engaging 21st century english2011

Lynn Mittler MICDS, St. Louis, MO

Reality

No longer College Prep

Now 21st Century Workforce Prep

Why

•Need to know how to deal with difficulties, how to struggle and how to be confused.•The Growth mindset knows how to capitalize on mistakes and confront deficiencies.•Struggle means you are working towards something important, something you are passionate about.•All of this leads to growing neurons!

ExperienceComprehensionElaborationApplication/intention

The more ways something is learned, the more memory pathways are built.

Effective teaching uses strategies to help students recognize patterns and then make the connections required to process the new working memory so they can travel into the brain’s long-term storage areas.

PredictionSketch the abstractExperiential learningRelational memoryPatternsGraphic organizersPersonal meaningCross-curricularVisualizationOpportunities to interact with the informationRepetition and consolidation

vocabsushi

vocabsushi

Amygdala safe areaFormative assessmentRubricsVariety of assessment modalitiesMetacognition

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Class Content Student Blogs

How

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Influence

Agility and Adaptability

Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

Effective Oral and Written Communication

Assessing and Analyzing Information

Curiosity and Imagination

Personal Interest Student Blogs

Personal Interest Student Blogs

Personal Interest Student Blogs

Frederick Douglas Speeches

Prezi.com

Social Justice Documentaries

Podcasts: Garageband

Podcast: Audacity

Hamlet Movies

Wordnik.com

Wordnik.com

HowCareer and learning self-relianceCross-cultural understanding

How

Career and learning self-relianceCross-cultural understanding

Critical thinking and problem solvingCommunications, information and media literacyCollaboration, teamwork and leadershipCreativity and innovation

Diigo.com

Google Docs

How

Career and learning self-relianceCross-cultural understanding

Critical thinking and problem solvingCommunications, information and media literacyCollaboration, teamwork and leadershipCreativity and innovation

Computing and ICT literacy

Noodlebib

Noodlebib

How it all fits together