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Teaching the iGeneration Two-Day Workshop

 

Session Wiki Address:   http://plugusin.pbworks.com

Project Brainstorming Board: http://bit.ly/tigprojectideas 

Backchannel for Today:  http://todaysmeet.com/tig3 

 

Quick Guide to Web 2.0 Tools: http://bit.ly/tigquickguide

Warehouse for all Session Materials: http://bit.ly/tigresources

 

 

Additional Materials for Participants:

 

http://bit.ly/tighandouts

http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com

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Course Overview

 

Developing literate citizens capable of successfully participating in a knowledge-driven, democratic society has long been one of the fundamental pillars of our K12 educational system.  To that end, public and private schools alike have traditionally focused on helping students to master familiar sets of basic skills in core subjects like reading and math that have always defined successful individuals.

 

Being literate in the 21st Century, however, depends on much more than a simple mastery of reading and math.  To succeed in tomorrow’s world, today’s students need to develop fluency with the kinds of habits, behaviors and digital tools that can make learners more knowledgeable, efficient and effective participants in society (NCTE, 2008; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2008; Common Core State Standards, 2010). 

 

They must able to manage – and judge the reliability of – multiple streams of information at once.  They must recognize that they can build networks with others who share similar passions and begin to see conversations as opportunities to challenge and be challenged.  They must find ways to solve complex problems together, to raise their voices around issues that matter, and to leverage the power of persuasion to drive positive change in their communities.

 

And despite growing up connected, they can’t do this work alone.  It is up to teachers to build a bridge between what students already know about technology and what we know about learning – a process introduced by Solution Tree author and full-time classroom teacher Bill Ferriter in this two-day workshop.

 

Participants will:

 

  • Explore the characteristics of today’s learners.
  • Examine new expectations for literate citizens as defined by The Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the Common Core State Standards.
  • Review the essential skills—information management, communication, collaboration, problem solving, persuasion—that students must master in order to meet these new expectations for literate citizens.
  • Experiment with the ways that digital tools and services can make work with these essential skills more effective and efficient for 21st Century learners.
  • Study sets of practical handouts designed to structure digital learning projects in 21st Century classrooms.
  • Master the basic steps necessary for using – and develop a plan for implementing – new Web 2.0 applications in their classrooms.


Individual laptop computers for every participant are highly recommended in order to enable experimentation with the new tools and services that we will explore.

 

 

 

General Participant Information

 

After registering for this two-day workshop, participants should visit this page to learn more about simple ways to prepare in advance for the time that we will spend together.  Participants may also be interested in this quick guide, which contains links to and short descriptions of each of the tools and services that Bill recommends during the course of this workshop.  Finally, participants might find this simple note-taking guide to be useful to track their learning during the course of this workshop.

 

 

 

Current Session Slides

 

This Adobe PDF file -- which can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint for reference during the two day workshop--contains the slides that session presenter Bill Ferriter will use to introduce participants to the changing nature of teaching today's learners.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop Segments:

 

Introduction to the iGeneration

Exploring Information Management

Exploring Collaborative Dialogue

Exploring Verbal Persuasion

Day One Reflection

Exploring Visual Persuasion

Exploring Collaborative Problem Solving

Planning Your Own Project

Interesting Technology Videos

Helping Participants

Contact Information

 

Workshop Homepage

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