Gilmour+Academy

media type="custom" key="5805653" align="right" =** Gilmour Academy **=

Elizabeth Fleming - Team Leader Deanne Nowak David Kilkenney Bob Beach Kim Moore Cathleen White (Fellow)


 * Our Project Workspace:** http://gilmouracademy.wikispaces.com/PLP+Project+Planning


 * Our Project:** []

__Team Curriculum Assignment__

=**#1**=

//"Teachers must become comfortable as co-learners with their students and with colleagues around the world. Today it is less about staying ahead and more about moving ahead as members of dynamic learning communities. The digital-age teaching professional must demonstrate a vision of technology infusion and develop the technology skills of others. These are the hallmarks of the new education leader."

—Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2008// Take a look at the [|new NETS] for teachers or for administrators

Discuss these standards as a team and see how you would rate yourselves and your team- using **emergent, intermediate, or advanced** as the benchmarks.

Then as individuals come here and share which of these standards will require the biggest shift by educators and why. Also, what other insights do you glean from these standards?

=**#2**=

As districts and states work to define 21st century skills, abilities and literacies, a number of organizations have sought to provide a framework for their planning.

A long established resource comes from Metiri Group and Learning Point Associates/NCREL. The enGauge 21st Century Skills define what 21st Century Skills are, why they are important, and how they will contribute to the success of students as individuals striving to live, learn, and work in the Digital Age.

The Skills Combining what is known from cognitive science about learning with an ever-changing, high-tech landscape, the guideposts establish four quadrants of 21st Century Skills:


 * Digital Age Literacies
 * Inventive Thinking
 * Effective Communication
 * High Productivity

Each category includes a subset of specific skills with definitions, and the complete chart is available with their [|21st Century Skills brief]. This work came before the Partnership for 21st Century Skills work, but the similarities are there.



Your assignment is to discuss as a team where you see your combined efforts playing out in terms of strengths and weakness in the way you currently educate students at your school. What areas of the quadrant do you need to strengthen as you managing 21st Century change? Are there areas of the quadrant that call for celebration? Do you see shifts that need addressing that haven't been considered in this early research? What is your take on 21st Century skill development overall?
 * Team Assignment**

Then come back here and as individuals share a piece of your team discussion that resonated with you.


 * 25 THINGS EDUCATORS CAN DO TO ENHANCE LEARNING......**

I ran across this site and thought it would be helpful in exploring, reflecting, envisioning what we may want to do individually as well as the group in prepping for our project and how we may want to implement things for the entire school. BB OH, BTW, it probably fits with all three sections.

[] =#3= [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills--] The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a unified, collective vision for 21st century learning that can be used to strengthen American education. The key elements of 21st century learning are represented in the graphic and descriptions below. The graphic represents both 21st century skills student outcomes (as represented by the arches of the rainbow) and 21st century skills support systems (as represented by the pools at the bottom):


 * Route 21**, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools. To get started, [|Take a tour] or [|explore the P21 framework.]

The items included in this database reflect the Partnership’s first step in collecting 21st century-skills related materials in one place. Great resources with many links to other sites.


 * //Team Assignment//**
 * Working as individuals, each team member should take a section of the rainbow to learn more about -- then browse and explore the resources. Afterwards, come back here and highlight a valuable resource you found or share something you learned about the framework.**