Pedagogy, 21st Century Skills & Google Apps Brian Aspinall Teacher, LKDSB @mraspinall

Pedagogy, 21st Century Skills

& Google Apps

Brian Aspinall

Teacher, LKDSB

@mraspinall

www.brianaspinall.com

Traditional Teaching

Teacher: "Today we are going to make a note on the rules for adding and subtracting integers"

"When we are finished you will do all 30 questions from the textbook."

40 minute math "lesson"

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Teaching in 2011

Teacher: "You have thirty seconds to find the rules for adding and subtracting integers. Once you have found them, copy them to your notes and do all 30 questions from the textbook."



Teaching in 2012

Teacher: "You have thirty seconds to find the rules for adding and subtracting integers. Next you will get in groups and solve these three part math problems."


Mt. Everest, the highest elevation in Asia, is 29,028 feet above sea level. The Dead Sea, the lowest elevation, is 1,312 feet below sea level.

What is the difference between these two elevations?


Teaching in 2014

Teacher: "You have twenty seconds to find the rules for adding and subtracting integers. Next you will work in groups to solve these three part math problems. Everyone will use a different colour marker so we can see who did what during the final phase of today's class - The Gallery Walk."


Teaching TodayTeacher: “Google the rules for adding and subtracting integers. Ask Google to solve these three part math problems. No need for a Gallery Walk because Google will show you four different ways to answer each question."

"There will be a test tomorrow .. Or not. Should we be doing tests anymore?” <--Teacher writes blog post about dilemma and tweets it-->


“If you can Google a math answer, is the question rich enough?”

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Would You Rather?

Remember the formula for the volume of a cylinder OR

Know how to find the formula if they have forgotten and use it to solve a bigger problem

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Is it more important at the end of the term for your students to:

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“I want my students to become confident in solving problems, rather than just using prescribed formulas.”

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Learning Skills

Model problem solving

Model risk taking

Model initiative and resilience

There is more than one way to solve a math problem


Coding:

Badges• Build a math community with

Gamification.

• Award badges with Edmettle to support skills determined by you.

• Have students “level up”

• Build math confidence.

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www.edmettle.com

www.edmettle.com

Google Classroom

Grade 8 Data Management

• Overall Expectations:

• collect and organize categorical, discrete, or continuous primary data and secondary data and display the data using charts and graphs, including frequency tables with intervals, histograms, and scatter plots;

• apply a variety of data management tools and strategies to make convincing arguments about data;


“We often think a quiet classroom is one that is well managed.”

“I think of it as one in which students are afraid to ask questions and take risks.”

@mraspinall

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“It's not about the apps. It's not about the devices.

It's about the process.”


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Pedagogy, 21st Century Skills & Google Apps Brian Aspinall Teacher, LKDSB @mraspinall