21st+Century+Tech+School

//Members: Monica Schott, Lorraine Owen, Bill Pike, Laurie Celaya, Lee Street//
 * 21st Century //Group//**

Focus Question: How do we teach teachers to be 21st Century Educators? First Hour of All Day Tech Coach Meeting: Each Tech Coach will bring notes and materials answering or addressing: 1. How to approach a 21st Century Lesson. 2. How to assess a 21st Century lesson. 3. What does 21st Century skills mean? 4. What are other schools doing to address 21st Century education? 5. What can we do to incorporate/start 21st Century thinking? 6. Why does 21st Century teaching work better than 20th Century teaching? And be ready to discuss professional development possibilities. Second and Third Hour of All Day Tech Coach Meeting: Our group would like to start a blog or Wiki to be used for 21st Century resources. The remaining time will be used to create and add resources brought by all tech coaches in our group. Eventually, we would like to create a PowerPoint Presentation that could be used to train teachers about 21st Century skills, education and thinking.


 * All Day Tech Coach Meeting 10/24/07**

After addressing the questions above we compiled a list addressing question #3. As a group, we feel that most teachers think that 21st century teaching and skills are centered around and about using technology. We decided that creating a __very simple__ power point presentation outlining a 21st Century lesson would be the best way to teach, teachers about what becoming a 21st Century teacher entails. We used a PowerPoint from Bob Pearlman from New Tech High as a spring board to create a presentation specific to our schools and age groups of our students. On November 28, each individual in our group will bring their Powerpoint for evaluation/critique. We also filled out the Amphi Tech Prof Dev Plan for our group.

[|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
 * Web Resources**

//Members: Bill Pike, Laurie Celaya, Lorraine Owen//
 * 11/28/07**

We looked at 2 of the Power Point presentations from Bill and Laurie. We liked them. We then discussed when, where, and how we plan on presenting. As of right now, only Bill has been scheduled to present. Lorraine and Laurie plan to push their principals to get onto the agenda at their sites. We are going to look at questions 1 and 2 next. We want to find ideas that fit our schools/grade levels. We are going to do some online research to see what we can find. Our task is to find something for our group to examine and then share with our faculties.

//Members: Bill Pike, Laurie Celaya, Lee Street, Lorraine Owen, Monica Schott//
 * 2/12/08**

We examined the power points by Laurie and Bill. The group decided the slides were good but needed to have more concrete examples for subject area material. This idea would get more by in from the staff and get people more excited about the process. We decided that people need to see that the 21st Century Skills are not computer based but are real world experiences. We then came up with a list of things to show this idea: Buddy Buzzing Interactive Writing Collaborative Centers Brainstorming Pen Pals Author Share Learning Styles Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Discussion Foss Kits Discovery based learning Collabortive groups/centers Literature centers Learning Styles(know the group dynamics) 5th grade camp Field trips Guest speakers Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Discussion Discovery based learning Collabortive groups/centers Literature centers Learning Styles (know the group dynamics) Field trips Guest speakers Cell phones Guest speakers Discovery learning Field trips
 * K-2**
 * 3-5**
 * 6-8**
 * 9-12**

__**Accomplishments This Year**__ building ASD 21st Century plan designing 21St Century skills Power Pt. presentation for professional development implementation of digiatl cameras and digital video cameras into academic classrooms evaluated different ways to incorporate real world experiences into instructionsla lessons

Service learning CTE Internships Collaborative groups Cross curricular activities "FIELD DAY"/Volunteer Day Presentations (group and individual) Student contracts (non-disciplinary)

This list can be added to the appropriate grade level to show teachers the wide variety of ways that the 21st Century Skills are already used. Teachers need to enhance what they are doing to empasize them. Another idea to show 21st Century Skills is to break into groups. Each group sits at a table with a bag of stuff. The stuff would be determined by the person(s) giving the training. The problem would be: How can you use the items in this bag to teach SEI students? Give the teachers time to come up with their own solutions. Once the activity is done, we explain that they have just done a 21st Century Skills lesson. They have done problem solving/critical thinking, communication, and presentation skills. The presentation could be disguised as a "Getting to Know You" activity at the beginning of the year.

March 26, 2008 We discussed individual school curriculum development and lessons involving 21st century skills. Professional developement for staffs to explain the purpose and goal behind 21st century skills. We also discussed incorporating digital photography across the curriculum and increasing student involvement with use of technology in the classroom.