21st Century Skills, Phase II

21st Century Skills

Phase II


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  1. Teacher begins to seek out technology resources to enhance learning; utilizes the COW wiki, utilizes online scheduling for ITRT, plans with the ITRT and/or resource teacher.*
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  1. Teacher begins to experiment with student centered learning activities that incorporate advanced technologies; use of teacher created web resources (porta portal, web page, bookmarking resources), use of podcasts, use of Quia activities for data.*
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  1. Teacher uses technology to differentiate instruction; ability leveled activities, open ended projects.*
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  1. Teacher develops and plans lessons with technology in mind; technology integration is a natural part of the planning process for each lesson.*
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  1. Teacher and students use available projection device for interactive instruction when appropriate; students share their work using technology tools (i.e. beam).*
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  1. Grade 3-5 only- Teacher encourages student created and maintained digital organization system including; organization of digital work, review and evaluation of work products in anticipation of end of year archiving.
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  1. Teacher uses other forms of digital delivery such as CD, portable hard drive (thumb drive), and wiki's and blogs.*
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  1. Grade 3-5 only- Teacher encourages students to select from a variety of technology to organize and summarize material; word processing, spreadsheets, multimedia, wiki's, and blogs.
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  1. Teacher utilizes electronic resources to distribute, collect, and return a variety of digital content; discussion boards, wiki's, blogs, and classroom server folder.*
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  1. Teacher reviews and uses textbook supplemental technology resources and online content.*
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  1. Teacher evaluates electronic resources for appropriateness and effectiveness.*
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  1. Teacher incorporates project-based learning opportunities for students. *
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  1. Teacher begins to develop their own project-based lessons collaboratively with team members, resource teacher, ITRT, and/or people based in the community.*
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  1. Teacher incorporates open-ended questioning and higher order thinking skills in real-world technology-rich learning experiences.*
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  1. Teacher creates and uses rubrics for grading electronic assessments. *
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  1. Grade 3-5 only-Teacher allows students to select their own method to communicate learning (understanding), including through electronic means; students are able to determine what product [Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, etc.] to best display their learning.
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Twin Hickory Elementary
Glen Allen, VA