![#1: Find the most relevant, interesting content
to incorporate in to your classes. [Involve
students as appropriate.]
#2: Filter the content and select the best
resources.
#3: Add your own perspective and contextualize
the content.**
#4: Arrange the content in a manner that makes
a point.**
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Student centered classroom
- 1. I feel like I am working harder than the kids and I already know this stuff!
- 3. Please read pp. 4 & 5 in the NAIS document you received in your email. In a group of 3 or 4, please discuss the article and answer the last question on page 5. Name your group, and post your answer here: http://www.todaysmeet.com/ Don’t click yet!
- 6. Descriptors available, NAIS, 2010, pp. 11-12.
- 7. Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes English, reading or language arts; world languages; arts; mathematics; economics; science; geography; history; and government and civics, in addition to global awareness; financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; health literacy; and environmental literacy. Learning and Innovation Skills creativity and innovation; critical thinking and problem solving; and communication and collaboration. Information, Media and Technology Skills information literacy; media literacy; and information, communications and technology literacy. Life and Career Skills require flexibility and adaptability; initiative and self-direction; social and cross-cultural skills; productivity and accountability; and leadership and responsibility.
- 8. High Tech High, Project Save the Beach, 2009.
- 9. How did this project differ from traditional teaching and learning? What were the observable differences? Put your responses here: http://bit.ly/Q1tZ1G Which skills did students practice? Put your responses here: http://bit.ly/NDFDSo
- 10. Student-centered and inquiry approach Teacher-directed and coverage-approach Student voice and choice Teacher selection and direction All students participate Some students participate Questions and concepts Required topics and isolated facts Collaborative work Solitary/independent work Critical and analytical thinking Memorization Authentic investigations and tasks in meaningful contexts Out-of-context learning Additional components on http://bit.ly/RJwg6h
- 12. #1: Find the most relevant, interesting content to incorporate in to your classes. [Involve students as appropriate.] #2: Filter the content and select the best resources. #3: Add your own perspective and contextualize the content.** #4: Arrange the content in a manner that makes a point.** Used with permission, Corinne Weisgerber, 8.11.2012.
- 13. #5: Create the end product.** #6: Share your work. #7: Involve students in a conversation around the curated content.** #8: Track and assess the curated content.** Used with permission, Corinne Weisgerber, 8.11.2012.
- 14. http://bit.ly/RJwg6h http://standrewsplc.ning.com/ Please sit with your teaching partner or by department and explore the wiki. Find at least one tool or idea that can work with your teaching style, but will involve students in a more participative manner.
Editor's Notes
- #2: A majority of those of you who completed the survey I sent out asking your preferences for technology topics indicated that you were interested in exploring ideas to foster a student-centered classroom. Even if you did not check this option, you other popular topics you selected were
- #3: Using wikis, blogs, and google tools in the curriculum and supporting or supplanting the textbook by curating digital content. What I have done is to combing all of these topics and will offer some ideas for you to consider as you begin to use the 80 minute period for projects and also how you can make small or grand changes to your pedagogy to give students more agency in their learning. It isn’t necessarily about the technology but maintaining academic rigor while creating a more student-centered classroom.
- #5: Traditional literacy, research skills, technical skills, and critical analysis
- #6: Referred to in various literature as “twenty-first century skills, student-centered learning, college and career readiness,, 21st century skills include “both cognitive and non-cognitive skills—such as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, effective communication, motivation, persistence and learning to learn—that can be demonstrated within core academic content areas that are important to success in education, work, and other areas of adult responsibility
- #8: There is emerging evidence that the new media ecology may foster these
- #11: Dewey, Bruner, Piaget, Montesorri, Vygotsky, brought in Social constructivism” emphasizing how meanings and understandings grow out of social encounters Not just a list of skills as we saw above, but also actions and behaviors that occur while practicing skills.
- #12: These tools and resources support teaching and learning in a student-centered environment. We will have time to work with the tools of your choice, but before we do that I want to talk a little bit about content curation as some of you may be moving away from a textbook or just want to support the textbook.
- #13: #3: Ask, “How does this fit into our discussion of X?” #4: This step involves decisions such as which piece to lead with, how to order the chosen pieces, and how to use juxtaposition for maximum effect.
- #14: #5: This is where the job of the curator actually becomes visible. There are plenty of technologies designed to help you curate such as wikis dropbox or evernote. #7: Provide a space (such as a blogs or in-class discussion using participative tools) for the conversation to take place, participate yourself, and invite students, colleagues and professionals to contribute. #8 As educators, we need to know how successful we were at getting our students to engage with the content. The number of shares and quality of comments around our content help us assess engagement.