21st Century Teaching and Learning
Integrating Instructional Technology Effectively
Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner | MacArthur Foundation
What are the instructional frameworks that we can use to help us integrate technology effectively?
We need technologies that allow teachers to implement/enhance the 6 Cs: Character Education, Citizenship, Communication, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Collaboration, and Creativity and Imagination. Teachers also need to implement Instructional Frameworks that blend Technology, Pedagogy, and Curriculum. The frameworks utilized in PDSB are the SAMR, TPACK, and Problem-Based Learning (Go to Peel21st Chiclet, see http://intranet.peelschools.org/21stcentury/Teaching/DigitalClassroom/Pages/Instructional%20Frameworks.aspx)
SAMR
This model was developed by Ruben Puendtura, and it analyzes learning tasks employed in the classroom and how technology is integrating.
http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMazGEAiZ9c
Problem-Based Learning
The prime objective of Problem-Based Learning is to situate learning in a meaningful context for students and educators so that the learning becomes authentic.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/101064.aspx
TPACK
The TPACK is a framework that determines the knowledge required for teaching and learning. It emphasizes that teaching practices must build upon our knowledge of content, appropriate pedagogical strategies and an understanding of the technology available to us. http://tpack.org/
Think Verb, Not Noun
When integrating technology effectively with your teaching and learning practices: Think Verb, Not Noun. Ensure that you implement instructional practices that foster Device Neutral Assignments where one technology does not supercede the other (e.g. Create a digital story with iMovie, Windows moviemaker, and Comic Life, not I need an iPad to create a digital story). Teachers need to create assignments that move past the nouns (Powerpoint, Prezi) to the skills we want students to exhibit (research, analyze, problem solve, communicate). This image summarizes this thinking, it is from an iBook "Literacy Is Not Enough" by Ian Jukes, Lee Crockett, and Andrew Churches https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/literacy-is-not-enough/id600134662?mt=11
Some Tools We Could Use for Collaborative Inquiry
Kidblog
Useful blogging site easy to set up and use: http://kidblog.org/home/
Wikispaces
Great tool for collaboration, edit documents, post material and create together! http://www.wikispaces.com/
PDSB BYOD Splash Page
Use the PDSB BYOD Splash page to access online resources such as Learn360, OERB, PDSB eResources and Office365 (Blogging, Wiki, Discussion Groups, Online storage, Office Suite-Word, Powerpoint, Excel).
Go to: byod.peelschools.org
Some 21st Century Teaching and Learning Resources
- Ministry of Education, Ontario: 21st Century Competencies from www.edugains.ca
- Canadians for 21st Century Learning & Innovation: www.c21canada.org
- The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: www.p21.org
- Curriculum21.com (podcasts)
Check out the 21st Century Learner page within the Peel 21st Chiclet:
Quick Links for Collaborative Inquiry/Project-Based Learning
- Collaborative Inquiry for Learning: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/collaborative.html
- What is Project-Based Learning http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning
- 23 Ways to Use the iPad: http://www.teachthought.com/technology/23-ways-to-use-the-ipad-in-the-21st-century-pbl-classroom/
- A Collaborative Inquiry into Technology and the Arts: http://www.outoftheirheads.ca/our-inquiry-project/
- Inquiry Based Learning: http://pinterest.com/kmcevoy5/inquiry-based-learning/
- Challenged-Based Learning in Action-Helping A Community Survive a Disaster: http://player.vimeo.com/video/23582085
- Creating An Innovation Week or Genious hour to foster Collaborative Inquiry, Critical Thinking, and Creativity: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SvNoRHpNak0ddmgoJlVVOL0PEBRF69cyDVVsiBy6-9w/mobilepresent?pli=1#slide=id.p36
- Discussion on implementing Genious Hour or 20% Time: http://royanlee.com/?p=2755#comments and http://www.geniushour.blogspot.ca/
David Cruz
email: david.cruz@peelsb.com
Twitter: @dcruz22