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Things that are critical in TX Education Teaching & Learning Use of our Learning Space Again, “What does it mean to be well-educated in the 21st century?” What are the 21st century literacies? What are the 21st century skills that our students need? Skills Habits of Mind Experiences – what do we give to students Dispositions – what will move them forward & help them be successful global citizens? Shifting literacy – it was reading, writing, and arithmetic What does it mean now? “Being able to read and write according to the media of the day” in the context (Internet) for reading, writing, communication How do we educate a “wired” generation We need to rethink and rewrite policy to support the framework of open mp3 and mobile devices How many students are intellectually disengaged? The kids who turn in everything, on time, every letter as perfect as possible, the sponge kids are really not intellectually engaged…. Although they may look like it. Talk to them and find out if they are….. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery” Mark van Doren How do we get content to students without classroom lectures? But with equity? Use class time to work on lab and learning and answering questions/discussions/reflections, etc. Teacher becomes the facilitator Write 140 char on learning and teaching Digital Learning Spaces : Moodle as a teacher controlled space Google Apps – student controlled/ learning space Make list of every type of learning experience that we want our students to have What do we want learning to look like? Form follows function – Make the list, then design the space What if we focus on becoming “tech enabled” rather than “tech rich” Let kids bring their stuff, then just provide for those who don’t have Write 140 char on learning spaces When we shift the location, we shift the learner’s engagement Social media like Facebook and Twitter : how can we use this to give them experiences Give students authorship tools (not controlled by teachers) Again, 1 blog per student (not 8 blogs – 1 per class) so they can work on developing their voice and their “connective” writing The hardest part of blogging is the “publish” button because the minute you hit that your blog becomes global Avoid the “we’re all doing in “Glogster” “, etc. Let kids pick which technologies to use to learn and demonstrate learning In a class, students had baked muffins, which each student changing only 1 ingredient or element, like the bake time or temp. They used app to measure the darkness of the muffins and made data tables to think about their experiment One girl created a QRcode in the middle of her collage/ or display of her artwork, to reach YouTube (url) to explain what she was thinking while she created her project We really need to look at how we draft policy for things like Facebook and Twitter, cell phones and other mobile devices. Write 140 char on social media Leadership: Who owns 21st century teaching & learning? (the supt) Talk to students regularly about learning to avoid mistakes in our 21st century learning/ teaching Every teacher doesn’t have to provide every experience, but the school should provide every experience on the list that the school has compiled. Talk to parents about how to use social media Need to have these Streams: Foundational Embedded Innovative We have to reduce the “yeah, buts” www.tinyurl.com/440140