21st+Century+TC

//Members - Katie Demetriades, Jennifer Callahan, Bill Pike// Use time to find resources that work - Already used items that are working - Ideas for integration Build rubrics Look for already finished assessments – All Bring BIE info to all day meeting – Bill Cat Foothills rubrics - I have them to distribute at the meeting Lawrence, KS rubrics - I have them to distribute at the meeting I also //Problem Based Learning for Teachers Grades K-8// book you can use.
 * 21st Century Skills**
 * We want to look at Project Based Learning and how to use them effectively over the long term
 * Integrating the skills into the traditional classroom
 * Assessing the skills
 * All Day Meeting**
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//Members - Katie Demetriades, Jennifer Callahan, Bill Pike//
 * 10/24/07**

We examined the rubrics from New Tech, Lawrence, KS, Catalina Foothills, Cross, 21st Century Skills, and other resources. From these, we decided to try to create our own rubrics that relate directly to our content and skill level to share with each other. The order of the rubrics follows the order in which you would teach these skills in your class. They are 1) Collaboration & Content 2) Communication (Written & Oral) 3) Critical Thinking 4) Presentation Skills

It is our hope to create generic rubrics that can be used by other teachers to modify for their use.

[|Edutopia Problem Based Learning] - articles and resources [|Project Lead the Way] - Problem Based Learning initiative in math and science for middle and high school. A Sunnyside person has experience with it and says it's great. It has some elements of programs like FIRST and STEM, but is more comprehensive with a middle school component as well. [|Kathy Schrock Assessment Resources] - some are 21st century assessment tools [|The Global Dimension: Walter Peyton High School] - video about Chicago school focusing on global perspective. [|21st Century Resources] - on Amphi Page - I've updated for your meeting [|Edutopia Assessment] - provides resources and left nav has other topics with information and resources

//Members - Katie Demetriades, Jennifer Callahan, Bill Pike//
 * 11/28/07**

We discussed the rubrics that we had created and the amount of work for what we have. We also discussed the crossover for this and Project EXCELL!! and how the district is exploring ideas to help train people to use the 21st Century Skills. Bill will talk with Patrick Nelson regarding the trainings he is planning on providing for this and if the program can be accelerated to ensure that people on our staff have more trainings before the end of the year to start incorporating the idea of Collaboration and Communication. Katie discussed her principal's idea to examine rubrics online for ideas for incorporation into content area.

For the all-day tech meeting we would like to continue with our creation of rubrics incorporating 21st Century skills into the curriculum. We have each created one rubric so far and brought them back to our schools and have decided that it would be useful to continue with this strategy, as teachers seem to be using the rubrics and Understanding By Design to plan their curriculum backwards from the rubric to the lesson plan. Since the rubrics seem to be in use and having an impact on the curriculum, weaving 21st Century skills into the lessons of our teachers, we would like to continue with this idea and create more usable rubrics during the all-day tech meeting.
 * 2/11/08**

We created a rubric for 21st Century Writing Skills and are currently working on a rubric for Critical Thinking Skills. In the Writing Skills rubric, we tried to incorporate established practices (6 Traits of Writing) as well as adding in 21st Century Skills. We think we were very successful in creating a template to be used cross-categorically. The following is our rubric. Purpose of writing is not evident || Writing shows acceptable understanding of and connection to target audience/ Purpose of writing is clear || Writing shows strong understanding of and connection to target audience/ Purpose of writing is clear and relevant to audience || Little or no connection between research and message || Understanding of topic is apparent/ Clear connection between research materials chosen and message || Mastery of topic is apparent/ Seamless connection between research materials chosen and message || Little or no connection between supporting ideas || Supporting ideas connect to main idea/ Supporting ideas are related and flow easily from one to the next || Supporting ideas show strong connection to main idea/ Supporting ideas relate well to each other, flow easily from one to the next, and together present a strong singular message || Conventions & Sentence Structure || 25% || Structure of paper interferes with message/ End result contains multiple errors in usage and tone || Structure of paper acts as a framework to present message/ End result contains few errors in usage and tone || Structure of paper enhances message/ End result is free of errors in usage and tone ||
 * 2/12/08**
 * // 21st Century Written Communication Rubric //**
 * Category || Weight || Unsatisfactory || Satisfactory || Exceptional ||
 * **// The Message //** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Relevancy— Connection with Audience || 25% || Writing shows little or no understanding of or connection to target audience/
 * Synthesis of Research Materials and Message || 25% || Understanding of topic is limited/
 * **// The Structure //** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Connection between Main Message and Supporting Ideas || 25% || Supporting ideas show little or no connection to main idea/
 * Readability—

Bill shared this rubric with the head of the English department at Amphi High. He gave in to his urge as an English teacher to revise but loved it. He gave us an Exceptional!

//Members:// //Jennifer Callahan, Bill Pike//
 * March 26th**

As part of Bill's Intro to Engineering class, the above rubric is being used as part of Project Catapult. The initial reaction from students was positive. They understand what is going to be required of them and their research paper while building a weapon of mass destruction. We are working on implementing our ideas to gauge the effectiveness of our ideas. A second rubric is currently being used at San Joaquin to evaluate the teamwork efforts on a group mosaic project to be installed on the campus in the near future.