21C_Learners
 =21st Century Learners= **Professional development at Qatar Academy and beyond that makes the shift happen** [[toc]] ==June 4, 2009== ---- <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span> ==[[image:TEDx_logo_RGB_290_UK.jpg align="right" link="http://www.ted.com/tedx"]]== The 21Century Learners hosted Qatar’s first [[http://www.ted.com/|TEDx]] event, <span class="wiki_link_ext">[[tedxqa:home|TEDxQA]]</span>. The event was held in the spirit of the TEDTalks – promoting //ideas worth spreading//. The aim was to build a larger local community of knowledge-seekers, discuss new ideas and watch inspiring presentations in order to make a difference <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span> and help shape the future. || [[image:IMG_2773.jpg width="321" height="243" align="center"]] || [[image:IMG_2774.jpg width="321" height="243" align="center"]] || NOTE: This is NOT an official TED event, but an independently organized TEDx event. This event is NOT being organized by the TED organization. == == == == ==March 20, 2009== ---- Special guest **[[http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/|David Warlick]]**. We will make this the usual brunch session. Arrive at 8:30, ready for a 9:00 start. David Warlick is a former classroom teacher, programmer and public speaker Since 1985 he has worked as a consultant helping educators around the world to better understand today's changing information landscape. More information about David at http://davidwarlick.com Find also [[http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/|Handouts from presentations]] * David's backchannel tool, Knitter -- [[http://davidwarlick.com/knitter]] * Transcript will be posted here -- [[http://tiny.pl/bkpc]] David blogs at [[http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/|'2 Cents Worth']] **Themes:** * [[image:http://davidwarlick.com/images/21cmeeting-20090322-143516.jpg align="right" caption="Photos by David at 21C Learners" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwarlick/tags/21c/"]]Personal Learning Networks - read this FREE until end of April article just published in the Learning and Leading magazine of ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), [[http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Volume3620082009/MarchAprilNo6/36612w.pdf|Grow Your Personal Learning Network]] * **Contemporary Literacy** - Read this online article by David, "[[http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/EducatorResources/YourLearningJourney/Web20/A_Day_In_the_Life_of_Web_2_0.pdf|A Day in the Life of Web 2.0]]" * [[http://landmark-project.com/native/native_info_experience.htm|Native Info Experience]] * 'Master Teacher' and what learning really looks like in the 21st Century Ustream of first part of the session: [[media type="custom" key="3517136"]] Group video: '[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-c7w-LyvI|Master Learner: What does learning look like]]' [[media type="custom" key="3517202"]] Interesting articles: * [[http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/|Transforming education: Assessing and teaching 21st Century skills]] * [[http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/|Measuring 21st Century skills]] - set of articles * [[http://21stcenturyskills.org/documents/le_white_paper-1.pdf|21st Century Learning Environments]] (White paper) Other ideas * [[http://123elearning.blogspot.com/2009/03/digiteens-go-global.html|Digiteens Go Global]] - Julie's presentation from the ECIS IT conference in London, early March 2009, featuring Flat Classroom Conference footage == == == == == == == == ==February 20, 2009== ---- View the backchannel file: [[http://elearning.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/file/view/21C%20learners%20chatzy%20Feb%2020.doc|21C learners chatzy Feb 20.doc]] [[http://mscofino.edublogs.org|Kim Cofino]] is our special guest this month. Kim is the 21st Century Literacy Specialist based in the Primary School library at International School Bangkok. Kim works as an information and technology integration specialist across the Primary and Middle schools at ISB. We are lucky to have her here at QA in the Senior School working with 21st century literacy objectives. In addition we are very fortunate to have as a consultant at QA Dr John Turner, digital educator, flat classroom teacher and educationla technology leader. John is working with teachers to support the 1:1 implementation and is developing [[21stCLearning|approaches and skills for 21st century learning]]. Our theme for the week and this session of 21st Century Learners is **"Create the Future"**. Our [[professionaldevelopment:QAP-Feb08|PD sessions this week]] in the QA Senior School are about creating a new future at QA that includes mobile computing in a 1:1 learning environment for the senior schoo and also includes online learning modes. We are busily discussing what it means to be a 21st century learner, teacher and classroom and coming towards creating a workable document for ALL learners at QA that reflect the need and the application of these 21st century skills and attitudes. We welcome your input and ideas! * Preparation: watch this video [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA|Networked Student]] by [[http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/|Wendy Drexler]] Other resources shared by Kim and participants during this session: * [[http://isb21.wikispaces.com/|21st Century Literacy at ISB]] * [[http://www.coetail.asia/?t=anon|ISB Certificate of Educational Technology]] * [[http://buffalostate.edu/ilsc/|International Graduate Programs for Educators]] * [[http://inside.isb.ac.th/|Inside ISB: school portal]] * [[http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2008/tc20081215_371267.htm|Rethinking computers in the classroom]] * [[http://www.elgg.com/|ELGG]] * [[http://www.esa.doc.gov/reports/DE-Chap4.pdf|Education literacy document]]: provides data for education is 55 out of 55 in industries for IT intensity quote * [[http://professionaldevelopment.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/file/view/teacherpdEvalRubric.doc|Rubric]] for evaluating 21st century curriculum objectives * Talking heads video about the need for change in education: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiby3m_RyM|Learn to change, Change to learn]]" **"[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVNBebzs0j4|Create the Future]]" video created by participants at this gathering.** [[media type="youtube" key="mVNBebzs0j4" height="344" width="425"]] **Excerpt Video Discussion of February 20,2009 - Part I** [[media type="custom" key="3198666"]] More Resources: * read [[http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/12/01/explaining-connectivist-learning-opportunities-via-video/|Wes Fryer's blog post]] about this and explore more of Wendy's resources, including her K12 Online 08 presentation "[[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=349|Teaching Web 2.0]]: Everything you need in one place" == == ==November 20, 2008== ---- This session will be with [[http://stager.orgGary|http://stager.org]] Gary Stager as our guest. The theme is "What if there are no 21st Century Skills?" Join the [[http://www.chatzy.com/631867345651|back channel chat]] on chatzy.com, PW is qatar Getting ready for our next session....... Reading material: * [[http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/nov08/vol66/num03/Footprints_in_the_Digital_Age.aspx|Footprints in the Digital Age]] by Will Richardson ASCD introduction - <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">In the Web 2.0 world, self-directed learners must be adept at building and sustaining networks. The author of "Footprints in the Digital Age" examines how the Web 2.0 world has resulted in digital footprints -- the online portfolios of who we are, what we do and, by association, what we know -- becoming increasingly woven into the fabric of almost every aspect of our lives. This article in the latest Educational Leadership explains that if we embrace the moment, rather than recoil from it, we may find opportunities to empower students to learn deeply and continually in ways that we could scarcely have imagined just a decade ago.</span> * <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">[[http://www.educationsector.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=716323|Measuring Skills for the 21st Century]] by Elena Silva, Education Sector, November 2008 - </span>New assessments like the CWRA, however, illustrate that the skills that really matter for the 21st century—the ability to think creatively and to evaluate and analyze information—can be measured accurately and in a common and comparable way. These emergent models also demonstrate the potential to measure these complex thinking skills at the same time that we measure a student's mastery of core content or basic skills and knowledge. There is, then, no need for //more// tests to measure advanced skills. Rather, there is a need for //better// tests that measure more of the skills students' need to succeed today. … * [[http://21centuryconnections.com/node/657|Rethinking Skills and Content]] by Elizabeth Helfant, MICDS in St Louis ** **Literacies of a Life Long Learner** (L4) *** Basic Literacy (3R+ rigor + technology basics + disciplined mind) *** Habits of Mind Literacy *** Visual/Media Literacy *** Information Literacy *** Inter cultural Literacy (Global/Cultural Awareness) *** Citizenship and Ethical Literacy (Digital Citizenship) *** Network Literacy (includes communication and collaboration in a flat world) * E-Book: [[http://newbay.ebookhost.net/tl/21cc/2/|Education for the 21st Century: The Basics]] * Gary's [[http://constructivistconsortium.org/books/|Constructivist Learning book list]] [[http://k12onlineconference.org/docs/k12online2008schedule.html|K12 Online Conference 2008]] - a selection * [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=345|Overcoming Entropy]] by Louis Maine * [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=332|Games in Education]] by Sylvia Martinez One Laptop Per Child * [[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/20/60minutes/main2830058.shtml|What if every child had a laptop]]? (CBS video) * Buy 1 - Give 1 - [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&me=A34NLXJLC88VVS|via Amazon.com]] Web 2.0 Smackdown == == ==November 7, 2008== ---- This session will continue to use the [[http://k12onlineconference.org|K12 Online Conference]] as the main catalyst for discussion. Pre-meeting reading material "[[http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Rigor_Redefined.aspx|Rigor Redefined]]' by Tony Wagner, from Educational Leadership, online via the ASCD website Read also: [[http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/11/01/the-energy-to-focus-on-change/|The Energy to Focus on Change]] by Kim Cofino **Today's guiding question: "What skills do students need to build successful careers, be good citizens and solve the problems of the 21st century?"** Getting started this session: [[http://flatclassroomproject2008.wikispaces.com/Keynote|Embedded Flatness]] by Terry Freedman, Flat Classroom Project 2008 Keynote K12 Online Conference presentations - a selection from Week 2 * **Leading the Change Keynote** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=341|The Voices of School 2.0]] by Chris Lehmann * **Kicking it Up a Notch** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=330|Back-channels in the Classroom]] by Scott Snyder * **Leading the Change** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=346|Pushing the Limits: Web 2.0 and 21st Century Learning]] by Aimee Stoffel and Tanya Gray * **Leading the Change** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=348|Ramapo Islands: A New Dimension in Learning]] by Peggy Sheehy * **Leading the Change** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=360|Telling the New Story: Leverage Points for inspiring Change Orientation]] by David Warlick Web 2.0 Smack Down * [[http://edmodo.com|Edmodo]] - an educational tool for microblogging [[Back Channel Nov7|Back Channel Text]] from this session == == == == ==October 23, 2008== ---- This session will focus on the [[http://k12onlineconference.org/|K12 Online Conference]]. We will watch and discuss some session excerpts from week 1 (see [[http://k12onlineconference.org/docs/k12online2008schedule.html|K12 Online Schedule]]). **Today's guiding question: "What does it mean to be a 21st Century learner?"** Program: * Introductions - everyone * Session format - 3 strands, use of a back channel, future ambition to UStream, ongoing interaction via [[http://elearning4life.ning.com/|E4L Ning]] * Getting started ** Join this wiki to contribute throughout the year ** Sign up to [[http://elearning4life.ning.com/|E-Learning for Life Ning]] and join the [[http://elearning4life.ning.com/group/21clearners|21C Learners Group]] ** Respond to the discussion question "What does it mean to be a 21st Century learner" ** Join the [[http://www.chatzy.com/631867345651|back channel chat]] on chatzy.com, PW is qatar ** Join [[http://delicious.com|Delicious]] and add other participants to your network, use the tag **qa21clearner** for shared resources ** Join [[http://twitter.com|Twitter]], share IDs and follow participants * Discussion on guiding question * K12 Online presentations - watch and discuss (referring to guiding question) * Web 2.0 smack down - share your latest Web 2.0 find with everyone! * Next meeting? [[http://k12onlineconference.org/docs/k12online2008schedule.html|K12 Online presentations]] - a selection from Week 1 for review **Pre-conference Keynote** by Stephen Heppell - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=268|It Simply Isn't the 20th Century Anymore Is It? So Why Would We Teach as Though It Was?]] (Read [[http://123elearning.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-not-20th-century-me-we-and-see.html|Julie's blog notes]] on keynote) * **Keynote** for **Getting Started** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=269|How Can I Become Part of this Read/Write Web Revolution?]] by Alice Barr, Cheryl Oakes and Bob Sprankle * **Getting Started** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=272|The Google Gamut: Everything you Need to Get Started]] by Kern Kelley * **Getting Started** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=273|I like Delicious Things: An Introduction to Tagging and Folksonomies]] by Chris Betcher * **Prove It** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=305|Facilitating Tech Integration: A Synthesis of the Research]] by Jon Becker * **Getting Started** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=274|Never Too Young]] (Three tools for the youngest) by Sharon Betts * **Prove It** - [[http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=310|Open, Social, Connected]] by Alec Couros Web 2.0 Smack Down * My Podcast - [[http://mypodcast.com/|http://mypodcast.com]] * Tag clouds - http://wordle.net [[Back Channel Oct23|Back Channel Text]] from this session ==Background to 21st Century Learners== ---- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we move further into the 21st century and realize that schools are not always meeting the needs of teachers or students in terms of learning about and with e-Learning and mobile computing options we start to look at how we can make the shift to transform educational practice and embrace new methods that will help to support and improve learning. Current accepted forms of professional development provide opportunities for small bites and quick-fix solutions but do not encourage immersion, ongoing conversations and collaborative sharing of experiences. Powerful learning practice amongst educators can and will make a difference to our objectives for implementing online learning and mobile computing at QA. The move towards **21st Century Learners** at Qatar Academy is aimed at those teachers who are ready to take on more, in fact take the next step towards shifting their practice to include new tools and e-learning/ICT embedded pedagogy. It is not compulsory at all, but caters for those who are willing and want an extra challenge. </span><span style="font-size: 63%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span> [[image:21C_Learners.jpg align="center"]] **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Essential aims of 21st Century Learners </span>** * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To cover and give equal importance to the three areas listed in the chart above: Research, Pedagogy, Tech Tools </span> * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To provide ongoing sessions throughout the year, of 2-3 hours per session </span> * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To establish a social learning environment that fosters collaboration and sharing as pre-requisites for knowledge construction </span> * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To support non-meeting times with online spaces that continue the conversations and inquiry-based learning mode </span> * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To support teachers in their preparation for teaching and as professional learners </span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span> |
