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Is the term 21st Century out of date? | U Tech Tips
Remind yourselves that your teachers have ALWAYS been trying to prepare their students to succeed in the world they will live in. And then collaborate with them on how that world has changed.
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They all tell us what we want our kids to turn out like. They all remind us what we need to value in education.
But we don’t.
At least not in action. (GENERALIZATION ALERT:) Schools continue to push content-driven curricula. Teachers continue to plan lessons building expertise within the discipline. And if students get our “21st Century Skills”, it’s because of an exception-to-the-rule teacher, choices the students make outside of class, or just plain luck.
We all know that what we need is buy-in. We see the success stories, celebrate the schools that do it, and ultimately wonder, what does it take to make it work everywhere? Buy-in.
So back to the teacher accessibility issue.
How do we ensure that teachers see teaching a 21st Century Curriculum as part of their job?
Things You Really Need to Learn ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes
Here, then, is my list. This is, in my view, what you need to learn in order to be successful. Moreover, it is something you can start to learn this year, no matter what grade you're in, no matter how old you are. I could obviously write much more on each of these topics. But take this as a starting point, follow the suggestions, and learn the rest for yourself. And to educators, I ask, if you are not teaching these things in your classes, why are you not?
The one job that should be in every school
The job role that should be available in every school is: Drumroll please…Digital Literacy Coach. The job entails teaching digital literacy, technology integration, and teaching both students and teachers how to safely harness the power of the Internet and technology to boost the end result, student engagement and achievement.
Recipe for a Disruptive Keynote : Stager-to-Go
Much of what is called virtual education is really just bad teaching done on the cheap. Most of what I have seen offered as online courses for students doesn’t rise to the level of a mail-order correspondence course. There may be no lectures, but there is no deep learning to be found either. Teachers don’t know their students and the pedagogical emphasis is on product over process.
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Much of what is called virtual education is really just bad teaching done on the cheap. Most of what I have seen offered as online courses for students doesn’t rise to the level of a mail-order correspondence course. There may be no lectures, but there is no deep learning to be found either. Teachers don’t know their students and the pedagogical emphasis is on product over process.
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Don’t tell me that online education delivers individualization. The concept of delivery is itself the enemy of learning. Individualization is not customizing the pace of the multiple choice tests, but knowing the
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21st Century Confusion
It's not about 21st C 'literacy', it is about ideas of being literate that have been around a long time. Good look at Literacy vs Skills.
open thinking » Five Recommended Readings?
* Many links to explore!
One of the Associate Deans at my workplace has asked me to recommend five readings (e.g., books, articles, blogpost, etc.) that would help inform his understanding of current changes regarding social networks, knowledge, and technology in education. Rather than develop the list alone, I thought it appropriate to (at least attempt to) crowdsource responses from individuals in my network.
So, what readings would you recommend to an educational leader responsible for faculty development in a teacher education program? Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace | Edutopia
Pixar University's Randy Nelson explains what schools must do to prepare students for jobs in new media.
"Living and Learning with Social Media"
Citation: boyd, danah. 2009. "Living and Learning with Social Media." Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. State College, PA: April 18.
There are four features of social network sites that are relevant for us here today:
1. Profiles.
2. Friends
3. Comments
4. News Feed
» Not “New,” “Good” Bud the Teacher
But the networking itself, social or professional or otherwise, isn’t the new bit. It’s the good bit. Rich. Rewarding. Powerful. Sustaining. Rooted in professional conversation. Really, really good.
But not new.
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I would like it very much if people working on teaching and learning projects, people studying and thinking about and implementing tools and practices, would separate the age of something from its value and attempt to make decisions based on that thing or idea or tool or practice’s value, rather than its age.
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Yes, we are in community when we blog and tweet and share and read and write and learn together. This is how I learn and sometimes how I teach. Of course the technology changes (some of) the nature and the speed of those interactions. The power of collaborative technologies is certainly “new” and, often, “good.” (Not always, though. Plenty of “bad.”) But the networking itself, social or professional or otherwise, isn’t the new bit. It’s the good bit. Rich. Rewarding. Powerful. Sustaining. Rooted in professional conversation. Really, really good.
But not new.
Weblogg-ed » The Steep “Unlearning Curve”
One of the most challenging pieces of figuring out how to move education forward in a systemic way is “unlearning curve” that we teachers and educators have to go through to even see the possibilities that lay before us. So much of our traditional thinking about personal learning and classroom practice is being challenged by our ability to publish and connect and collaborate primarily because of the opportunities afforded by the Read/Write Web.
Remote Access: Growing Student Networks
a vital part of our role needs to be helping our students to make new connections and expand their own network. A classroom that is connected, even loosely, with other nodes around the globe has a much greater opportunity to gain new ideas and perspectives than one which is focused inwards.
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"The shape of a social network helps determine a network's usefulness to its individuals. Smaller, tighter networks can be less useful to their members than networks with lots of loose connections (weak ties) to individuals outside the main network. More open networks, with many weak ties and social connections, are more likely to introduce new ideas and opportunities to their members than closed networks with many redundant ties. In other words, a group of friends who only do things with each other already share the same knowledge and opportunities. A group of individuals with connections to other social worlds is likely to have access to a wider range of information. It is better for individual success to have connections to a variety of networks rather than many connections within a single network."
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a vital part of our role needs to be helping our students to make new connections and expand their own network. A classroom that is connected, even loosely, with other nodes around the globe has a much greater opportunity to gain new ideas and perspectives than one which is focused inwards.
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Teaching as transparent learning « Connectivism
Prominent and transparent learners
I can’t speak for them, but from reading prominent educational technology bloggers - Will Richardson, Terry Anderson, Stephen Downes, Grainne Conole - I’m left with the impression that they too seek not to proclaim what they know, but rather to engage and share with others as they explore and come to understand technology and related trends.
Watching others learn is an act of learning.
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Prominent and transparent learners
I can’t speak for them, but from reading prominent educational technology bloggers - Will Richardson, Terry Anderson, Stephen Downes, Grainne Conole - I’m left with the impression that they too seek not to proclaim what they know, but rather to engage and share with others as they explore and come to understand technology and related trends.
Watching others learn is an act of learning.
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My argument is this: when we make our learning transparent, we become teachers. Even if we are new to a field and don’t have the confidence to dialogue with experts, we can still provide important learning opportunities to others.
AEA 13 - www.scottmcleod.net
Great Resources from Scott McLeod, a lot to explore here!
RiP! A remix manifesto (Trailer) by Brett Gaylor, - NFB
Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 21st century and shattering the wall between users and producers. The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, Brazil's Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride
Mind Map: Best Online Collaboration Tools Robin Good's Open Collaborative Map for LearningTrends2008 - MindMeister
Collaboration tools well categorized with a Mindmeister web
www.media-awareness.ca www.cyberbullying.ca www.ctf-fce.ca
The pdf brochure link: http://www.ctf-fce.ca/e/resources/cyberbullying/Cybertips_Brochure.pdf
See page 2 "Forms of cyberbullying which are considered criminal acts:"
(Second bullet, and following paragraph)
IDEO’s Ten Tips For Creating a 21st–Century Classroom Experience
Good conversation starter for those new to these ideas
In recent years, IDEO has spent a lot of time and effort thinking about education. The firm’s work with Ormondale Elementary School, in Portola Valley, California, helped pioneer a special “investigative-learning” curriculum that inspires students to be seekers of knowledge. We spoke to Sandy Speicher, who heads the Design for Learning efforts at IDEO. Her insights provide powerful lessons for architects and designers creating the schools of tomorrow:
open thinking » Visualizing Open/Networked Teaching
Open teaching is described as the facilitation of learning experiences that are open, transparent, collaborative, and social. Open teachers are advocates of a free and open knowledge society, and support their students in the critical consumption, production, connection, and synthesis of knowledge through the shared development of learning networks.
Remote Access: I'm Done with Edtech
Not about the tech or the tools, it's about the learning!
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