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Creating a 21st Century Classroom

toc Overview This course will provide participants with the skills and tools that are essential for today's 21st century classroom. Participants will be encouraged to collaboratively draw on their teaching experiences and new understandings to build a structure for how a 21st Century classroom will differ from a traditional classroom. Current research, pedagogy, and best practices of 21st Century teaching and learning will be explored. 21st Century skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and innovation, communication, and global connections will be practiced in an inquiry-based environment.Participants will create an innovative unit in their content area that integrates inquiry-based learning as well astechnology and literacy skills to engage 21st century learners.

Participants will be required to incorporate the Massachusetts Standards for:
 * ** Content Area - History/Social Studies, Science **
 * ** Technology Literacy Standards **
 * ** Literacy in History/Social Studies, and Science **

The course will run for 12 sessions for a total of 45 hours. Participants will be required to complete 3 hours of work per session with 9 additional hours built in to complete the final unit plan.


 * ** Date ** || ** Session ** ||
 * October 26, 2010 November 2, 2010 || Session 1: The 21st Century Classroom and Virtual Notebooks ||
 * November 9, 2010 || Session 2: Inquiry Based Learning and Research Skills ||
 * November 16, 2010 || Session 3: Using Technology Before, During and After Reading ||
 * December 7, 2010 || Session 4: Introduction and Navigation of Teacher's Domain ||
 * December 14, 2010 || Session 5: "Hidden Treasures" on Teachers' Domain ||
 * January 4, 2011 || Session 6: Communication ||
 * January 11, 2011 || Session 7: Collaboration through Voicethread ||
 * February 1, 2011 || Session 8: Student Conversation ||
 * February 8, 2011 || Session 9: Global Education ||
 * February, 15, 2011 || Session 10: Outlining & Mapping Tools ||
 * March 1, 2011 || Session 11 - Fair and Legal Use of Digital Media Resources - Teachers' Domain ||
 * March 8, 2011 || Session 12: Unit-Lesson Development ||
 * March 22, 2011 || **UNIT LESSON DUE** ||

Summer 2011 Online Professional Development:


 * Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Classroom **


 * Date || Session ||
 * June 7, 2011 || == Session 1 Orientation & Introduction== ||
 * June 14, 2011 || == Session 2 Inquiry Based Learning and Research Skills== ||
 * June 21, 2011 || = Session 3 Using Technology Before, During, and After Reading= ||
 * June 28, 2011 || == Session 4 21st Century Vocabulary and E-Vocabulary Tools== ||
 * July 5, 2011 || = Session 5 Project based learning and Glogging= ||
 * July 12, 2011 || = Session 6: More Presentation Tools & Using Online Video = ||
 * July 19, 2011 || == Session 7 - Collaboration through Voicethread == ||
 * July 26, 2011 || == Session 8 - Conversation and Innovation == ||
 * August 2, 2011 || == Session 9 - Global Education == ||
 * August 9, 2011 || == Session 10 - Outlining and Mind Mapping Tools == ||
 * August 16, 2011 || ==** Session 11 Teachers’ Domain **== ||
 * August 23, 2011 || == Session 12 - Final Project Development== ||
 * August 30, 2011 || ==Final Projects are due== ||

__Objectives__
Participants in this course will...

1. develop a framework for inquiry-based instruction, and an individual vision of their own 21st Century classroom. 2. create a virtual notebook using Wikispaces to be used as a model for student notebooks. 3. gain exposure and familiarity in using specific tools such as Wordle, Glogster, Slide, Inspiration, Voicethread,Primary access, G-chat, Pirate pad, and embed these tools into a virtual notebook. 4. develop their knowledge of the technological resources which will include blogs; research and knowledge-sharingapplications; presentation tools; and a wide variety of communication, networking and creation tools. 5. create a teacher Wikispace site to share lessons and units that employ a range of tools to model how 21st Century learnersconnect and communicate as well as collaboratively research, synthesize and innovate. 6. reflect on use of technological resources, inquiry-based instruction, and the development of a 21st Century classroom. 7. create an innovative lesson/unit in their content area that integrates inquiry-based learning as well as technology and literacy skills to engage 21st Century learners.

__Expectations__
Completion of all work assigned as specified in each of the 12 sessions:
 * Specific written assignments, uses of technological resources, and discussion tab posts
 * Personal voice will be developed through weekly reflections in forums on MassONE Moodle.
 * Creation of a thorough virtual notebook that incorporates all assignments of the 12 sessions
 * Completion of Final Project as outlined below

__Final Project__
By the end of this 12 session course participants will design and create an innovative web-based unit in their content area that integrates inquiry-based learning as well as technology and literacy skills to engage 21st Century learners.

 The unit must demonstrate an understanding of the Massachusetts State and National Education Technology Standards (NETS) for teachers and students:

State Technology Standards: []

Student Technology Standards Teacher Technology Standards

__Course Syllabus__


=__Technology Guides__=

Creating a Wikispace Linking in a Wikispace Creating a Virtual Notebook Marking-up a Document Using Wordle Slide Presentations Voicethread Thinkfinity and Teachers Domain Inspiration Inquiry Based Learning in the 21st Century Classroom Glogging Chat and IM Internet Researching & Delicious Bookmarking