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21st Century Skills in the Language Arts Classroom
ESA2January 2009
21st Century
6 Skillscountless tools
4 Themes
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Themes
Global Awareness
Financial, Economic, Business &
Entrepreneurial LiteracyCivic
LiteracyHealth Literacy
Skills
Problem Solving Collaboration Analytical
thinking CommunicationFinding and Evaluating Information
Creating and
Innovating
ToolsNewspapers, books, spreadsheets, graphing calculators, computers, internet resources, websites, databases, digital libraries, television, observational and measurement tools, videos, DVD’s, CD’s, telecommunication, word processing, presentation tools, smart boards, GPS, probes, manipulatives, geometry tools, digital cameras, laptops, multimedia, scanners, video equipment, digital recorders,mp3 technology, cell phones……
What 21st Century Tools are you currently using?
21st Century EvolutionEfficiencyEnrichExtend
EFFICIENCY – level oneTools that makes YOUR life easier
No overhead projector/transparencies
ELMOEasy to useFun toolsFlexible
For example
CommunicationProblem Solving
Standard:K.R.2.1 -Students can comprehend and respond to text read aloud.K.R.3.3 Students can distinguish fiction from nonfiction
Skil
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SmartBoard/Presention Tools & PowerPoint
Tool
:Theme
ENRICHAdds a dimension to your teaching
Hits more learning styles or higher levels of thinking
Can include multiple skills/content area
Motivates the less “bookish” studentEngages the 21st Century student
For example:“Breakout from the North Carolina Zoo”
Theme
Communication & Collaboration
Standard(s): 5.R.5.3 Students can choose references to meet the needs of an assigned task.
5.L.3.3 Students are able to describe how interrelationships enable some organisms to survive.
5.G.1.1 Students are able to apply longitude/latitude to find absolute locations on a map.
5.G.1.2 Students are able to compare maps of different types and scales.
Skil
l:
Internet Resources + websites+ presentation tools + other web application(s)T
ool
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EXTENDAdd depthAdd cross curricular applicationsMultiple standards metHigher Bloom’s level
Evaluative and analysis
For example:“My Brother Sam is Dead”
Theme
Communication & Collaboration
Standard(s): 8.R.5.3 Students can combine new information with existing knowledge to enhance understanding (among others)
8.US.1.1: Students are able to relate events and outcomes of the American Revolution to sources of conflict, roles of key individuals and battles and political documents (among others)+ listening, viewing and speaking + technology standards
Skil
l:
SmartBoard + Google Earth + otherweb application(s)T
ool
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Questions…In your groups….Discuss where you currently are in the
continuum and…..
How you could move to the next level?
Efficiency Enrich Extend
Resourceshttp://pdtogo.com/smart/?p=149http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b
5918de01837df1e0de6http://www8.chatham.k12.nc.us/project/rj/breakout.html http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/1simdiff.htmhttp://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/ - Units, Strategies and
resources to enhance your 21st Century Teaching skills. http://21centuryconnections.com/node/420 - Assessment http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/ - Multitude of
researched based strategies to make your classroom more effective.