Essential question: How does leadership in the 21st century reflect the skills our students will need?
Section 1-Before you arrive----Yes, let's flip the learning. Making meaning. I hope you have time to explore Section 1 before you come so we can apply your new learning to our reflection questions. Do what you can if possible. Thank you.
A. Learner targets
Learner target #1: I can identify the ACTFL 21st century skills map and its contents in order to use them to discuss them in relationship to my role as a leader.
Learner target #2: I can use a variety of technology tools to review the ACTFL 21st century skills.
Learner target #3: I can reflect on my leadership role in relationship to these skills and others needed to be an effective leader in the 21st century.
B. Important reflection questions for discussion on the first day.
Which of these 21st century skills is most important for a WL leader to have?
How can a WL leader use the 21st century skills map with what already exists in a district?
How can a WL leader guide teachers to embed these 21st century skills when the WL leader is not there yet?
What are other important skills to have at this crucial point in education?
How can we network and share?
C. Tasks before you come-become familiar with the 12 ACTFL 21st century skills and some of the strategies and instructional activities. Lots of choices. Not necessary to do everyone, but just different ways to learn. (:
Task
Links/downloads
"I can" statements
1. ACTFL 21st century skills map document-explore as you like-many ways-your choice
2. The source for this map
Make a set of flashcards that might be helpful for your teachers to learn about these skills
If you want send me the link to your flashcards and I will load them on the wiki
I can create my own meaning of the skills map by using different tech tools.
4. A challenge-if you like
If you have a smart phone and/or tablet you can download an app to read qr codes. (like scan code at grocery store). Read about these and download one or use the one some of you may have and scan this code to see where you end up.
I can use a variety of technology tools to learn more about the ACTFL 21st century skills.
(Which tools might you share to guide others?)
5. A challenge-if you like
Wordle is a word cloud generator, Man of you are aware of this web tool and have used it. Anyway for those who are pros and those who are novices build one. Chose 25-30 favorite key words from the document. Chose 5-7 of your favorite and type them more than once so they are bigger. When you have finished save the link so you can use it with your teachers. You can also take a screen shot and then it will be like a picture you can put in other documents.
I can create my own meaning of the skills map by using different tech tools.
6. A challenge-some comments so far about what you know about the 21st century skills.
So go back to the reflection questions above and leave some thoughts here at Wallwisher. (no need to register, just double click and type). wallwisher will not work with an iPad.
Instead add your thoughts, etc. here at Today's meet.
I can create my own meaning of the skills map by using different tech tools.
Teaching Resources is where teachers share and download free lesson plans, classroom resources, revision guides and curriculum worksheet. (From the UK. All content areas so search for language resources. You can add resources, too.
Connecting with students and classes around the world
4. Try Pinterestpinboard:check out this resource. The Pinterest platform is a visual pin board that allows users to pin images from blogs and websites, making it easier for them to refer to them later. Search items such as French resources, tapas, flipped classroom, iste12, 21st century learning. If you looked over the activities I put up before your came, I did a pinboard for the 21st century skills: Pinterest pin board of the ACTFL 21st century skills. How could this tool you use this tool with your district/dept, etc?. Maybe start one today. Share with us if you like. I will put it on this wiki page.
D. Possible structures to help department chairs/district leaders connect and collaborate with your teachers. What do you think about when you think of structures needed into to engage all the teachers with whom you work? What structures or structure ideas do you have or need? What do you already have in place?
Structures to help department chairs/district leaders connect and collaborate with your teachers.
Link/ guides
How you might use it. What are your ideas? Please share.
Google Drive: use Google Drive to share/store files virtually
Keep a record of dept. meeting notes and minutes as well as share them.
Collaborative projects such as creating activities for class, designing assessments, building rubrics, etc. This way participants can work at remote locations, together, anytime, anywhere.
Share dept updates with administrators.
Use Google Drive to share/store files, docs, pdf, etc. virtually
A website resource:
Build your Wikispace (Go to Educational wikispace if you are using it for class-means no ads)
E. Collaborative Activity using Linoit: How to create a "shared vision" using the 21st century skills. Go to your group Linoit and populate it with your ideas, links, thoughts, questions, etc. What does it mean to have a "shared vision" and "shared leadership" with the teachers you work and collaborate with? How is leadership different in the 21st century?
July 12-15, 2012
Connect with me -Toni Theisen:
Connect with me on Facebook
Twitter hashtag: #nadsflsummer12
Handouts/images, etc. located here: NADSFL summer dropbox link (I have loaded the handouts here)
NADSFL youtube channel
A book you might like:
Lead the Change
Essential question: How does leadership in the 21st century reflect the skills our students will need?
Section 1-Before you arrive----Yes, let's flip the learning. Making meaning.I hope you have time to explore Section 1 before you come so we can apply your new learning to our reflection questions. Do what you can if possible. Thank you.
A. Learner targets
B. Important reflection questions for discussion on the first day.
C. Tasks before you come-become familiar with the 12 ACTFL 21st century skills and some of the strategies and instructional activities. Lots of choices. Not necessary to do everyone, but just different ways to learn. (:
2. The source for this map
- Pinterest pin board of the ACTFL 21st century skills
- ACTFL 21st century skills map Animoto video #1
- Animoto-if you want to explore this movie maker.
(here is a step by step "how to" sheet)(Which tools might you share to guide others?)
Here is the site I used to generate the code. There are many.
(Which tools might you share to guide others?)
Polleverywhere question
Section 2-Day 1 of the NADSFL Summer Institute
A. Learner targets
B. Important reflection questions for discussion on the first day.
Resources to help you lead in the 21st century. What do you want to add?
P21 Common Core Toolkit:A Guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills:
- Sample of an activity aligned with common core
Thanks @ Amy Kelly-Graham Twitter:@TNschatz
Educating for global Competence:Preparing our youth to engage the world.
Asia Society
Ed Steps
Global competencies matrices:
- iPad apps 4 Teachers
- The world in your pocket-apps for language classes--Thanks @Melinda Larson-Horne. Twitter @melindamlarson
>Tonight's adventures and discoveries.: if you want or have time check out this resources.
1. Short Article #1:10 Incredibly Powerful Teaching Tools of the Future2. Short Article #2: 10 Mental Traits of Truly Innovative Leaders
3. Explore Mentormob;What are the possibilities of this tool to help guide your teachers? Below is an example of a Mentormob I did for the Flipped classroom.
4. Try Pinterestpinboard:check out this resource. The Pinterest platform is a visual pin board that allows users to pin images from blogs and websites, making it easier for them to refer to them later. Search items such as French resources, tapas, flipped classroom, iste12, 21st century learning. If you looked over the activities I put up before your came, I did a pinboard for the 21st century skills:
Pinterest pin board of the ACTFL 21st century skills. How could this tool you use this tool with your district/dept, etc?. Maybe start one today. Share with us if you like. I will put it on this wiki page.
Section 3-Day 2 of the NADSFL Summer Institute
Polleverywhere question
A. Learner targets
B. Important reflection questions for discussion on the first day.
C. Video: Leadership in 21st century schools
D. Possible structures to help department chairs/district leaders connect and collaborate with your teachers. What do you think about when you think of structures needed into to engage all the teachers with whom you work? What structures or structure ideas do you have or need? What do you already have in place?
A very easy guide
E. Collaborative Activity using Linoit: How to create a "shared vision" using the 21st century skills. Go to your group Linoit and populate it with your ideas, links, thoughts, questions, etc. What does it mean to have a "shared vision" and "shared leadership" with the teachers you work and collaborate with? How is leadership different in the 21st century?
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
NADSFL 21st Century Educators video