21stC+Literacies

= = // 21st Century Literacies in the Classroom // Presenter Kim McMonagle, Douglas County’s Director of Educational Technology Twitter: kimmcmonagle Ed Tech Academy Resources Colorado TIE - Board of Directors, Leadership Academy Chairperson ISTE Faculty - Collaboration with Singapore Ministry of Education, USVI Educators

**Focus:** What does writing look like in the 21st century world of work as seen through a disciplinary lens?

// media type="custom" key="12304938" width="104" height="104" align="right" Learning Activity #1: Socratic Seminar with a Twist // Video: PBS Frontline "Teachers Experiencing Change in Teaching - Learning with Technology" //** Inner Circle Participants **// //** Outer Circle Participants **// > __** Resources: **__ > Journey to Excellence Socratic Seminar - Keep the conversation going with a variety of types of dialogue. > [|Standards of Authentic Instruction Part 1.doc][|Standards of Authentic Instruction Part 2 .doc] > [|Standards Authentic Instruction Part 3 .doc] > [|Standards of Authentic Part4.doc]Socratic Seminar in the science class. Discussion about which Energy is the best for Castle Rock, CO? - Nuclear, Wind, Etc. > > -- // Learning Activity #2: Unit Deconstruct through 21st Century Literacies such as media type="custom" key="12313056" align="right" // // Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity // // Watch the video: Immigration Digital Stories // // Explore a HS English Webquest for Of Mice & Men // // Explore the plethora of HS English learning with technology. // Explore HS MATH Units - Where is the writing in these examples? Explore Science Units - Where is the writing in these examples?
 * Parent Role
 * Teacher Role
 * Student
 * Community Member ( Retired Police Officer or Stay at home parent )
 * Industry (Lockheed Martin, Denver Post, Douglas County Libraries
 * Blog your reflections here.
 * Make self or world connections to participants discussion
 * Make text connections to the articles we read for today.

__**// In teams of 3, reflect about the learning with the lens of: //**__
 * // What level(s) of thinking are the students doing? //
 * // What type(s) of instruction are the teachers providing? Didactic, Coaching, Constructivist //
 * // How is the learning authentic? Connected to real world? //
 * // How does the use of technology support the learning? //
 * Team A || Team B || Team C || Team D ||
 * Team E || Team F || Team G ||  ||

//Learning Activity #3: Powerful Learning, Sustainable Learning... is learning that sticks.// __media type="custom" key="12305046" width="120" height="120" align="right"Learning Activity:__//Participants// d escribe a powerful learning experience// Facilitator: [|Copy descriptions] //submitted and paste in Wordle .Whole Group: Discuss the elements of powerful learning that we identified. According to the article, Sustainable Learning by Briana Krompier, “A simple question to ask is, ‘How has the world of a child changed in the last 150 years?’ And the answer is, ‘It’s hard to imagine any way in which it hasn’t changed!’ But if you look at school today versus 100 years ago, it is more similar than dissimilar.” --Author, [|//Peter Senge//] //, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology //

How do educators ensure that our students experience sustainable learning?
 * QuateReflection ||  || HollyReflection || NatalieBreflection ||   ||
 * [|AmberReflection] ||  || CrisReflection || Theresa Reflection ||   ||

**__Learning Activity:__** Share your thinking Open this doc and make a copy! Rename it with your name, share it with Kim McMonagle. Integrated Studies __**Support resources for:**__ Rigor & Relevance Higher Order ThinkingArticle: A Year Without Worksheets (Use FREE Diigo for Educators to Annotate, Collaborate, Research Skills, Authenticity of Conversation) 
 * Choice
 * Inquiry
 * Hands-on
 * Higher Order Thinking
 * OTHER...