T-527 Fall 2009 Back to Cool How to Teach For Understanding

T-527 Fall 2009 Back to Cool How to Teach For Understanding

T-527 Fall 2009 The Partnership for 21 st Century Skills Framework STUDENT OUTCOMES: Skills, knowledge, and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century. SUPPORT SYSTEMS: Alignment of these elements creates the support system necessary to produce 21st century outcomes for today’s students.

T-527 Fall 2009 How to Teach for Understanding T-527 Fall 2009 Thursdays 1-4 PM Instructor: Stone Wiske Teaching Fellow: Shane Tutweiler Focus, Goals, Activities and Results, Technologies, Assessment, Logistics

Challenge = bridge the knowledge-action gap Connecting educational research with practice

T-527 Fall 2009 Using theory To design and analyze practice

T-527 Fall 2009 Focus Educational Principles Educational Technologies How can we deepen learning? Reflective Community Designs for Learning

T-527 Fall 2009 Course Goals Design curriculum that deepens meaningful learning Integrate new technologies to enhance teaching and learning for understanding Develop a collaborative, reflective community of learners

Teaching for Understanding Dilemmas, Principles, Design Curriculum Teaching Assessment Diverse Learners and Settings Collaborative Community Technology Integration

T-527 Fall 2009 How can new technologies promote teaching for understanding and meaningful learning? Make curriculum authentic and generative Make goals clear and accessible Support rich, varied performances Enable ongoing assessment and revision Foster reflective, collaborative communities of learners

T-527 Fall 2009 Process Educational Principles Educational Technologies How can we deepen our own learning? Reflective Community Designs for Learning

T-527 Fall 2009 Learning Activities and Results Curriculum as Collaborative Reflective Design Read and think Share thinking/expertise with classmates Collaborate with partners Apply readings and practical insights to curriculum design or another project Write an analytic paper relating the course ideas to your goals

T-527 Fall 2009 Using technology for collaboration, reflection, and understanding

T-527 Fall 2009 Learning Technologies Case Study: Dynamic EarthCase Study: Dynamic Earth: Education with New Technologies Web site: Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool T527 Course Web site:

T-527 Fall 2009

Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool An online interactive workspace that Scaffolds design Organizes materials Supports collaboration

T-527 Fall 2009 Use the CCDT for collaboration Use the CCDT message board to communicate with your coach, collaborators, classmates

T-527 Fall 2009

Teaching for Understanding at Victoria School in Singapore

T-527 Fall 2009 Inbal Alon

T-527 Fall 2009 Shane Tutweiler Webquest

Puay Yin Lim Mapping Software Key pals

Writing like an Educator By Andi Long Concept Mapping Software Online Coaching

T-527 Fall 2009 Planning your project Connect the course to your goals: content, learners, context Learn through applying your knowledge Critique theory from experience Consider collaborating—with a teacher, a classmate, your colleagues

T-527 Fall 2009 Ongoing Assessment Process Frequent Clear criteria related to goals Generating suggestions for improvement Shared responsibility

T-527 Fall 2009 Logistics Review the syllabus on the course Web siteWeb site Post/send a note about yourself by Sept. 1 Begin to explore project possibilities—see guidelines for teacher partners on the course website Purchase the books you want and purchase the reading packet, or find readings on Reserve at Gutman Library

T-527 Fall 2009 Back to Cool How to Teach For Understanding