6. Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel. (2009). Confronting the challenges of
a participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century.
What % of your list is made up
of the skills below?
7. Education reform
– Policy makers
U.S. Department of Education, 2009; Transforming
American Education, 2010; National Governors
Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief
State School Officers, 2012
– Public
“Waiting for Superman,” “Education reform” sections in
Huffington Post & Wikipedia, mainstream press and
opinion & editorials
8. Education reform cont…
Business sector
Jennings, 2012; Partnership for 21st
Century Skills [P21],
2008; National Research Council, 2012, p. Sum: 1;
Department of Labor, 1991
Progressive educators & related education
associations and organizations
Brown & Thomas, 2010; Commission on Accreditation,
2010; Gee & Hayes, 2011; Ito et al., 2010; Jenkins,
Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006;
MacArthur Foundation, 2009; Partnership for 21st
Century
Skills, 2008; Rheingold, 2008; Robinson, 2006; Tapscott,
2009
9. American Association of School Librarians, 2007; International Society of
Technology in Education, 2007; National Association of Independent Schools,
2010; National Research Council, 2012; Partnership for 21st
Century Skills, 2008
21st
century skills
What % of your list is
comprised of 21st
century
skills?
15. What makes up a
meaningful assignment?
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16. Meaningful assignments
shift the mindset from teaching to learning.
(How will the student best learn this
knowledge and practice these skills for
transfer?)
articulate content-area knowledge the student
should build.
focus on the content not the container.
17. Meaningful assignments
cont...
move students beyond knowledge and
comprehension by:
making the content relevant to students’
lives,
requiring vigorous effort and rigorous
thought, and/or
providing an audience for their results.
allow for students to practice “traditional” skills.
allows for students to practice “21st
century”
skills.
18. With apologies to “Young Frankenstein.” 20th
Century Fox, 1974.
DO
BarbaraA. Jansen
19. Questions to ask: Going beyond
information found in sources
1. Is the purpose of the activity to provide
initial background information for the topic or
are you wanting to have the students make
connections among topics they have already
studied or something that is important to them
in their lives today?
2. I wonder if the kids can just cut and paste
information they find in the sources?
How do you want the students to go beyond the info
20. 3. Who is the students’ audience?
4. What is the best way for students to
show the results to, or reach, the audience?
5. Do we want to ensure that
all students benefit by all of the research and
results and are responsible for learning about
all topics in addition to the one they
researched?
Questions to ask: Going beyond
information found in sources cont…
29. “How do we ensure that
every child has access to
the skills and experiences
needed to become a full
participant in the social,
cultural, economic, and
political future of our
society?”
(Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006, p. 56).
Self assessment
30. My involvement
Plan with teacher(s)
Create student planning and pre-production
materials
Assemble assignment wiki
Decide on sources (with teacher input)
Teach skills at point of need
Assess note cards and citations (OMG!), and
presentation skills as appropriate
31. Lead with conversations
What questions will you need to ask yourself?
What questions will you need to ask your
teaching partner?
Group collaboration: Develop questions for
which you can raise the bar in designing learning
experiences that will help students build
knowledge, require rigor of thought, and develop
essential skills.
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32. Learning design
Group collaboration: Choose a topic or set of
curriculum objectives that you want to develop
into a rigorous and meaningful learning
experience for students. Use your questions to
guide the design of a dynamic experience for
students.
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33. Group collaboration
Lead with
conversations
What questions will you need to ask
yourself? What questions will you need
to ask your teaching partner?
Group collaboration: Develop
questions for which you can raise the
bar in designing learning experiences
that will help students build knowledge,
require rigor of thought, and develop
essential skills.
http://bit.ly/11aBGtX
Learning design
Group collaboration: Choose a topic or
set of curriculum objectives that you
want to develop into a rigorous and
meaningful learning experience for
students. Use your questions to guide
the design of a dynamic experience for
students.
http://bit.ly/ZciQET
Traditional literacy, research skills, technical skills, and critical analysis are privileged in schools.
A call to reform by Policy makers is evidenced in the alternative for states to opt out of the “No Child Left Behind” legislative mandate through the “Race to the Top” initiative and grants, the National Education Technology Plan, and the 45 states that adopted the Common Core Standards, Texas not among them. The Public ’s call is illustrated by the mainstream documentary “Waiting for Superman,” the sections on “Education Reform” in Huffington Post and Wikipedia , and numerous reports and opinions in the mainstream press.
The business sector, with the exception of the Texas Association of Business , calls for a different set of skills than is currently privileged in traditional curricula. Such as a people who could think, synthesize ideas, communicate, place things in context, and understand the relationships among ideas ” Progressive educators advocate for a “learning reform” strongly facilitated by digital media and the skills and competencies young people enjoy through their affiliations using online social networks and other participatory media in an informal setting. Many educators and education organizations are borrowing ideas for school reform from this out-of-school learning system and integrating new media tools and resources in the curriculum into innovative ways. In my own experiences of collaborating with teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools, many teachers are embracing the affordances of new media, using these tools to motivate and engage their students.
Add what the public, business, and gov ’t sectors want. I reviewed the works of major associations and organizations that based their 21 st century skills categories on research. I extracted the skills and competencies and made a word cloud that shows by size the frequency of skills listed. As evidenced here, the scope of 21 st century skills encompasses competencies in many areas. By developing assignments that require students to systematically practicing skills to master these competencies, students can demonstrate higher cognitive achievement. What % of your list is comprised of 21 st century skills?
Collaborate with teachers to plan meaningful assignments Identify content, skills, and tools needed for specific project Integrate new media tools, resources and skills meaningfully and deliberately into the project
Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal