10 signs of a 21st century classroom
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10 Signs of a 21st Century Classroom
Patrick Goertz
10 Signs of 21st Century Classroom
• Developed as a guide to improve STEM offerings
• Cross curricular
• Published on Edutopia
Why 21st Century?
• We’re already 16 years in.
• Other possibilities?
• Conveys urgency and familiarity
Classroom of the Past
• Linear
• Vertical knowledge transfer
• Worked well for the time
What has changed?
• Understanding of the Brain
• Society
• Workforce needs
#1: Technology Integration
• More than just use of technology
• Outcome should be different
Tech Idea: Socrative
• Quick responses
• Anonymous
• Exit ticket
• Cross platform
Tech Idea: PhET
• Over 100 sims
• Physics, chem, bio
#2: Collaboration
• Not a matter of introvert/extrovert
• Exposure to new ideas
• Opposing viewpoints
Collaboration Idea: Kagan Strategies
• Based on Multiple Intelligence research
• Engagement and movement
Collaboration Idea: Teacher PLN
• Not just for students
• Observe
• Discuss
Collaboration Idea: Brainstorming
• Important part of the engineering design process
• Keep positive
• Methods:
• Visual
• Ladder
#3: Creativity
• STEAM
• Builds confidence
• Increase in productivity
Creativity Idea: Video Contest
• Students have added motivation
• Can be used as assessment
Creativity Idea: In Character Presentations
• Students act the role:
• Scientists
• Experts
• Atoms
#4: Inquiry
• Develops student-scientists
• Question based approach
• Guided vs. open
Inquiry Idea: Open Ended Labs
• Included in more AP courses
• Let students decide how to demonstrate a concept
Inquiry Idea: Student Designed Labs
• Pose a question
• Students determine steps to an answer
#5: Critical Thinking
• Students justify answers
• Challenge preconceptions
• Make thoughts visible
Critical Thinking Idea: Why?
• Like a child
• Be annoying
Critical Thinking Idea: Test Corrections
• Allow students opportunity to reflect
• More than just correct answer
• Contentious area
#6: Writing
• Specifically for reflection
• Metacognition
• Error avoidance
Writing Idea: Engineering Journals
• Document the entire process
• Skills
• Observation
• Notetaking
• Sketching
• Organization
Writing Idea: Peer Review
• Scientific process
• Allows students to view other work
#7: Problem Solving
• Fits into a number of other ideas
• Standardized method of approaching any situation
Problem Solving Idea: Unanswerable Question
• Mars Problem
• What other questions are involved?
Problem Solving: Rube Goldberg
• Great way to analyze motion/energy conversion
• Video
#8: Hands-on
• Kinesthetic
• Connection to outside world
• Great to be a science teacher
Hands-on Idea: Probeware
• Vernier or Pasco
• Measurement of numerous factors
Hands-on Idea: Projects
• Can span an entire unit
• Roller coaster project
#9: Teacher as Facilitator
• Personalized education
• Guide and mentor
• Help students to find passion
Facilitator Idea: Capstone Research
• Students choose final project
• Project presentation night
Facilitator Idea: Student Taught Lesson
• Students become “experts”
• Teacher reviews lessons before presentation
#10: Transparent Assessment
• Students should know what and how
• Link to objectives
Assessment Idea: Rubrics
• Especially useful for projects
• Unambiguous categories
• Students require training
Assessment Idea: Distributed Labs
• Too many labs?
• One student per lab group writes the report
• Formal lab
• Turn rotates
Assessment Idea: Standards Based Grading
• Don’t be alarmed!
• Acknowledges that students learn at different speeds
• Varied ways to use this
Image Attributions
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• Edutopia Logo [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from http://www.edutopia.org/sites/all/themes/edutopia/images/logo-print.png
• [1950s Classroom]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 9, 2015, from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Parkside_Elementary_3rd_Grade_Class_1965.JPG/1280px-Parkside_Elementary_3rd_Grade_Class_1965.JPG
• Brain [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2015, from http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/field/image/brain-512758_1280.png
• IPad Mini [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved July 13, 2016, from http://iphoneate.com/encuentran-referencias-de-un-ipad-mini-en-la-aplicacion-instapaper
• Socrative Cell Phone [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from Www.soctrative.com
• PhET Simulation [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2015, from https://dr282zn36sxxg.cloudfront.net/datastreams/f-d:06e173872a8cf2c6b0f5a9eb9f5774cc8c15a4c58d1a1c3cf0469cdd+IMAGE_TINY+IMAGE_TINY.1
• Dept Heads [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14, 2016, from http://www.saviochs.org/editoruploads/images/Welcome/Staff Directory/DeptHeads.JPG
• [Creativity]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-07-16-1437023087-795636-Huffpostbusiness.jpg
• Question [Digital image]. (2014, January 18). Retrieved November 9, 2015, from https://openclipart.org/detail/190137/question
• Writing [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Writing.svg/240px-Writing.svg.png
• Mars [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from http://www.latinquasar.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=516&Itemid=2
•Checklist Icon [Digital image]. (2008, December 1). Retrieved November 8, 2015, from https://openclipart.org/image/2400px/svg_to_png/20498/CoD-fsfe-Checklist-icon.png
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