1. Preparing Students For The 21 st Century Janet Hale

2. The goal for the large group sessions is to present information on 21 st century skills. Participants will begin to plan, personally and collaboratively, how to begin to integrate 21 st century skills into learning, lessons, and upgrading assessments .

6. Hmm… D = Design (Learn) P = Practice (Teach) UNIT NAME D ? P ? (Big Idea) Essential Question Concept/Content Skills Assessments/ Evaluations Standards Resources Activities

7. Pre-Kindergarteners Class of 2024 One-tenth of the 21 st century has passed by… Are we “thinking” about the world our students live in now as well as in the future? Pre-K Gr. 12

8. P21 Century Skills Upgrading Curriculum Through Unit Design and Instructional Practice LiveBinders.com Diocese

10. 21 st Century Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurial Literacy Environmental Literacy Health Literacy Civic Literacy Global Awareness Interdisciplinary Themes … By Weaving 5 Themes Into Core Subjects Understanding Of Academic Content At Much Higher Levels …

11. Global Awareness Go to… LiveBinders.com Search: Diocese

12. P21 Century Skills 4 Cs Global Awareness 21 st Cen. Student Outcomes

13. What is at the “heart” of this unit of study? Can my students “hear” this unit’s heartbeat?

14. What will be the “ heart ” of the upgrade ? Topic Learning (American Revolution) Theme Learning? (Weaponry) Concept Learning? (War) Issues Learning? (Human Rights in Wartime) 21 st

15. What will be the “ heart ” of the upgrade ? Topic Learning (Kodiak Bear) Theme Learning? (Bears) Concept Learning? (Survival) Issues Learning? (Animal Habituation) 21 st

16. What will be the “ heart ” of the upgrade ? Topic Learning (Skip Counting) Theme Learning? (Counting) Concept Learning? (Patterns) Issues Learning? (Census Taking) 21 st

17. What will be the “ heart ” of your upgrade ? Topic Learning Theme Learning? ( ) Concept Learning? ( ) Issues Learning? ( ) 21 st

18. Upgrade does not equal “change.” Upgrade equals “ transforming ” & “ replacing ” Transform… --To change markedly the appearance or form of --To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert.

22. Appraising What unit of study makes sense for me/we to start with an upgrade based on… 1. My/our comfort level for exploring the upgrade zone possibilities and being willing to be slightly uncomfortable with some implementation (learning and/or teaching). 2. Allowing students an opportunity to better “own” the learning ( “heart” = Big Idea and project-based assessment ).

23. Brainstorming Exploring the possibilities of potential resources… 1. Within my/our school , what tools do I/we have available to aid in the selected upgrade-unit related to learning (project-based assessment, evaluation, concept, content, skills) and teaching (instruction)?

24. Brainstorming Exploring the possibilities of potential free tools… 2. What Web 2.0 tools/applications make sense to incorporate into the selected upgrade-unit related to learning (project-based assessment, evaluation, concept, content, skills) and teaching (instruction)?

31. Be Sure You Plan To… CELEBRATE!

33. Everyone moves forward at a different pace. The important point is that you keep moving forward with a commitment to...

34. Doing what is in our 21 st century students’ best interests…

35. Curriculum 21 -- Heidi Hayes Jacobs Becoming a Better Teacher: Eight Innovations That Work -- Giselle Martin-Kniep Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom -- H. Lynn Erickson Understanding by Design PD Workbook -- Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins

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