The document discusses the integration of web 2.0 tools to enhance the teaching of 21st-century skills, emphasizing the importance of personal learning networks and community involvement in education. It explores how these technologies can transform instructional practices and engage students in meaningful ways, while also addressing challenges in implementing such changes within existing educational systems. The authors encourage reflection on local capacities and the development of supportive environments for ongoing professional learning around technology use.

1. Using Emerging Web Tools to Teach 21 st Century Skills Justin Reich and Tom Daccord EdTechTeacher.org

2. Agenda A review of 21 st Century Skills Technology and 21 st C Skills Visions of 21 st C instruction with technology SPLIT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY Where’s Waltham? The First Step is Getting Connected: Personal Learning Networks

3. Goals Share visions of how Web 2.0 learning environments can be used to nurture 21 st century skills Reflect on Waltham’s strengths, opportunities and capacities in using technology to teach 21 st century skills Begin to develop pieces of a Personal Learning Network

4. Economy-Wide Measures of Routine and Non-Routine Task Input: 1969-1998 (1969=0)

5. Levy &Murnane: 21 st C. Skills Expert Thinking and Complex Communication Skills where humans have a comparative advantage over computers in a labor market [[What they are not: skills invented in the 21 st century]] Levy F. and Murnane R., The New Division of Labor, Princeton UP

6. Partnership for 21 st Century Skills

7. Justin’s 21 st Century Skills

8. USING WEB 2.0 TOOLS TO TEACH 21 ST CENTURY SKILLS

9. Words, Wikis, Westwood How does the use of wikis change poetry instruction in Westwood? What’s the same? What’s different? Why was this the most emailed article on Boston.com for 2 days?

10. Words, Wikis, Westwood Reactions? Discussion Include more voices Students writing Motivating to write more… more willing to share online Who is critiquing Collects peer review in one place Affordances? - Fun Audience- Quick feedback- or delayed

11. “ Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.” -Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT

12. Social & Connected

13. participatory culture -relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement -strong support & informal mentorship in creating and sharing one’s creations -believe their contributions matter, and feel some degree of social connection

14. The Great Debate of 2008

15. Student News Action Network

16. Calculus Manual

17. Great Debate of 2008 http://greatdebate2008.wikispaces.com / Student News Action Network http://www.studentnewsaction.net / AP Calculus Manual http://apcalc20 08.pbworks.com / Math Mov!es http://library.thinkquest .org/07aug/01801/ George Was h ington http://21stcenturytoolsncss.wikispac es.com/examples A Day in the Life of a Ho b o http://edtechteacher.org/hobopodcast.html Who am I? http:/ /voicethread.com/library/35/

18. Exemplary Classroom Web 2.0 Projects http://parkerwiki0910.pbworks.com/ http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/ Vicki Davis Video: http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-teachers-vicki-davis

19. Web 2.0 in Administration Bering Strait School District : http://wiki.bssd.org/index.php/Main_Page

20. Waltham Wikis http://burns3.wikispaces.com/Group+3 https://entreproject.wikispaces.com/Collings%2C+L .

21. Questions and Reactions to Technology and 21 st C Skills

22. Where’s Waltham? What strengths can you build on in developing 21 st century skills? What roles can technology play? Classroom Instruction Homework Assessments Teacher/Department/Coach Collaboration Administrative Collaboration

23. The first step is getting connected: Personal Learning Networks

25. Personal Learning Networks Organize Media Intake Construct supportive community of learners Prepare for ongoing professional development and learning

27. Are you connected?

28. http://pwoessner.com/2008/12/15/21st-century-literacy-network-literacy/

29. Organizing On-Going Learning Someone who has kindly explained how to do all of these things

30. Ning Classroom 2.0 ncssnetwork.ning.com http://elementarytechteachers.ning.com/ Blogs David Warlick - dana boyd Will Richardson - Kathy Schrock Twitter Paul Bogush - Vicki Davis Dennis Richards Social Bookmarking

31. NCSS Community Network

32. Organizing Media Intake: Browsers and RSS Internet Explorer Challenge Go to Waltham School District. Find the calendar Click on RSS Feed Click Subscribe to This Feed Choose “Feeds” or “Add to Favorite Bar” Find and subscribe to a feed on another site Firefox Challenge Go to Waltham School District. Find the calendar Click on RSS Feed Click Subscribe Now Choose “Toolbar” or “Menu” or create a folder Find and subscribe to another feed

33. Guidelines for Personal Learning Networks Devote a designated period of time to them Listen first, respond second, ask third, declare fourth Remember that building community takes time Make meaningful links

34. More Strategies for Getting Involved Teaching Global History with Technology at Harvard University EdTechTeacher Summer Workshops

35. It’s not about us The teacher is terrible at the skill but helps the student succeed marvelously

36. Develop Fundamental Skills in New Ways Rehearse for 21 st Century Situations/ Environments Improve Student Engagement Hypothesized Benefits to teaching with Web 2.0

37. Enable Rich Collaboration Motivate Students Improve Writing Skills Engage in New Civic Dialogue Train for Web 2.0 Applications in Business Engage in New Global Dialogue Learn New Media Literacies Practice Deeper and Richer Discussion Train for Writing under Real World Conditions Develop Fundamental Skills in New Ways Rehearse for 21 st Century Situations/ Environments Include More Students Improve Student Engagement Hypothesized Benefits to Teaching with Web 2.0

39. Challenges and Opportunities in moving towards a 21 st Century Learning Environment “ Classrooms are rarely changed in substantial ways by educational policies.” - John Diamond, sociologist of education, Harvard University School of Education

40. content influences

41. influences on pedagogy

42. PD implications

43. PD “best practices” sustained & intensive job-embedded collective participation active learning