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21st Century Skills and TAKS: Not Mutually Exclusive
Randy Rodgers
Kelli Montgomery
Birdville Independent School District
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Pop Quiz!
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What is a wiki?
A delicious, tropical, adult beverage
A search engine
A collaboratively created website
An online encyclopedia
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On average, how many visitors go to MySpace each month worldwide?
1 million
15 million
55 million
115 million
Source: Techcruch.com (April, 2008 statistics)
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What is the target audience for the social network Fuzzster?
Pets
Police officers
Sweater knitters
Men with beards
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The most viewed video of alltime on Youtube, Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend”, has been viewed how many times?
14 million
35 million
105 million
355 million
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Bonus: How many comments has “Girlfriend” received?
37,000
310,000
1.2 million
24 million
Statistics from Youtube, July 28, 2008.
Blah Blah
OMG
Blah Blah Blah Blah
LOL
Blah Blah
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What is a widget?
A small bit of software which can be added to a web page.
A newbie to a social network
An elf-like character in World of Warcraft
A password reminder
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Which of the following chat acronyms indicates that someone finds you amusing?
WTG
ROTFL
LTNS
IMHO
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Where Have We Been?
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Agricultural
Age
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Industrial
Age
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Information
Age
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And now?
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Conceptual
Age
Source: Pink, Daniel (2005). A Whole New Mind. Riverhead Books: New York.
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Skills Today’s Students Will Need Tomorrow
Adaptability
Creativity
Communication
Critical Thinking
Organization
Multi-tasking
Collaboration
Initiative
Leadership
Tech and media literacy
Social/Cross-cultural
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler
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What Skills Are We Testing?
Writing (organization, elaboration, grammar, editing, clarity, etc.)
Reading (meaning, summarization, inferring, predicting, etc.)
Social Studies (geography, importance of events/people, historical meaning/influence, etc.)
Science (data analysis, logic, observation, using different sources, etc.)
Math (operations, problem-solving, graphics, relationships, measurement, etc.)
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TAKS Focus
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The Challenge: Merge Testing Requirements and Evolving Needs of the 21st Century
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“To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills.” Partnership for 21st Century Skills (www.21stcenturyskills.org)
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"Even if the state test is dominated by lower-level thinking skills and questions are posed in a multiple-choice format, the best preparation for such tests is not mindless testing drills, but extensive student writing, accompanied by thinking, analysis, and reasoning.” Douglas Reeves (2004)
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Design Elements of Effective Classrooms
High levels of engagement
Documented student achievement
Understanding of what needs to be learned
Knowledge and resource are organized around student needs and interests
Meaningful end product is focus
Clear expectations and standards
Based upon Working on the Work, by Phillip Schlecty.
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Design Elements of Effective Classrooms
Physical, emotional, and intellectual safety
Affirmation by significant observers
Opportunities for collaboration
Variety and novelty of learning tasks
Availability of choices in demonstrating learning
Tasks are engaging and authentic
Based upon Working on the Work, by Phillip Schlecty.
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The Read/Write Web as a Tool for 21st Century Teaching/Learning
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The Old Web?
Browse
Search
Read
One-way
Consume
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The New Web?
Receive
Classify
Connect
Create
Did You Know?
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Why Web 2.0?
Cost Effective
Collaborative
Accessible
Motivational
Relevant
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Blogs
· Blogger (https://www.blogger.com)
· Edublogs (http://edublogs.org)
· Epals (http://www.epals.com/)
· Gaggle (http://www.gaggle.net)
Talented Texans
History Rocks!
Isbell Science
Mrs. McClure’s Blog
Raider Report
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Wikis
Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com/)
Pbwiki (http://pbwiki.com/)
Wetpaint (http://www.wetpaint.com/)
Google Sites (http://sites.google.com)
Ms. Isbell Science
ACFT Science Lab
The Stayafters
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Images
Flickr Creative Commons (http://flickr.com/creativecommons)
Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/)
Flickrstorm (http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/)
Picnik (http://www.picnik.com/)
Studio 25 (http://www.studio25.ro)
Everystockphoto (http://www.everystockphoto.com/)
How to Hide a Geocache
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Office/Productivity Tools
Google docs (http://docs.google.com)
Zoho (http://zoho.com/)
Buzzword (http://www.buzzword.com/)
Thinkfree (http://thinkfree.com)
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Graphic Organizers
Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com/)
Bubbl.us (http://bubbl.us/)
Thinkature (http://thinkature.com/)
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Social Networks
Ning (http://www.ning.com/)
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com)
BISD Web Tools
Classroom 2.0
Algebra 1
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Online Bookmarks
Delicious (http://del.icio.us)
Stumbleupon (http://stumbleupon.com/)
Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/)
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Podcasting
Gcast (http://www.gcast.com)
Jott (http://jott.com/)
Podbean (http://podbean.com/)
Podomatic (http://www.podomatic.com/)
Switchpod (http://www.switchpod.com/)
Reagan Reviews
Lone Star ‘n’ More
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Digital Storytelling
Voicethread (http://voicethread.com/)
Scrapblog (http://scrapblog.com/)
Kerpoof (http://www.kerpoof.com/home)
Youtube (http://youtube.com/)
Teachertube (http://teachertube.com/)
Schooltube (http://www.schooltube.com)
Edublogs.TV (http://edublogs.tv)
JayCut (http://jaycut.com/)
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Tele- and Videoconferencing
Skype (http://www.skype.com/)
Mebeam (http://mebeam.com/)
OoVoo (http://www.oovoo.com/)
DimDim (http://dimdim.com/)
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Video Streaming
Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/)
Stickam (http://www.stickam.com)
Yahoo! Live (http://live.yahoo.com/)
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Virtual Worlds
Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com)
Lively by Google (http://lively.com/)
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Other Web 2.0 Sites
Twitter (http://twitter.com)
Pownce (http://pownce.com)
Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/)
Blurb (http://www.blurb.com)
Clipmarks (http://clipmarks.com/)
Google Notebook (http://www.google.com/notebook)
Fleck (http://fleck.com/)
Trailfire (http://trailfire.com/)
Youthtwitter (http://www.youthtwitter.com/)
Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)
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Other Sites (Continued)
Flock (http://www.flock.com/)
Zentation (http://zentation.com/)
Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/)
Geni (http://www.geni.com/)
Polldaddy (http://www.polldaddy.com/)
Survey Gizmo (http://www.surveygizmo.com/)
Screencast-o-matic (http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/)
Zamzar (http://www.zamzar.com/)
Bubbleshare (http://www.bubbleshare.com/)
Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/)
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Keys to Success
Learn the tools and terminology.
Use sites that meet your students’ needs.
Work to foster communication/collaboration.
Involve parents and the community.
Use students’ experience and expertise.
Share with your peers.
Get comfortable with discomfort.
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“Do or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda
Image Credit
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Contact Us
Email: randyrodgersits@gmail.com
kelli_montgomery@birdville.k12.tx.us
Website: http://randyrodgers.edublogs.org
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