Sunday, June 13, 2010
Warm-up: What is 21st Century Learning?
What is your definition of 21st century learning? After reviewing the website, Montessori in the 21st Century, reflect on how this will impact your instruction. You can include characteristics and examples in your definition. Think of the Frayer model to organize your thinking, what it is, what it is not, what it looks like and sounds like or any visuals that come to mind. Click the comments link below to post your response.
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Integrating technology into every aspect of the environment, including curriculum delivery, community collaboration, office support, content creation, and sharing content and assessments.
ReplyDeleteProviding access to learning anytime and anywhere for continuous learning.
Offering relevant tools, skills, content, and learning environments.
Adapting to the individual needs of learners and to the evolving needs of the community.
Cultivating critical-thinking, creativity, and effective communication skills by engaging learners with real-world situations and community-based projects.
m.hoffman
Maria knew what 21st century learning was in the 19th century
ReplyDeleteMontessori's ideas have proven to be prescient and enduring at the same time. Her intuitive thinking and researched ideas about the value of movement, experiential learning, hands-on materials and peace education are more valuable and meaningful than ever before. What I hope is her recognition of the importance of the individual and the community is paired with the power of digital technologies to create a better and more humane world.
ReplyDelete21st century learning is an independent, self directed exploration of the world. 21st century teaching is the presentation of the necessary tools and the development of the student's self-confidence and curiosity.
ReplyDeleteTwenty-first century learning is collaborative, inventive & creative, problem solving, team rather than individual, process centered, understanding instead of rote memorization & is student centered.
ReplyDeleteLearning that is constant, flexible, adaptable, takes many different forms, is collaborative between learners and interactive between learners and mentors.
ReplyDelete21st century learning is collaborative learning that is full of discovery and relevant to the real world.
ReplyDelete21st century learning is:
ReplyDeleteCollaborative work
Real world problem solving
Global communication & Citizenship
Use of Technology
Innovation and Creative Thinking
Big Ideas!
21st century learning is working collaboratively with classmates to have authentic learning experiences.
ReplyDelete21st century education is, by necessity, ever-changing. In order to properly prepare our children for life in a technological culture, we must be willing to adapt our teaching.
ReplyDeleteThe ability to ask important questions and then access reliable information and judge its value, bias, and accuracy is imperative with the amount of information that children are bombarded with every day.
ReplyDeleteThe best way to communicate is to learn the language, and the language of the twenty-first century is rapidly changing. Twenty -first century learning includes the ability to quickly access more information that one person can comprehend, so we must be careful about resources. Pictures are more easily accessed. A picture is worth a thousand word, but they can also be deceptive.
ReplyDeleteWell I can see this has a lot of potential, but I wish I were at my desk on my computer instead of fighting with a laptop and stuff I never use!
ReplyDelete21st century education encompasses open and fluid collaboration among all learners, including those designated as “teachers.” Critical thinking, real-world problem solving, appreciation for different points-of-view, and creativity and innovation are highly valued.
ReplyDelete21st century learning is a collaborative process that is directed by students to answer questions and solve real world problems.
ReplyDeletemore interesting
ReplyDelete21st Century learning is bringing people closer together by using technology.
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