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21st Century LearnersBack Channel Text November 7, 2009Back to the 21st Century Learners Wiki 21st Century Learners http://www.chatzy.com/631867345651 Transcript as of Fri Nov 7 09:21:39 2008 GMT (20 KB) Page 1 of 1 - Char 1 to 21013 - Newest entries at the bottom ============================================================ Julie from x.x.x.27 cleared the room 3 hours ago Julie from x.x.x.27 left this message 3 hours ago: Hello 21st Century Learners for our 'brunch' meeting Rebecca from x.x.x.27 joined the chat 3 hours ago Rebecca: hello Mike Boulanger from x.x.x.31 left this message 3 hours ago: Morning All!! Ana from x.x.x.1 joined the chat 3 hours ago Ana: Hello back Ana: yummy :-) Julie from x.x.x.27 left this message 3 hours ago: OK, let's start...have you enjoyed the food so far? and the entertainment? jrene from x.x.x.1 joined the chat 3 hours ago Rebecca: Julie - breath JennyP from x.x.x.27 left this message 3 hours ago: jeez gidday sam liberto from x.x.x.27 left this message 3 hours ago: 21st c sparenteau from x.x.x.5 left this message 3 hours ago: Hello! bstubbs from x.x.x.27 joined the chat 3 hours ago bstubbs: I am in disguise as Lady Beverly Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 3 hours ago: ...the coffee's hot and so is the company! sparenteau from x.x.x.5 left this message 3 hours ago: Thanks Terry. Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 3 hours ago: I made it! bstubbs: Thanks Lauralynn Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: cross-curricular needs to be embedded ? The good things we do seem to be add-ons....how can we change this? Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: IN Technology we now have Flat Classroom Project embedded into the curriculum...thia is a major step forward Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: It involves changing attitudes...and that isn't easy. Rebecca: some course objectives need to change Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: Unfortunately, doubts and insecurities about technology plague individual teachers and that breeds reluctance to "think outside of the box". Rebecca: so much content to cover - what are the most important skills to teach Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Who is 'responsible' to teach collaboration? research skills? Rebecca: 1 mile wide and an inch deep Rebecca: if higher education changes/shifts, then I think this change can/will filter down to the lower levels. Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: We aren't rewarding the very skills that we say are valuable. Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: http://flatclassroomproject2008.wikispaces.com/Rubrics for engagement and onoine interaction rubric amongst other Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Chris Lehmann from Science Leadership Academy Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Putting a good person into a bad system...the system will win Rebecca: "When you put a good person into a bad system, the system will win far too often." Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: MIT Lab 'Life Long Kindergarten' Learning is fun Mike Boulanger from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: relevancy=engaged Rebecca: "Rather than thinking school as preperation for real life, but make school about real life" sparenteau from x.x.x.5 left this message 2 hours ago: Fix? Take time to talk, share, and dream... (I once did!) Rebecca: "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those wheo cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn" Alvin Toffler Mike Boulanger from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: @rebecca..great comment Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: At QA we don't have FUN. Rebecca: "Foie Gras" has to go!! Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: Difficult to do, Steve, when course requirements don't even leave time for reflection! I fight for the time to discuss! Rebecca: What are our litmus tests? How do we know they have learned? Tests,Tests, Tests, Tests, Tests, Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Quite often it is the same in Technology. We finish the project but have no time to go back and reflect and actually try things again. So much for the evaluation and learning from mistakes. Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: ...talk, share and dream...I often feel that I don't have the chance to get to know my students as people...What DO they dream? Rebecca: we need to question the # of our objectives in our courses. if there are too many then is it still learner-centered.? Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: We need to make learning more personal. When it really means something to us... we strive to learn more. Rebecca: "If you want creative workers, give them time enough to play" John Cleese, MIT Rebecca: Inquiry driven, includes time for reflection. Are we really inquiry driven? Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: Rebecca, I agree...in our IB English course we are devoting only 3 weeks to each text! Rebecca: Are we teaching meta-cognition? Really? Are your sure? Do include time for this? Do we have time for this? Rebecca: we need students to think critically Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: PYP is all about enquiry driven......and so is MYP supposed to be Rebecca: our student will NOT be factory workers Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: I definitely feel like I "fill heads", not hearts! Rebecca: Is PYP or MYP really inquiry driven? JennyP from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: PLEASE keep up this discussion, change needs to happen in this school - how soon? This video could be the basis for staff discussion, but do you have time to reflect on this? The students don't. sparenteau from x.x.x.5 left this message 2 hours ago: This video is fabulous. Can we show it at a staff meeting? Rebecca: I have been thinking about 'foie gras' all week. sigh.... Can't look my students in the eyes this week. It is conflicting with my core values. Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: @Patric I agree...with our timeline we always skimp on the evaluation process in MYP technology Rebecca: curriculum needs to be modified. Rebecca: changing curriculum takes strong leadership, $, vision, time, collaboration, Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: sorry about the sound quality of this one....I think it is worth persevering to get to the end howver Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: In my department, it's all about testing. Projects are not seen as valuable ways of measuring student achievement. Rebecca: Julie - it's about the message, not sound quality. No worries. Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Certain technologies and not additive, they are transformative Technology must be linke oxygen - ubiquitous, etc JennyP from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: TIME FOR CHANGE sparenteau from x.x.x.5 left this message 2 hours ago: Do we have students who are excited, passionate about their learning? Teachers passionate about what they are expected to teach? Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Technology as a learning tool, not a distraction We need to get past the infrastructure issue! Rebecca: Note: Information Fluency not= Technological Literacy Mike Boulanger from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Technology is like oxygen -- this should become the key driver at QA as we move forward with our 1:1 implementation. JennyP from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: I want my son to be excited about his learning. Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: @sparenteau yes we do have teachers and students passionate about what they do....there are corners of excellence across the school but they are not show-cased Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: We need to motivate and engage our students and have them take ownership of their learning. Projects we do need to be based on THEIR interests and we as teachers can still steer, direct and facilitate their learning to meet out required outcomes. Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Research, collaboration, networking.... Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: I see many passionate, creative students...most often they are NOT the ones who are grades-obsessed! Rebecca: I am thinking of the shift from IQ to EQ Julie2 from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Wisdom......is what the teacher can teach....so important Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: Do we reward / recognize our creative, passionate students? Rebecca: Teaching is lonely Rebecca: Change = risk taking Rebecca: resistant learning sparenteau from x.x.x.5 left this message 2 hours ago: Engaging... student owned... validated...relevancy... Julie2 from x.x.x.31 joined the chat 2 hours ago Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Many of my projects are umbrella projects. It is one project for a year level, but what they do and how they inject themselves into what they do is what makes the difference. Rebecca: "Many of us are the lone voice of change in our institutions." Kim Cofino Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: Student work is both personal and practical. The benches can be seen and used daily. Julie2: Backchannel = using networked computers to maintain an online conversation sam liberto from x.x.x.27 joined the chat 2 hours ago Julie2: Useful for clarifying thinking during the session sam liberto: this might be tough for younger students Julie2: I suggest Grade 9 and above for this? sam liberto: this would make some good action research on attention Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: It is all about the moment. IM (instant messaging)... we don't have to wait. No one is interupting anyone else. Great. Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 2 hours ago: I will pilot it with my classes... Patric from x.x.x.31 left this message 2 hours ago: I actively encourage students to IM during lessons. Much better than having students talking, moving around the class and being disruptive. Goodness knows what the admin would think if they saw the students chatting during lessons. Mike Boulanger from x.x.x.31 joined the chat 2 hours ago Julie2: Good idea from Judy...start with 1-2 min of 'personal' interaction then focus class back to engaged back-channelling JennyP from x.x.x.27 left this message 102 minutes ago: to avoid having to refresh view all the time, click on the check tab and it will set it to check every 10 seconds. Lauralynn from x.x.x.27 left this message 99 minutes ago: Thanks, Jenny! Julie2: stakeholder buy-in for 21st century skills class....learning..... Julie2: Peggy Sheehy is wonderful!! Julie2: Howard Garner - 5 minds for the future JennyP from x.x.x.27 left this message 91 minutes ago: check it again and it will find messages every minute for an hour! Julie2: Literacy has shifted becasue information has shifted Rebecca: learners have shifted, literacy has shifted, therefore instruction MUST shift Julie2: economic, civic and entrepeneurial literacy Julie2: active learning based on immersive experiences Rebecca: SL helps create a level playing field Julie2: shifted instruction....sensory and media based learning Julie2: "I'm not ADD, I'm just not listening" Julie2: Let's all get TShirts made!! Rebecca: allows teen to try on different roles with minimal consequences Rebecca: I want my own island, anyone want to come? Rebecca: who do we leave behind with all of this technology? Julie2: You need a police check to get in Rebecca: Howard Gardner" The future requires individuals to think in different ways. They must be able to integrate ideas from different disciplines." Julie2: David will come to our 21st century learners meeting in March....when he is Doha...I hope! Rebecca: we don't know our children's future - we only can guess Rebecca: are we foster creativity in our students? Rebecca: fostering Julie2: Leaders - masters at what they do, eg Mozart, creative leader eg Einstein, Telling a compelling story eg Nelson Mandela Rebecca: are we creating visionaries? Rebecca: or hoop-jumpers? Rebecca: we are moving into the creative age. what does this mean? Rebecca: "21st century learners are learning in 19th century classrooms --> this is an INSULT to this generation Rebecca: Appreciative Inquiry instead of fixing problems. "solve the problems of the 21st century" Rebecca: "change is hard. change is hardes on tose caught by surprise. Change is hardest on those who have difficulty changing too. But change is natural; change is not new; change is important" David Schlesinger Rebecca: community conversation Rebecca: top-down vs bottom up Rebecca: what is community? ============================================================ Created at Chatzy.com |
