21st Century Learning Tools in Math

21st Century Learning Tools in Math Denise Krefting and Lynn McCartney Educational Technologists Heartland AEA 11

Web 2.0 The Read/Write Web Users can focus on: • Ideas • Creativity • Collaboration Technical know how unimportant Usually publicly accessible

Will Richardson The most sweeping change in our relationship with the Internet may not have as much to do with the ability to publish as it is to share and connect and create with many, many others of like minds and interests. Richardson, Will; Blogs, Podcasts and Other Powerful tools for the Classroom; Corwin, 2004.

Characteristics of 21st Century Learners • Digital literacy • Inquiry-based, experiential and engaging • Interactivity and collaboration • Immediacy, connectivity, communication Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Infusing 21st Century Skills Class notes with relevant web links Direct students to discipline specific databases Class site could include notes, slides, webliography, and pertinent multimedia Hybrid classes (face-to-face and online) Podcast class discussions, digital stories Image-rich text books and readings (CDs, DVDs)

Construction of knowledge • Simulations (online, field experience, in-class) • Visualizations • Case study analysis • Fieldwork • Blogging • Interactive web environments

Learning is a social activity Collaborative learning online • Wikis • Blogs • Social Networking sites Audio and video conferencing Classroom response devices (clickers)

Web tools to consider • e-zines and e-newsletters • Social networking sites (MySpace, Facebook, Ning) • Streaming video • Blogs and online journals • Global classroom projects • Digital audiobooks • Digital Timelines • Comic Creation Tools

Web tools to consider • Podcasts/Vodcasts • Wikis for students • Wikis for teachers • MP3’s and iPods • Virtual field trips • Video games • Simulations • Cell phones • Tag Clouds • TeacherTube videos

Curriculum Wiki • http://heartlandcurric.pbwiki.com/ You own this site :)

What do we stand to lose? The wonder of seeing, sharing, and experiencing something new. Witnessing the excitement of discovery. Remembering what it is like to be a child This film by Peter Reynolds expresses it best. `

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21st Century Learning Tools in Math

21st Century Learning Tools in Math

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21st CENTURY LEARNING: THE PROJECT APPROACH

21st Century Learning

21st Century Tools to Support and Challenge our 21st Century Learners

Tools for Managing a 21st Century Club

Measuring 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Learning in the 21st Century

Creating a 21st Century Learning Environment

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program

Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

21st CENTURY LEARNING

Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

Equipping the 21st Century Learner with 21st Century Tools

Towards 21st Century Learning in a 21st Century School

21st century learning spaces

Student Centric Learning 21st Century Education

Learning Transformed: Education in the 21st Century

Unit 1: Understanding 21st Century Learning