Transcript of The 21 st Century Learner & Educator UT-Tyler University Academy SC Angela Lassiter.
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- The 21 st Century Learner & Educator UT-Tyler University
Academy SC Angela Lassiter
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- DID YOU KNOW? Farmers are checking soil moisture from their
hand-held computers and factory workers are guiding robots.
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- Free and universal access to information is increasing for all
citizens, whose informed opinions are in turn shaping policy and
fostering greater global democracy. DID YOU KNOW?
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- American students are bombarded daily with visual messages from
the mediaspecifically targeted to tap into the billions of
discretionary spending they control or influence.
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- isolatedindependent content It means that we can no longer
believe that simply teaching isolated and independent content to
our students will prepare them for a successful future. What does
this mean?
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- According to a study by researchers at The Johns Hopkins
University and the University of Arizonas Center for the Study of
Higher Education
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- They are likely to depart from high school having taken classes
mainly from the high school general curriculum in which they
received little to no job preparation or guidance.
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- But I am guiding and preparing themevery day. Ask this question
What exactly am I preparing them for? Tomorrows quiz? Next weeks
test? The state assessment?
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- HMMM??? What does it mean to be a 21 st century learner ?
educator What does it mean to be a 21 st century educator ?
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- A 21 st Century LearnerA student
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- A 21 st Century Learner Can inform & inspire others A
student Can pass a class Can analyze, utilize, synthesize Can pass
a test Can collaborate effectively Can take notes Questions, learns
and leadsCan listen and behave Will investigate and discover Can
ask/answer questions Will be CAREER ready Can hold a job Is simply
a student
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- Overwhelmed? Intimidated? Apprehensive?
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- learners The SKILLS that 21 st century learners need are not
complex. educators and 21 st century educators already own these
skillswe just need to expose our classrooms and students to
them.
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- 21 ST CENTURY SKILLS can be used any time in any field of study
and any career path are NOT content specific guide students to be
self-reliant, motivated, and responsible for their own __________
facilitate inquiry, risk taking, creativity, curiosity, and
discovery enable participation in global communications prepare
students to adapt to new environments, systems, sciences, and
technologies teach a man to fish
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- HMMM??? learner What does it mean to be a 21 st century learner
? What does it mean to be a 21 st century educator ?
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- ASK YOURSELF importantnecessary Reflect on the classes you took
or tasks assigned to you because they were important or necessary *
How did you approach those tasks? curious wanted to know Now
reflect on the classes/tasks you took on because you were curious
or wanted to know more * How did this interest affect your end
result, and more importantly, how did it affect you during the
journey?
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- RESULT vs JOURNEY The 21 st century learner will appreciate
ownership in an end product, but more importantly he or she will
have practiced logical reasoning, problem solving, critical
thinking, effective communication and collaboration, questioned,
researched, discovered, analyzed, applied, created, inspired,
informed, and will go on to educate others just as you have done
because at some point your learning was meaningful & relevant
to you.
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- Were ALL in this together.
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- Resources
http://newswise.com/articles/degrees-of-failure-the-unprepared-high-school-graduate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3D7O-ByLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgKzrkMetU www.ncrel.org/engauge
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