Jansen TLA 2013

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2012

Written

report

http://padlet.com/wall/whichskills

Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel. (2009). Confronting the challenges of a participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century.

What % of your list is made up of the skills below?

Education reform

– Policy makersU.S. Department of Education, 2009; Transforming American Education, 2010; National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2012

– Public“Waiting for Superman,” “Education reform” sections in Huffington Post & Wikipedia, mainstream press and opinion & editorials

Education reform cont…

Business sector Jennings, 2012; Partnership for 21st Century Skills [P21], 2008; National Research Council, 2012, p. Sum: 1; Department of Labor, 1991

Progressive educators & related education associations and organizations

Brown & Thomas, 2010; Commission on Accreditation, 2010; Gee & Hayes, 2011; Ito et al., 2010; Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006; MacArthur Foundation, 2009; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2008; Rheingold, 2008; Robinson, 2006; Tapscott, 2009

American Association of School Librarians, 2007; International Society of Technology in Education, 2007; National Association of Independent Schools, 2010; National Research Council, 2012; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2008

21st century skills

What % of your list is comprised of 21st century

skills?

Go to:

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What is this graphic telling us?

Write your responses on the Today’s Meet page

Photo by Barbara A. Jansen, 2012.

Participate with teachers to help students practice higher-level thinking through 21st

century skills

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Collaborate, identify, & integrate

Copyright 2010, Linworth Publishing, Marla W. McGhee and Barbara A. Jansen.

What makes up a meaningful assignment?

Go to: www.socrative.com and login as student with this room number: 891478I will use short answer to display your responses

Meaningful assignments

shift the mindset from teaching to learning. (How will the student best learn this knowledge and practice these skills for transfer?)

articulate content-area knowledge the student should build.

focus on the content not the container.

Meaningful assignments cont...

move students beyond knowledge and comprehension by:

making the content relevant to students’ lives,

requiring vigorous effort and rigorous thought, and/orproviding an audience for their results.allow for students to practice “traditional” skills.allows for students to practice “21st century” skills.

With apologies to “Young Frankenstein.” 20th Century Fox, 1974.

DO

BarbaraA.

Jansen

Questions to ask: Going beyond information found in sources

1. Is the purpose of the activity to provide initial background information for the topic or are you wanting to have the students make connections among topics they have already studied or something that is important to them in their lives today?

2. I wonder if the kids can just cut and paste information they find in the sources? How do you want the students to go beyond the information they find?

3. Who is the students’ audience? 4. What is the best way for students to

show the results to, or reach, the audience?5. Do we want to ensure that

all students benefit by all of the research and results and are responsible for learning about all topics in addition to the one they researched?

Questions to ask: Going beyond information found in sources cont…

Character trait worksheet

Lesson plan

6th grade history channel

Go to Big6#5 Synthesis

Presentation Evaluation, board member

What elements of a meaningful assignment are present? Missing?

Audience

Planning document

“How do we ensure that every child has access to the skills and experiences needed to become a full participant in the social, cultural, economic,

and political future of our society?”

(Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006, p. 56).

Self assessment

My involvement

Plan with teacher(s)Create student planning and pre-production materialsAssemble assignment wikiDecide on sources (with teacher input)Teach skills at point of needAssess note cards and citations (OMG!), and presentation skills as appropriate

Lead with conversations

What questions will you need to ask yourself? What questions will you need to ask your teaching partner?

Group collaboration: Develop questions for which you can raise the bar in designing learning experiences that will help students build knowledge, require rigor of thought, and develop essential skills.

http://bit.ly/11aBGtX

Learning design

Group collaboration: Choose a topic or set of curriculum objectives that you want to develop into a rigorous and meaningful learning experience for students. Use your questions to guide the design of a dynamic experience for students.

http://bit.ly/ZciQET

Group collaboration

Lead with conversationsWhat questions will you need to ask yourself? What questions will you need to ask your teaching partner?Group collaboration: Develop questions for which you can raise the bar in designing learning experiences that will help students build knowledge, require rigor of thought, and develop essential skills.

http://bit.ly/11aBGtX

Learning designGroup collaboration: Choose a topic or set of curriculum objectives that you want to develop into a rigorous and meaningful learning experience for students. Use your questions to guide the design of a dynamic experience for students.

http://bit.ly/ZciQET

Contact

bajansen@utexas.edulibrary.sasaustin.org@bjansen