educator professional development 21st century instruction Authentic assessments Collaboration Among teachers and students Community High expectations Each and every student Educators Community Expect a changing school environment Project-based learning Time allocation Student ownership of learning Technology Tool for learning Breadth of options Community connections

Educator professional development

21st century instruction

Authentic assessments

Collaboration

Among teachers and students

Community

High expectations

Each and every student

Educators

Community

Expect a changing school environment

Project-based learning

Time allocation

Student ownership of learning

Technology

Tool for learning

Breadth of options

Community connections

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 netTrekker Thinkfinity Web 2.0 Tools WebTools4U2Use Edutopia.org Social sites like Classroom 2.0 David 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

netTrekker

Thinkfinity

Web 2.0 Tools

WebTools4U2Use

Edutopia.org

Social sites like

Classroom 2.0

David Warlick

Questions??? Toy Waterman [email_address]