for 21st Century Schools
Tools for Teachers: 21st Century Learning
Electronic Lesson Plan Templates - with drop-down lists for CSOs, Level of Bloom's, Marzano's Strategies, 21st Century Skills, and 21st Century Tools.
Podcasts for 21st Century Learning
WV State Superintendent's Podcast 2 for 21st Century Learning 1/19/2007
WV State Superintendent's Podcast 1 for 21st Century Learning 12/5/2006
Videos
Did You Know?
An 8-minue video
file on The FischBowl, a staff development blog for Arapahoe High School
What If?
A 6-minute video file from The FischBowl, a staff development blog for Arapahoe High School
The World is Flat
A one-hour video by Thomas L. Friedman, author of The World is Flat, from his lecture at MIT (Requires Real Player)
Project-Based Learning
An 9-minute video overview at Edutopia
21st Century Skills
West Virginia's 21st Century Partnership
Read about the 21st Century Skills Initiatives in West Virginia
The 21st Century Learning Initiative
Learn about the development of the 21st Century Learning Initiative
How to Build a Student for the 21st Century
A PowerPoint by Ken Kay, President of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Digital-Age Literacy
enGauge: Learn about 21st Century Skills
Summary of 21st Century Learning
Summary of 21st Century Skills
Summary of Framework for High Performing Schools, WVDE
Framework for High Performing 21st Century Elementary Schools
A twenty-one page 21st Century Implementation Model from the West Virginia Department of Education
Framework for High Performing 21st Century Middle Schools
A twenty-one page 21st Century Implementation Model from the West Virginia Department of Education
Framework for High Performing 21st Century High Schools
A twenty-one page 21st Century Implementation Model from the West Virginia Department of Education
West Virginia's 21st Century Learning Standards
WVDE 21st Century Learning Report (8-page pdf)
"Measuring Up in a Flat World"
West Virginia's curriculum reform to prepare students for the global digital workforce is featured in this January 2007 issue of Technology and Learning magazine.
Learning Community Digital Resource
Curriculum and Instruction in the 21st Century Classroom
What Does a Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom Look Like?
An article by Innovative Designs for Education
21st Century Teaching
A two-page article by Ed Hazell from Access Learning: March 2005
The Making of a 21st Century Educator
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Integration Issues for 21st Century Teachers
An article by Susan Brooks-Young in Today's Catholic Teacher
Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology
Links to summaries of Learning Theories, Instructional Models, and Strategies
Bloom's Taxonomy
A one-page chart
Marzano's Dimensions of Learning Model
1. Instruction must reflect the best of what we know about how learning occurs.
2. Learning involves a complex system of interactive processes that include
various types of thinking, represented by the five dimensions:
Attitudes and Perceptions
Acquire and Integrate Knowledge
Extend and Refine Knowledge
Use Knowledge Meaningfully
Habits of Mind
3. Curriculum programs should include the explicit teaching of attitudes, perceptions, and mental habits that facilitate learning.
4. A comprehensive approach to instruction includes both teacher-directed and student-direction instruction.
5. Assessment should focus on student's use of knowledge and complex reasoning processes rather than on their recall of information.
Describing 16 Habits of Mind by Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D. and Bena Kallick, Ph.D.
A 14-page article
Backward Design: A Unit and Lesson Plan Development Model That Integrates Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction
A 7-page pdf that summarizes Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
What is Backward Design?
Chapter 1 of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
Differentiating Instruction
A 15-page pdf by WVDE
Differentiated Instruction
West Virginia Achieves Professional Development Series PowerPoint
Differentiating K-3 Reading Instruction
A PowerPoint by Reading First
Project-Based Learning
An 9-minute video overview at Edutopia
Problem-Based Learning
What is it? How do I do it?
The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching by Martin Haberman
An 8-page article
"Overcoming a Pedagogy of Poverty" by Helen Hodges in More Strategies for Educating Everybody's Children by Robert Cole
A chart summary comparison
Emerging Technologies: Definitions and Applications
A one-page chart that includes definitions, applications, links to examples, and resources.
Technology and Our Students
"How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century"
A Time Magazine article by Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe - December 2006
Understanding Digital Kids
Twenty-nine page article by Ian Jukes
Rethinking Education in the New Digital Landscape
A 9-page article by Ian Jukes
"West Virginia Gets It!"
A one-page article by Ian Jukes
Growing Up Digital
enGauge: How our students are changing
How Can Technology Develop Higher Order Thinking and Problem Solving?
A one-page summary of research by ISTE and Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology
Technology in Schools: What the Research Says
An 18-page article by the Metiri Group, commissioned by Cisco Systems
ICT Literacy Maps
for Science, Geography, Math, and English - from Partnership for 21st Century Skills
The new 2007 ISTE Technology Standards for Students
The new 2007 ISTE Profiles for Technology-Literate Students
Assessment
Rubric for 10th Grade Writing Assessment
Rubric for 7th Grade Writing Assessment
Rubric for 4th Grade Writing Assessment
From Formative Assessment to Assessment FOR Learning: A Path to Success in Standards-Based Schools
A 6-page article by Rick Stiggins promoting balanced assessment
The Five Keys to Quality Assessment
A 2-page pdf
21st Century Teachers -
Use assessment to modify instruction
Use targets as defined by state standards
Ues a variety of classroom, benchmark, and summative assessments
Use rubrics during instruction to guide the learning
Allow students to participate in self-assessment and goal setting
21st Century Curriculum Planning Template
WV Student Technology Standards Matrix
WV Student Technology Standards & Objectives for Grades 9-12
U.S. Dept. of Ed. Online Workshops - Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative
(PowerPoints and Handouts from 107 Workshop Sessions)
Teacher Leadership Institute Wiki
How do I...
How do I make the computer more accessible for my students with visual needs?
Accessibility for Visual Needs
How do I make the computer more accessible for my students with dexterity needs?
Accessibility for Dexterity Needs
How do I locate activities for my ESL students?
How do I differentiate instruction to meet the special needs of my students?
How do I educate my students regarding Internet safety?
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