1. 21things for Elementary Students K-5
Janice Harding
@jharding
Carolyn McCarthy
@cjmcarthy
Dr. Jennifer Parker
@drjennparker
Melissa White
@mjwhite61
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2. Today’s Learning Objectives
Know the FREE curriculum and resources available for K-5 and 21t4s for use in your classroom
Understand how to implement these materials to build technology literacy & ISTE Standards-S
Make connections between today’s session and technology in your own classroom
Transfer the learning into your instructional practice using best practice strategies
Information

3. 21thingsproject.net
Information about project

4. Connections to 21 Things 4 Teachers?
21 Things 4 Teachers is a single site of FREE resources and tutorials that meets the national technology standards, and offers anytime training to be used for professional development.
Visit the site at:
Katie

5. What is the 21things4students?
9 million+ views of our site
11 million views of the videos
Over 600,000 users
5-7,000 users at any time during the school day

6. Now introducing...21things4 K-5!
NEW!
Beta website: under construction
Under the 21things4students “umbrella”
Target date for deployment: Fall 2017 (lessons available late summer, some beta now)
Your input and suggestions are welcome!

7. 21Things4Students vs. 21Things4Teachers
Student & Kids site
Grades 6-9 “Things & Quests”
K-5 Teacher-guided Activities
Teacher site
What resources are there to support your teaching?
UDL/AT Accommodations for Struggling Learners

8. How Student & Kids Resources Relate
21things4students
21things4kids

9. Spotlight on K-5

10. Who Dedicated Tech teachers Reassigned teachers Classroom teachers
K-5 teachers
Dedicated Tech teachers
Reassigned teachers
Classroom teachers

11. What The 30,000 foot view FREE Technology Curriculum
Aligned to ISTE Standards
Project based
K-5 Teacher Based Lessons & Web Resources
6-8 has Quests & Things
Teacher Resources
“How To” Videos
Badges, certificates, quizzes, student checklists, and formative assessments (only in 6-8 currently)

12. Where Delivery Options
K-5
Use 21things4students.net site
Integrated-project/activity lesson plans
Charts of lesson- linked web resources
Technology Scope and Sequence Resources

13. Teacher Led 21things4students K-5 (21things4kids) Technology Standards
CONTENT AREAS:
ELA, Math, Science
Technology Standards
ISTE 2016

14. When Integrate into Content Areas Integrate into Projects
Variety of models
Integrate into Content
Areas
Integrate into Projects
Special Computer Class
After-school

15. Why Using 21things4students
Meets New ISTE Standards for Students
Builds Tech Proficiency
K-12 Tech Checklist
MiRoadmap and State Ed Tech Plan
Free curriculum
Free tools/resources

16. How Preparation Steps Using the materials to Demonstrate Proficiency
Review the Teacher Lesson Plan
Select tools, platforms, content
Determine how students will access content
Determine how students will submit work
Use the Symbaloo Resources
Integrate progress monitoring and rubrics

17. From a Student Perspective...
Learning Objective
What are the learning objectives?
Activities and how they are Graded
What activities do I need to do?
How are they graded?
Submit
How will you submit your work?
Preview

18. From a Teacher Perspective...
Planning
What standards, tools, and resources do I need to prepare to teach? What handouts or documents are needed?
Teaching
How will you present the objectives and content? What tools/resources will you use?
Evaluation
Where will students submit work? What formatives are in place for progress monitoring? What rubrics will be used to evaluate?
independent, then debrief with table

19. Pedagogy
5 E’s
Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate

20. How Anatomy of a K-5 Teacher Guide
Every teacher guide has:
Unique focus by grade level
5 E’s
Learning Objectives
Key Vocabulary
Standards: Content & Technology
Resources, Tools/Apps
Planning
Assessment
More Resources & Training
Show with visual learning

21. Charts with Lesson Resources
Accompanying each lesson, a chart in Gdocs
Flexible and easy to customize (delete or add resources) for your own classroom

22. Symbaloo resources pending
Resources 4 Teachers from the free Symbaloo contain ads

23. Guiding Resources TRIG K-12 Online Skills Checklist
ISTE/Shorecrest Prep document

24. Adding to the Resource Repository
ADD YOUR
We are looking for resources that address basic technology skills by grade level.
These resources could also supplement the lessons for the “high flyers” or “low gliders”.
Add to our K-5 Technology Resource LIST
1 - LEARNING - Learners will have engaging and empowering learning experiences in both formal and informal settings in order to learn the skills necessary to become global citizens successful in the workplace and society
2 - TEACHING - Educators will be supported in understanding the skills necessary for students to become global citizens successful in the workplace and society; and in using instructional technology as an accelerator for student learning
3 - ASSESSMENT - Learners and educators will leverage technology to productively measure competency and provide meaningful feedback to support the personalization of learning for all students.
4 - LEADERSHIP - Educational leaders will create transformational, equitable, technology-rich environments supporting a vision for personalized learning.
5 - INFRASTRUCTURE - Learners and educators will have access to a robust, secure, and comprehensive infrastructure to support everywhere, all-the-time learning.

25. Anatomy of a Lesson Check out these elements: Introduction
Learning Objectives
Technology Proficiencies & ISTE Standards-S
Content Area Standards
Key Vocabulary
Pre-Planning
Instructional Plan with 5 E’s
Assessment Rubrics
Tools
Notes
Go to thing 10

26. Lesson Sharing
Pilot Teachers will be sharing out the sample lessons they are working on.
Stewart Gardiner, Lake Shore Public Schools
Kathryn Grunow, Utica Community Schools
Kathy Donohue, Anchor Bay Schools
Courtney Conley, Utica Community Schools
Linda Maison, Utica Community Schools

27. Submit Your Lesson Ideas
K-1 Template
2-3 Template
4-5 Template

28. 21 Things 4 Students: Teacher Start Page
Please register if you use with grades 6-8!
APPLY HERE to participate
Join the effort!
Submit lessons, revision ideas, links and tools.
Walk through each section of the Teacher Pages and then give them time to explore. Moodle Site is down for another week
Web links -- tech director conversation, scheduling, etc.

29. Feedback and Q / A http://todaysmeet.com/21things4 Contact us:
Dr. Jennifer Parker
Janice Harding
Carolyn McCarthy
Melissa White