21st Century Learning |
Below is the Grad school discussion post that I created this past February where I finally was able to hash out some of the ideas for this assignment. |
"I am a 21st century learner..." reflectioN
-The ISTE Student Standards point out the important skills students need to be considered "21st Century Learners"
-Write a reflection on how this IDU has accomplished (some or all) of the standards. Make sure to give clear examples.
-The minimum effort would be writing an essay. What are you going to do to make this amazing?
-You will get a grade for this that goes towards your Social Studies grade
-Write a reflection on how this IDU has accomplished (some or all) of the standards. Make sure to give clear examples.
-The minimum effort would be writing an essay. What are you going to do to make this amazing?
-You will get a grade for this that goes towards your Social Studies grade
February 18, 2015
Hicks’ (2014) article from Edudemic discusses five different types of platforms that students could use to show their understanding on topics. This article uses examples that showed how students used portfolios to learn more about themselves. The digital portfolio structures that were discussed were, Google Sites, Evernote, Wordpress, Edublogs, and Weebly. The author points out a key consideration when choosing one of the platforms, “You should keep in mind how difficult each option is likely to be for students of the age you work with and what kind of work they’ll be doing throughout the year.”
Currently I am designing an Interdisciplinary Unit with my colleague on World War Two and the Holocaust. I have had in the past the students create a physical portfolio to document their understanding and research on any topic of their choosing. Last year I had the students create a Learnist to document their research online. Currently we are trying to see whether or not this is the best portfolio type for the 8th grade students. I had suggested Weebly last year, but the learning curve was so intense, we were not prepared to integrate it into our curriculum. This year however, we are favoring this platform with the addition of “tech lessons” offered during students’ free periods. Obviously this is a little more to take on, but with us combining more of the project together a new platform is needed. Our idea was to offer the structure of the site (possible tabs: Ancestry/Link. Artifacts, Historical Fiction, Blog/Journal, Podcasts/Educreations) to the students, but what they put within is their choice. They could still choose the topics, but they would need the necessary parts.
As for NET-S I think that is covers most of the criteria. I think, when compared to last year’s structure (Learnist) This offers more digital citizenship practice because they will be creating much the content, and it will reflect their opinions. If we wanted to take it one step further we would have students interact on eachothers’ page. Nevertheless, much of the standards would be reached: students would be troubleshooting website design, using a digital tool to share ideas, using digital multimedia to show original work.
This idea was discussed throughout our multimedia reading. In Chapter 1 it states, “Multimedia projects allow students to exhibit their understanding of a topic in a variety of ways, and therefore provide students with the opportunity to explain their work and ideas to others.” We are really excited to be able to offer a project like this to the students. The opportunities for personal growth is endless and we are anxious to see where their learning takes them.
Resource:
Hicks, Kristen. (2014) “5 Free Tools For Making Digital Portfolios”. Edudemic. February 9, 2015. Accessed February 17, 2015. Web. http://www.edudemic.com/tools-for-digital-portfolios/
Hicks’ (2014) article from Edudemic discusses five different types of platforms that students could use to show their understanding on topics. This article uses examples that showed how students used portfolios to learn more about themselves. The digital portfolio structures that were discussed were, Google Sites, Evernote, Wordpress, Edublogs, and Weebly. The author points out a key consideration when choosing one of the platforms, “You should keep in mind how difficult each option is likely to be for students of the age you work with and what kind of work they’ll be doing throughout the year.”
Currently I am designing an Interdisciplinary Unit with my colleague on World War Two and the Holocaust. I have had in the past the students create a physical portfolio to document their understanding and research on any topic of their choosing. Last year I had the students create a Learnist to document their research online. Currently we are trying to see whether or not this is the best portfolio type for the 8th grade students. I had suggested Weebly last year, but the learning curve was so intense, we were not prepared to integrate it into our curriculum. This year however, we are favoring this platform with the addition of “tech lessons” offered during students’ free periods. Obviously this is a little more to take on, but with us combining more of the project together a new platform is needed. Our idea was to offer the structure of the site (possible tabs: Ancestry/Link. Artifacts, Historical Fiction, Blog/Journal, Podcasts/Educreations) to the students, but what they put within is their choice. They could still choose the topics, but they would need the necessary parts.
As for NET-S I think that is covers most of the criteria. I think, when compared to last year’s structure (Learnist) This offers more digital citizenship practice because they will be creating much the content, and it will reflect their opinions. If we wanted to take it one step further we would have students interact on eachothers’ page. Nevertheless, much of the standards would be reached: students would be troubleshooting website design, using a digital tool to share ideas, using digital multimedia to show original work.
This idea was discussed throughout our multimedia reading. In Chapter 1 it states, “Multimedia projects allow students to exhibit their understanding of a topic in a variety of ways, and therefore provide students with the opportunity to explain their work and ideas to others.” We are really excited to be able to offer a project like this to the students. The opportunities for personal growth is endless and we are anxious to see where their learning takes them.
Resource:
Hicks, Kristen. (2014) “5 Free Tools For Making Digital Portfolios”. Edudemic. February 9, 2015. Accessed February 17, 2015. Web. http://www.edudemic.com/tools-for-digital-portfolios/