1. When considering the "big idea" for any project it's important that students will be able to learn something from it. Finding ideas that capture their attention may get them more engage in the big idea at hand. This can be done by using idea that are based off real life things. Using collaboration among colleagues may be important for the teacher as well to bounce ideas between each other on key points of the big idea before assigning it to students.
2. The 21st century skills are based off five things which include, analyzing, evaluating, and creating based off Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. These are a high-order of objects rather than lower-order of objectives. Without using this skills the big idea of a project may not go as far as the teacher thought it might.
3. As for the 21st century literacies they go in hand with skills. But literacies goes far past just the ability for read and write according to the text. Literacy in the 21st century is simply learning to be independent, aware, and productive. "What students can learn from this is how to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts (p.49)".This allows students to get a sense of the world and for educators to accomplish their educational goals.
4. The essential learning functions contains eight parts. 1) Ubiquity: Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom, and All the Time - tools that help students become more mobile and learn on the go. 2) Deep Learning - go beyond "filtered" information and use higher-order thinking to engage students. 3) Making Things Visible and Discussable - showing rather than telling, allow students to see the big picture. 4) Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Building Community - turn information mediums into social mediums for example Facebook. 5) Collaboration-Teaching and Learning with Others - learn together, plan together. 6) Research - using the web for research and citation help. 7) Project Management: Planning and Organization - helps students manage time, work, sources, feedback from others, drafts, and products during projects. 8) Reflection and Iteration - examine ideas from multiple point of view. Edit if needed.
5. After reading this chapter I know we can use the essential learning functions for a way of organizing and expanding our thoughts on staying healthy. We can use collaboration through making things visible and discussable, expressing ourselves, sharing ideas, and building a community among our groups, collaborating, and project management.
I noticed you talked a lot about coordinating with other teachers, however, I wondered how you plan to teach your students 21 century literacies and skills. I also noticed that you used facebook as an example, but could you elaborate how you would use facebook in your classroom in a positive teachable way?
ReplyDeleteif you read the text, it mentions myspace being a tool. I used Facebook instead since its more up to date.
DeleteI enjoyed your words on what should come from the "big idea." There are many ways to get the big idea across, whether it is with collaborating or not. That was good you pointed out that the literacies go beyond reading and writing. That is important to know because that can be assumed.
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I enjoyed your words on what should come from the "big idea." There are many ways to get the big idea across, whether it is with collaborating or not. That was good you pointed out that the literacies go beyond reading and writing. That is important to know because that can be assumed.
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Thank you so much of sharing your thoiught.
ReplyDeleteYour reflection on Chapter 3 was able to showcase some important points on the process of where big ideas stem from and how they can create so much more when enough time and effort is put into them. Nice job, very thoughtful reflection to read.
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