Lesson+Refresh

What elements made it powerful?- Think about words to describe it. * You can type as many words as you want here, but one at a time and push submit. If you need a 2-3 word phrase type the ~ in between words. Wordle: create a word map.
 * Powerful Learning Experiences **

=__**21st Century Learning:**__=

Are Colorado Springs District 11 students 21st Century students who are technology proficient by 8th grade?
 * //__See__//** //__(NETS) for Students

21st Century educators**__// See ISTE National Education Technology Standards **(NETS) for Teachers**. REFLECT: What are you doing to meet NETS- Teachers?[|ISTE nets-T reflections.doc-]
 * Are Colorado Springs District 11 teachers

__//**Are**// //**Colorado Springs District 11**// //**administrators 21st Century ready?**//__ See ( **NETS) for Admin**

(Colorado Grade Level Expectations: Download GLE by grade level & content easier version)

__**More Articles & Books about 21st Century Learning...**__ Tough Choices or Tough Times __A Whole New Mind__ by Daniel Pink __Five Minds for the Future__ by Howard Garder [|Future child2slideshow.pps]

=__**LESSON REFRESH!**__= Range of Use image and resource from Metiri Research. As you refresh your lessons, think about 3 important questions:
 * 1) What level of thinking are the students doing throughout the lesson? (Bloom's Revised Taxonomy & Resources)
 * 2) What type of instruction is the teaching providing in the learning opportunities? (What is Constructivist?)
 * 3) What types of real world, relevant connections (yes, some tech usage) are the students making throughout the lesson or unit?
 * 4) What type tools will you use to support your lesson refresh?

__**NOTE:**__ What Lesson Plan template will you use? Include these 3 reflection questions. __**Resource:**__ Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Curriculum 21



=** Watch videos of classrooms sharing lesson ideas: **= = = K-12 Teachers: **Web 2.0 with 21st Century, Wetland Custodians, ** Primary Teachers: **Picture Writing**, **Monarch Butterflies Lesson**, **"Independent Learning Activity" sample** Secondary Teachers: **Thin Walls**, 21st Century " **Disruptive Innovation** " Think about the types of "global digital age and higher order thinking" learning experiences these students are having. Describe it in your reflection.
 * After watching the videos: Reflect about what you would use, how you would adapt it.

Learn from your peers: What lesson ideas will they try?**

=**__Use this image from the 21st Century Skills article as a lesson planning filter:__**=