21 st Century: PowerPoint Tips, Tricks & Alternatives Nancy White

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Partnership for 21 st Century Skills. (2008) 21 st Century Skills, Education & Competitiveness: A Resource and Policy Guide. Available cation_and_competitiveness_guide.pdf cation_and_competitiveness_guide.pdf

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Tip #9: Toys Tactile sensation draws students deeper into exercise. Poker chips, dice, and index cards instill sense of “ownership”. Lesson: National Guard Exercise: National Security Students play the roles of the Chief Executive, National Guard Bureau, and Joint Chiefs of Staff in allocating military resources to emerging national and international incidents. The objective is to limit damage to US national security and homeland security. Active & Guard resources represented by poker chips. Teams were reluctant to share resources to counter emerging threats.

Tip #1: Suitability Evaluate your audience. Design games within their collective experience. Don’t be too technical. “Youth and enthusiasm are no match for old age and cunning.” Students aka “Subjects” Subject #1 - Young - Enthusiastic - Inexperienced Subject #2 - Less Young - Realistic - Retired USMC Let’s hurt him. My Fall ‘06 PAD 5950 class was comprised of ½ military, ½ civilian, ½ 20-something, ½ 40-ish.

Develop Strategies to Achieve Goals Monitor Goals Reflect on Progress Revise Goals Develop Goals Pathway to Success

Develop Goals Develop Strategies to Achieve Goals Monitor Goals Reflect on Progress Revise Goals What do you want to learn about? What skill do you want to develop? How can you be a better learner? What steps can you take to lead to career goals? Who can help? What will you do? How will you do it? When will you do it? Data Collection Evidence Collect feedback from teachers, parents, classmates What went well? What are you struggling with? What should future goals be? What new things do you want to learn? What skills do you need? How can you continue to be a better learner? What will help you achieve your career goals? Pathway to Success

ScienceMath Language Arts Social Studies Other I am wondering about __________ __________ __________ My Questions Curriculum Wheel ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

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