necc09: Strong Nests, Successful Students: Skills and Strategies for 21st- Century Learning

Strong Nests, Successful Students: Skills and Strategies for 21st- Century Learning
Annette Lamb

eduscapes.com/sessions/nests

[imbee]

what do we want kids to know, involve deepthinking and creativity

Students write a historical fiction book called That A Man Can Stand by Decatur Discovery Academy Grades 7-8 and publish it on Lulu. worked with local library for promotion community

changing how we communicate

Students read a graphic novel such as Laika by Nick Abadzis and create their own comic using Comic Life exploring the fact and fiction in the book.

new standards
will they challenge and engage you people in meaningful activities an assessments
will they motivate up to beyond the basics and ask high level questions

nurturing compassion & collab
preparing independent learning
promoting a love of leanring
stimulating inquiry and thinking

marry iste + aasl standards = strong nest

real world connections
critical thinking ask students to check facts, eg factcheck.org
personal responsibility have to use tools to develop ethical behavior

readwritethink profile publisher

Strategies
focus on designing instruction for immersive learning environments
2.?
Connect to content - see the big picture
be a model
reinvent with tech tools

NECC09: School 2.0: Progressive Pedagogy and 21st-Century Tools

School 2.0: Progressive Pedagogy and 21st-Century Tools
chris lehman

What is good

these teakss from the tools

Research rss (delicious google wikipedia)
Collaborate (wiki google docs ning)
Create (drupal podcasting blogging)
Present
Network

Tools don't teach, they change the way we teach

hard to do as a single teacher; iterative process, not do once

Common language to produce common inputs, common process, common outputs

5 core valuse:
Inquiry, Research, collaboration, presentation, reflection (metacognition);
use UBD as process;
Outputs: project based, so every quarter project benchmark with common rubric

Step1: Blank UBD template:
goals: understandings: essential questions:
big idea understanding versus content understanding
what students know vs what they will be able to know
assessment evidence

NECC09:Earth Mashing: Web 2.0 Meets Google Earth

Earth Mashing: Web 2.0 Meets Google Earth
www.digitalgoonies.com
www.curriculummagic.com

web20tools.wetpaint.com
googleearthlessons.wetpaint.com

lesson exampless:
add haiku to picture placemark
Several placemarks, use strikethrough for incorrect placemarks
measurement lessons

voki narrarate
polls
slideshows
leafletter
photopeach
scrapblog
vocaroo
wix
magtoo
slideroll
photostory
timetoast

students can piggyback on teachers' gmail
eg holland@gmail.com holland+johnsmith@gmail.com

jholland.otherinbox.com so that anything@jholland.otherinbox.com will come to one email box

slideboom.com

timetoast can make or find timeline , click embed/share

scrapblog needs some maniputaiton
on digitalgoonies.com we describe 3 lines of code you must replace first line of scrapblog, then it will work

magtoo.com
slideshow where click addphotos ; can grab from flickr [teachers can collect photos and point students to folder]
example: jayleesdaddy washdc folder
add style, skin, music
uncheck autostart

[online-stopwatch.com]

voki.com
use myspace code embed

http://creativeedgeresources.com/
jim@crea... susan@crea...

can make powerpoint slides into jpg instructions on digital goonies

when make placemarks, can drag into folders and rightclick saveplaceas for kmz file


iste.org/byoleval2009

random.org