Using Technology to Engage Students in 21st Century Skills!

Jaclyn Orlov, Lakes Community High School

Lake Villa, Illinois

A little about me…9th year teaching high school

8th year at current high school with 1,400 students

Have taught a variety of classes and levels

Use technology to enhance my classroom instruction

Interested in collaborating with colleagues to learn new instructional techniques!

Keep the conversation going…

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21st century skillsBy: Tony Wagner

Critical thinking and problem solving.

Collaboration across networks

Agility and adaptability

Initiative and entrepreneurialism

Effective oral and written communication

Accessing and analyzing information

Curiosity, imagination, and creativity

Goal:What good teaching is:

Using technology to enhance instruction in an organic way.

What it isn’t:Using tech tools because they are cool.

Current Events ActivitiesJigsaw:

Credible Sources activity

Pass the current event activity: Using Chrome books and Google Drive

Investigative reporting project:Beat Reporting project using iPads and iMovie

21st Century Skills Applied:Critical thinking and problem solving.Effective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing informationCuriosity, imagination, and creativity

Political Campaign ProjectPresentation

Used Keynote on iPads

Political Campaign AdUsed Keynote on iPads

21st Century Skills Applied:Effective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing informationCuriosity, imagination, and creativity

Bill writingBill Writing in Government

Policymaking 101 in AP Government using the Library of Congress

21st Century Skills AppliedCritical thinking and problem solving.Initiative and entrepreneurialismEffective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing informationCuriosity, imagination, and creativity

AmendmentsMuseum Walk using Show Me App

21st Century Skills Applied:Effective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing informationCuriosity, imagination, and creativity

Civics GamesiCivics

The Redistricting Game

Court cases project

Research famous casesPresent using Show Me

Courtroom SimulationYou be the judge!

21st Century Skills Applied:Critical thinking and problem solving.Effective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing information

Immigration InvestigationCitizenship Test

Immigration Letter to Legislator

Reflection

21st Century Skills Applied:Critical thinking and problem solving.Effective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing informationCuriosity, imagination, and creativity

Design Your own Country Project

Design a government that works! Present characteristics including: Government

leadership, resources, demographics, economic system, etc.

Created commercials using iMovie

21st Century Skills AppliedCritical thinking and problem solving. Initiative and entrepreneurialismEffective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing informationCuriosity, imagination, and creativity

Political party debateFight for your right to political party!

Students research and engage in debate based on party platform.

21st Century Skills AppliedCritical thinking and problem solving.Effective oral and written communicationAccessing and analyzing information

Civic Action Project: Service Learning21st Century Skills Applied:

Critical thinking and problem solving: Identify a problem (local, state or federal)

Collaboration across networks: Freshmen and Seniors worked together across classes.

Agility and adaptability: Interact with community members and navigate politics

Initiative and entrepreneurialism: Create innovative solutions to identified problem

Effective oral and written communication: Present to administrators and community members (Presentation, website, and PSA)

Accessing and analyzing information: Research problem in order to prepare for solution proposal

Curiosity, imagination, and creativity: Website design and film PSA

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in your classroom?

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