Where in the World?
Adventures and Challenges of the 21st Century

This wetpaint wiki was originally created as a resource for a conference presentation at the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS) All School Conference in Portland, Oregon * Friday, October 12, 2007. The presentation was given by Vicki Butler and Kathy Johnson of Seattle Academy, Seattle, WA. Although the conference presentation is now over, the presentation lives on in the form of this wiki and we invite anyone to contribute. This is an example of work which is "never finished" or work in "perpetual beta." This exemplifies one of the major shifts listed in Our Shifting World page.

What are the realities and the possibilities as we take our classrooms into the global world of 21st Century Skills and Web 2.0 technologies? What do we need to learn and thrive in this new world? Join us as we embark on a collaborative journey into the future of education, educational technologies and learning environments that foster curiosity and creativity. Participants will have the opportunity to continue discussing and learning through participation in this online group wiki.

Introductions
Vicki Butler (The Teacher and EdTech Perspective)
Kathy Johnson (The Librarian Perspective)

Who are you? Where are you?

Moodle Choice Activity http://seattleacademy.net
login: pnais1 password: pnaistest

Group Introductions

• Grade level/subject
• technology comfort level = low middle high
• technology access in classroom
• role in technology

Summary: visual from outcomes of choice

Presentation: Our Shifting World

21st Century Learning Wiki http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com
To join this wiki – click on the join button

Shift in web from “read only” to the “read-write” web
What does that mean?



Video: Teacher Tube “When I Grow Up”
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=499e50248a3a78f7acfc


Discussion:

• What are the challenges/opportunities of the 21st century for education?
• How do we meet those challenges?
• Provide those opportunities?
• How do we not overwhelm ourselves?
• Other questions?

The 21st Century Worker Adjective Addition http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com/page/The+21st+Century+Worker

The Metiri Group: Twenty-First Century Skills (handout)
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Web 2.0 tools

http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com/page/Web+2.0

Attributes:

• collaborative
• fit the students style of learning ie differentiation (learning styles/modes)
• intentional - curriculum, inquiry
• initiated by students - responsible for own learning experts in the field
• interactive

Tools that work for YOU:

“Shout Out” and put Shifting World: Real Examples http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com/page/Our+Shifting+World+-+real+world+examples

NOTES: add to the wiki

Role of Humor!

The Teacher Video Clip
http://homepage.mac.com/lesleyu/iMovieTheater.html

What Teacher Am I?

Moodle Choice Activity http://seattleacademy.net
login: pnais1 password: pnaistest

“The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires.”
— William A. Ward

Resources:

Join us for continued exchanges & dialogue
At the PNAIS 21st Century Learning wiki*.
http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com/
We are a community of educators embarking on a collaborative journey into the future of education, educational technologies and new curriculums in order to prepare our students to function in a competitive and rapidly changing global world.

Hope to see you there! Kathy and Vicki


A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything http://willrichardson.wikispaces.com/

"It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change" – Charles Darwin

"The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler

"Sometimes traveling to a new place leads to great transformation" --Fortune Cookie from PF Chang's, Austin, TX

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists” — Eric Hoffer

Welcome to the K-12 Online Conference! http://www.k12onlineconference.org/ The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2007 conference theme is “Playing with Boundaries”. This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote the week of October 8, 2007. The following two weeks, October 15-19 and October 22-26, forty presentations will be posted online to the conference blog (this website) for participants to download and view. Live Events in the form of three “Fireside Chats” and a culminating “When Night Falls” event will be announced. Everyone is encouraged to participate in both live events during the conference as well as asynchronous conversations. Two podcast channels are available: You can subscribe to K12Online07 Video Podcasts and/or subscribe to K12Online07 Audio Podcasts. A feed for blog comments is also available. (Need alternative feeds because feedburner is blocked at your school? Check our FAQ page.)

Add to the list:

NCCE Northwest Council For Computer Education
http://www.ncce.org

NCCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting effective uses of technology in education. In addition to hosting the largest educational technology conference in the Pacific Northwest, NCCE provides its members with resources and professional development opportunities throughout the year.

NCCE's 2008 Conference will be held in Seattle on February 26-29, 2008 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

MOVING FORWARD
http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/

This wiki houses a collection of resources to help presenters as they help move schools and universities forward into the 21st century. If you have a resource to add, please do so!

Navigate this site using the lefthand categories. Feel free to add a new category if you don't see what you want.

This wiki is administered by Dr. Scott McLeod, Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). Please contact him if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this site.

Anytime Anywhere Learning
http://www.aalf.org/

Picture the happy, effective and contributing global citizens of tomorrow. Being lifelong learners and digitally fluent, they participate fully in every aspect of social and economic life.
To make this picture a reality, today's students must learn differently. They must be granted an education that fosters their innate motivation to learn, that encourages academic rigor through relevant application, and that connects them with the world they will enter. This approach is often called 'anytime anywhere learning.'