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May 10: What is 21st Century Learning?
What are our next steps?

Jenny: I am working with a teacher to put in place inter-disciplinary teaching. Set up projects that involve writing about what's going on in other classes. I want to tie in theatre to other classes. Gene: I'm teaching Sociology and the Media next year. We'll look at the same news story through many different outlets and perspectives. We'll look or biases and truth. What is the reality? Deb: I'm hoping to incorporate more collaboration and group projects, self-evaluation. Darcy: I want to work on global awareness, relevance, and connectivity. We need to emphasize the connectivity between our society and others. Dustin: collaboration, co-teaching, observations to improve feedback to students and parents, strengthening the role of the mentor teacher and setting relevant goals, further integrating Social Studies and Language Arts in our Humanities curriculum.

What is 21st Century Learning? Answer: [|Learning to ride a bicycle]

ASCD big idea - resources available to students, increased student engagement, Heidi Hayes-Jacob - web based resources, Curriculum Mapping - Gain approximately 6 weeks of learning || Grant Wiggins - More Feedback, Less Teaching - provide students feedback on work...not just "good job". Creating highly creative engaging environment. || Should we be using tech tools? Students are not being taught how to use/not being allowed to use the tools appropriately. Possibly open social networking sites ||
 * **Name** || **Grade/Subject** || **Conference** || **Notes/Resource Links** ||
 * Jenny Stevenson || Aspen Valley - Language Arts || Boston - July 2011 ASCD || Big idea - interdisciplinary - across content areas. Project Based learning development along with student assessment
 * Dustin Flesher || Summit Middle - Humanities || Boston - July 2011 ASCD || Brain Research - Judy Willis - recommends the workshop materials (can be downloaded) RAD learning and teaching [] Movement and music during instruction - take 5 minute break during instructional time ||
 * Gene Fisher || Aspen Valley - Civics, History || Las Vegas - October 2011 ASCD || Marzano k-12 vocabulary - students need the core content vocabulary...build upon year after year. ||
 * Deb Andrews || Online Academy Online - History || Las Vegas- October 2011 ASCD || Marzano - Vocabulary and 21st Century Learning ||
 * Carolyn Payne || Rampart - Teacher Librarian || Las Vegas October 2011 ASCD || 21st century apps and web 2.0 tools - sends out app of the week for iPad. Will be doing training on tools and apps at school.
 * Darcy Bryant || Rampart - Social Studies || Las Vegas October 2011 ASCD || Social Networking and Mobile technology sessions