This document summarizes a presentation about 21st century teaching and learning. It discusses: - The importance of developing 21st century skills like problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking in students. - Resources available from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills including frameworks, tools for self-assessment, and examples of best practices. - Components of 21st century classrooms including making the curriculum relevant, using informative assessments, fostering innovation, and ensuring access to technology. - Tools discussed for 21st century teaching environments, and ways teachers can reflect on incorporating 21st century skills into their ARRA projects.

1. 21st Century Teaching and LearningPresented by Partnership for 21st Century Skills PD Affiliates:Mary Lou LeyNaomi HarmChris Rogers Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction ARRA EETT Grant Meetings Jan 5, 2010 Jan 11, 2010

2. 21st Century Learning ProjectHelping Schools Develop a Culture of Professionalism A research based framework of collaborative partnerships

4. Sustainable

5. Collaborative Communities

6. Enhancing / Assessing teaching and learning

7. Intellectual Quality Embedded in classroom practice

8. Research based frameworkwww.21stcenturylearning.org

9. Today’s Agenda Overview of 21st Century Skills Discussion Back channel chat for today Resources and Tools from P21 Explore 21st Century Teaching and Learning Environments and Tools Reflection on 21st Century Skill emphasis in your ARRA grant Other tools resources

10. 21st Century Teaching and Learning What is 21st century learning? What does it look like in teaching? What does it look like for students? How do you make it happen? (Change of Practice)

11. Back Channel Chat to Stay Connected During Today’s Meeting: http://todaysmeet.com/ARRAmeeting

12. Resources for Today http://21stcenturylearningproject.pbworks.com

13. What do Teachers Think 21st Century Skills Are? Teachers are vague and refer to 21st Century Skills as: “technology” and “problem solving” “outside” their content

14. What are they? Which skills are the most important for Students? P21 Mile Guide Rather than identify or list 21st C Skills (a low level task) you will discuss how important specific skills are for students, evaluate/rank importance and justify ranking Intel Visual Ranking Activity 21st Century Skills?

15. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRanking C:serswnerocuments1st century partnershipew Folder (2)isual_ranking_tool.png

18. Visual Ranking Tool 21st Century Skills Ranking Form teams of 2 or 3 participants Discuss the 21st Century Skills Listed and determine the order from most important to least important in your classroom for your students Add comments explaining your ranking for the top 3 most important skills and the 3 least important skills. Save your work. Compare your ranking with other team rankings and review their comments. Reconvene in 15 minutes

19. Comments Questions Reflect on Visual Ranking Activity and its application in your project

20. 1/3/2010 Naomi Harm ~ Innovative Educator Consulting Understanding of 21st Century Skills and Outcomes Business and education leaders agree: mastery of core subjects and 21st century skills are essential for success in life and work. The highest ranked skills for students entering the workforce: applied skills that enable workers to use the knowledge and basic skills they have acquired. The most desirable skills: work ethic, collaboration, social responsibility, and critical thinking and problem-solving. Employers also see creativity and innovation as being increasingly important in the future. CloseCasner-Lotto, J. & Brenner, M.W. (2006) http://ali.apple.com/acot2

21. Technology’s Potential Learning increases when technology enables us to tap outside experts, visualize and analyze data, link to real-world contexts, and take advantage of opportunities for feedback, reflection, and analysis(Bransford, Brown & Cocking, 2000).

22. Partnership for 21st Century Skills We Must Close the Gap

23. The Case for 21st Century Learning Our current educational landscape: US is falling behind on international comparison of educational performance (2003 PISA) US ranks 24th out of 29 countries-Mathematics Problem solving US tied with Spain, Portugal, and Italy and ahead of only Greece, Turkey, and Mexico Ken Kay CEO Partnership for 21st Century Skills

25. What do these scores mean? Level 1 -6 At Level 1 students can answer questions involving familiar contexts where all relevant information is present and the questions are clearly defined. They are able to identify information and to carry out routine procedures according to direct instructions in explicit situations. They can perform actions that are obvious and follow immediately from the given stimuli.

27. In the United States NAEP assessed over 21,000 12 grade students in reading and math in 2005 The average reading score for 12th graders fell 6 points from1992 to 2005 The % of students in grade 12 at or above Proficient decreased from 40% (1992) to 35% (2005) In 2005 in Mathematics 61% of 12th graders were at or above Basic level. (23% were at/above Proficient)

28. US graduates taking more courses HS graduates (2.7 million) in 2005 earned an average of 26.8 credits – more than any previous class They earned more credits in “core” academics They earned more credits in fine arts, foreign languages, and technology The % of grads who took at least a standard curriculum rose from 40% (1990) to 68% (2005)

29. What’s different? The U.S. texts, she said, are much thicker and more cluttered than the ones her students use. “It’s impossible when you have 1,100 pages of math that you get the message,” she said. Principal- the highest-scoring school in the world

30. Response to TIMMS Schmidt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor,“a mile wide and an inch deep” “It’s basically, you cover everything, everywhere, because somehow, somebody will learn something somewhere,”

31. For the first time our children will be less educated than the generation before them. Stats from Fed meeting DC

32. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/21st_century_skills_education_and_competitiveness_guide.pdf

33. Learning to Change Learning to Change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk

34. P 21 Framework Partnership for 21st Century Skills

35. Key 21st Century Skills Initiatives 1. Standards Review Process: Partnership for 21st Century Skills and American Diploma Project 2. WI Summit

36. Wisconsin Summit on 21st Century Skills WI adopted the Partnership for 21st Century Skills’ Framework for 21st Century Learning in January 2007 State business and education leaders convened a Summit on 21st Century Skills to ensure that students develop the knowledge and skills needed for the 21st century workforce. Through small group discussions, leaders of business and commerce, community organizations, and government agencies defined their expectations for Wisconsin’s PK-16 education system.

37. OOAK Consulting: Mary Lou Ley

38. P21 Resources The MILE Guide Self-Assessment Tool (visual mapping and self-assessment tool) Implementation Guiding Recommendations (promising practices to implement a 21st century skills model for learning) P21 Framework (expectations and supports for 21st century student outcomes) Route 21 21st Century Skills Maps ICT Literacy Maps

40. Where is your district on the continuumof 21st century skills integration? MILE Guide Self-Assessment tool http://21stcenturyskills.org/documents/mile_guide_tool_091101.pdf

41. MILE Guide Implementation Guiding Recommendations (brief, user-friendly recommendations for each of the P21 support systems) Pgs 19-28. Models and Snapshots of best practices (example: http://www.edutopia.org/engineering-success#

42. Assessment: How Will You Assess 21st Century Skills in your Program & Classroom Identify components of project where a change in the application of 21st Century Skills should occur. Self Assessments of 21st Century Skills and NETS P21 Assessment Guidelines Promising Practices in Formative Assessments Biology example

44. Communicators

45. Connected to others

46. In a real world context21st Century Teaching

47. The 4 Cs of 21st Century Literacy Connect/Communicate Collaborate Create Contribute

48. 21st Century Teaching & Learning Environments & Tools The 21 Things http://21things.weebly.com Cool Tools for Schools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com Go 2 Web 2.0 http://www.go2web20.net Innovative Educator 2.0 http://blog.innovativeeducator.us 1/3/2010 Naomi Harm ~ Innovative Educator Consulting

49. 1/3/2010 Naomi Harm ~ Innovative Educator Consulting Six Design Principles of the 21st Century Classroom Understanding of 21st Century Skills and Outcomes Relevant and Applied Curriculum Informative Assessment Culture of Innovation and Creativity Social and Emotional Connections with Students Ubiquitous Access to Technology http://ali.apple.com/acot2

50. 1/3/2010 Naomi Harm ~ Innovative Educator Consulting Relevant and Applied Curriculum Curriculum must support active, authentic, and engaged learning, leveraging technology innovations that profoundly affect our daily lives. Collaboration and community Authenticity and relevance Real-world tools, resources, and methodologies Rich continuum of teaching and learning strategies Standard alligned content with a 21st century context Creates linkages to the outside world http://ali.apple.com/acot2

51. 1/3/2010 Naomi Harm ~ Innovative Educator Consulting Informative Assessment Assessments must facilitate individual group learning, and empower students to gauge their own progress. Informative assessment guides and facilitates learning. Make instructional and curricular changes intended to yield immediate benefits to students. Students can maintain their work as demonstrations of their learning. Teachers can use evidence of current progress to adjust, adapt, or supplement the learning experience Serves as a GPS, helping all to see the current position relative to the destination, while judiciously avoiding judgments. http://ali.apple.com/acot2

52. Curriculum, assessment, standard aligned units & high quality professional development Intel Education- http://www.intel.com/education/K12/index.htm Thinkfinity- http://thinkfinity.org Thinkquest- http://www.thinkquest.org/en Curriki = http://www.curriki.org 1/3/2010 Naomi Harm ~ Innovative Educator Consulting

53. Components Assessments Training Implementation Accountability Reflecting on your ARRA Project

54. Identify the 21st century communication and or collaboration methods, tools, or web resources in your ARRA project

55. Training 21 Thingshttp://21things.weebly.com/ Intel: Thinking With Technology Essentials Project Based Learning Thinkfinity Microsoft Peer Coaching Critical Friends Reflection Discussions

56. Curriculum, assessment, standard aligned units & high quality professional development Intel Education- http://www.intel.com/education/K12/index.htm Thinkfinity- http://thinkfinity.org Thinkquest- http://www.thinkquest.org/en Curriki – http://www.curriki.org 1/6/2010 21st Century Learning Project

57. How will you assess your participants use of 21st Century Skills in their classroom? Teacher / District Assessments like the 21st Century Skills Quiz P21 Assessment Rubrics Portfolios or logs of use and reflection on the impact of web 2.0 tools and 21st Century Learning Contexts NETS Assessments ICOT (ISTE Classroom Observation Tool) Formative Assessments/ Observations Self Assessments Critical Friends Discussions

58. Resources ACOT2 Voices videoshttp://ali.apple.com/acot2/voices/ Challenge Based Learning - ACOT2 Peer Coaching

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