New Pedagogies For the Digital Age 15 Habits For Learning In The 21st Century 10.89K Views 0 Likes Defining 21st century skills is an editorial matter, but part of a larger, important conversation. How To Improve Learner Engagement With eLearning Software 5.05K Views 0 Likes Interaction and learner engagement have long been recognized for their critical role in the learning process. How A Tornado Inspired Innovation In Joplin, MO Schools 5.84K Views 0 Likes On May 22, 2011, at about dinnertime, an EF5 tornado ripped through Joplin, MO. Weekly Reflection: What is 21st century assessment? | Teaching the Teacher North and South magazine We hear a lot about 21st century learning in education. About how computers are going to revolutionize and personalize teaching and learning. In fact there’s even been a government inquiry into digital learning yet the elephant in the room is assessment. Last month North and South ran an article boldly stating that kids needed to take more control in the classroom from those pesky know it all teachers. Yet I often wonder if the problem might not actually be with our teaching practices but with our assessment practices. Perhaps the problem isn’t that the current crop of teachers aren’t innovative, but it is our national obsession with measuring learning that is squeezing innovative teaching practices. In an era where schools have their NCEA and National Standards results put up for scrutiny, I’m sure I’m not on teacher feeling the pressure between that amazing engaging curriculum and ensuring achievement gains as measured by standardized tests for students.
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The 21st Century Skills Teachers Should Have Technology advancements have touched every facet of life including education. This latter has been radically transformed and teachers who do not use social media and educational technology in their teaching no longer fit in the new system.That’s why every educator and teacher should reconsider certain values and principles . Today I am sharing with you two short videos that will hopefully change what some think about teaching. The following videos are among the top educative videos online . Watch this first one minute 40 seconds video to see the negative side of some teachers. Negative version of when i become a teacher So if you want to fit in the system and develop professionally then this is how to do it . watch this short video to learn more. positive version of when i become a teacher The 21st century teachers are characterized by certain holistic and student centered features , some of them are summarized below . The risk taker : The Collaborator : The model : The leader : The visionary :
What are learning skills? | Thoughtful Learning K-12 The 21st century learning skills are often called the 4 C’s: critical thinking, creative thinking, communicating, and collaborating. These skills help students learn, and so they are vital to success in school and beyond. Critical Thinking Critical thinking is focused, careful analysis of something to better understand it. Analyzing is breaking something down into its parts, examining each part, and noting how the parts fit together. Creative Thinking Creative thinking is expansive, open-ended invention and discovery of possibilities. Brainstorming ideas involves asking a question and rapidly listing all answers, even those that are far-fetched, impractical, or impossible. Communicating Analyzing the situation means thinking about the subject, purpose, sender, receiver, medium, and context of a message. Collaborating Allocating resources and responsibilities ensures that all members of a team can work optimally.
3 Practices for 21st Century School Leaders In an interview with James Bellanca, education scholar Linda Darling-Hammond clearly delineates 3 practices administrators must engage in to bring our schools into the 21st century. (The interview can be found in the book 21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn.) "School leaders in the next decades need to engage in three practices that we haven't always seen as part of school administration. First is constructing time for teachers to work together on the development of curriculum and assessments. These 21st century educational leadership practices are clear. These three practices can have direct impact on teaching and learning in our schools, but they do require a willingness and courage to move beyond excuses.
The 27 Characteristics of A 21st Century Teacher "21st Century Educator" is probably the most popular buzzword in today's education. There is a growing and heated debate whether or not to label educators as 21st century and each camp has its own concept and arguments, however, for me personally I see teaching in 21st century as having undergone a paradigmatic shift. This is basically due to the emerging of the " social web" and the huge embrace of technology and particularly the mobile gadgetry in our classrooms. It would be unfair to ignore these huge transformations and their impact on education. Having said that, we are sharing with you today this great infographic from Mia featuring the 27 ways to be 21st century teacher. courtesy of :
Assessment & Teaching of 21st-Century Skills To what extent does Bloom’s taxonomy actually apply to foreign language teaching and learning? Bloom’s taxonomy of higher order thinking skills has acquired a mythological status, amongst educators. It is one of those reference frameworks that teachers adhere to with some sort of blind allegiance and which, in 25 years of teaching, I have never heard anyone question or criticize. Yet, it is far from perfect and, as I intend to argue in this article, there are serious issues undermining its validity, both with its theoretical premises and its practical implementation in MFL curriculum planning and lesson evaluation in school settings. Why should we be ‘wary’ of the Bloom taxonomy, as the ‘alarmist’ title of this article implies? Mainly because people forget or fail to consider that the Bloom Taxonomy was not meant as an evaluative tool and does not purport to measure ‘effective teaching’. In fact, the book in which the higher order thinking skills taxonomy was published is entitled: Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals. Like this:
Learning happens everywhere, and so does this challenge | Reinventing School August 2nd, 2011 | Brendan | Design Thinking , Reinventing Class , Reinventing Education , Reinventing School | challenge , community , diversity , education , friends , participation , social media | I want to ensure that the entire community feels welcome and able to participate in the Reinventing School Challenge . While students and educators are most likely to be attracted to the challenge, teams can participate from many other organisations or groups. Some of you educators may feel that the current state of affairs in your school setting makes it too difficult to facilitate your students in the challenge at this time.You may be a passionate parent or youth leader who feels you want to change the way we educate our young people and want to make a difference. No problem. One of my life missions is to encourage life-long learning, promote alternative learning environments and inspire people to live their dreams. Tell the world the challenge is here - Get involved and shout it out!
5 tips to improve your critical thinking - Samantha Agoos History of Critical Thinking “The intellectual roots of critical thinking are as ancient as its etymology, traceable, ultimately, to the teaching practice and vision of Socrates 2,500 years ago who discovered by a method of probing questioning that people could not rationally justify their confident claims to knowledge. Confused meanings, inadequate evidence, or self-contradictory beliefs often lurked beneath smooth but largely empty rhetoric.” “He [Socrates] established the importance of seeking evidence, closely examining reasoning and assumptions, analyzing basic concepts, and tracing out implications not only of what is said but of what is done as well. More on critical thinking through the ages is available here. 1.
The Kit | Reinventing School The Kit March 26th, 2011 | Brendan | | --> What on earth is Design Thinking? Why Design Thinking? Design thinking is a methodology for practical, creative resolution of problems or issues that looks for an improved future result. Read all about how the Design Thinking process drives the challenge here. This is a collection of curriculum created by the K-12 Lab at the Stanford design school and teachers who are using design thinking in their schools. The kit is split into sections for easy download. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License . Key documents Design Thinking for Educators toolkit (PDF 20.4 MB) An Educator’s Guide to Design Thinking (PDF 4.8 MB) Bootcamp bootleg (PDF 3.6MB) d.school mindsets (PDF 223 KB Supporting resources and tools Here are some great tools and resources .
21st century skills and the English language classroom Are you teaching in a 21st century classroom? Chances are if you are an English language educator working in the classroom today, you have already moved well ahead of your peers and colleagues teaching math, science, and good old fashioned grammar. Now that you know you are 21st century teacher, what does that mean? And how do you know if you have moved ahead of the curve to embrace what we call the 21st century skills? Actually, “21st century skills” is a bit of a misnomer. The 21st century skills can be summarized by the 4Cs: CommunicationCritical ThinkingCreativityCollaboration Reading through this list, you may think to yourself, “Hey, those are my classroom goals as an English language teacher!” Perform independently and with groups in a highly technologically advanced atmosphereBe ready for daily, global interactionBe cable of adaptive, flexible and creative thinkingUnderstand how to plan for, build, and include collaboration with peers who are colleagues and experts in the field.