21st+C.+Teaching

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**What 21st Century Teaching and Learning Mean To Us: A PhotoStory by Neshannock Teachers**

[|National Education Technology Standards for Teachers] [|National Education Technology Standards for Students] [|Bloom's Revised Planning (Bloom's Taxonomy)] [|CFF Lesson/Unit Rubric]

**4 Lenses of Learning**
 * //Every//** lesson plan, **//every//** day, should provide students with rich learning opportunities that reflect the following 4 lenses that brain research tells us impact learning to the greatest extent.

1. Learning is Meaning-Centered: Are the students able to find meaning in the material with which they are engaged? Are they able to connect the topic at hand with their own lives?

2. Learning is Language-Based: Are students reading and writing for various purposes? Are students reading and writing in EVERY class, EVERY day? Are students generating text, that is, not parroting someone else’s answers, but their own when talking and writing?

3. Learning is Social: Whose voices are heard in the classroom? Are students provided the opportunity to share their reactions, ideas, beliefs, opinions? Do they work with peers to share and refine their thinking?

4. Learning is Human: Does each student have an opportunity to respond in a way that is unique to him/her (ie, talk, write, design a project, complete and assignment)? Does the teacher adjust instruction before, during, and after where appropriate and when assessments call for it?



** 21st Century Lessons and Units do the following: **  // **Determine...** // // 1. Academic Purpose //  2. // Expectations //  3. // Instructional Design //  4. // Rigor //  5. // Differentiation // // 6. Student // **// Look For... //** // 1.Clear expectations for student work //  2. // Effective teacher communication //  3. // Higher Order Thinking Skills //  4. // 21st Century Skills // []  5. // Instructional strategies used to reach all learners // // 6. Connections to // // Research-based Instructional Strategies*: // <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Hubbell, E.R, Kuhn, M., Malenoski, K., & Pitler, H. (2007). //Using technology with classroom instruction that works.// Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. //Additional connections can be found on//: __ http://web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Main_Page __
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Big Ideas, Concepts and Competencies
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Questions
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What students are expected to know and be able to do
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Backward Design) //Understanding by Design//
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// Range of Use // []
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instructional Approach—Didactic to Constructivist
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Authenticity—Artificial to Authentic
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Complexity—Basic Skills to Higher Order Skills //(Bloom’s 2001)//
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project or Problem Based, Inquiry-Based, 21st Century Skills
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Complex activities vs. //More// focused on the same skill
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Content
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Process
 * Product
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Readiness
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interests
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Learning styles
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Task-specific rubric/scoring guide (if applicable)
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quality of work
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clarity of instructions
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Student Work
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Questioning
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Digital Literacy, Inventive Thinking, Effective Communication, High Productivity
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Multiple and varied
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identifying Similarities and Differences
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summarizing and Note Taking
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinforcing Effort and providing recognition
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Homework and Practice
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Non-linguistic Representations
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cooperative Learning
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Setting Goals and Providing Feedback
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Generating and Testing Hypotheses
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers
 * //Examples can be found in://

// 7. Instructional resources used to support student learning: // <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> // 8. Equitable access to the core curriculum provided to all students // Reflect Upon... //** 1. // Did all students meet learning expectations? // 2. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">// What will be done for those who did not meet expectations for learning? // 3. // How might lesson/unit be improved to create greater learning opportunities for all students? //
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rigorous curriculum
 * <span style="color: #014c4c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Effective integration of appropriate technology(ies)
 * What is the evidence?