Discovery On Demand

Beyond the Textbook21 Ways to Engage Your

21st Century Learners

Lance RougeuxDecember 16, 2009

Lance Rougeux

As your local communications provider, Comcast is committed to helping parents and teachers by providing content and tools to engage today’s digital learner.

Underlining a commitment to supporting Indiana’s hard-working teachers, Comcast and Discovery Education are proud to present a series of free professional development webinars and in-person training sessions for teachers focused on using technology in the classroom.

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• Hundreds of videos from Discovery Education’s award-winning library available with Comcast On Demand

• Included at no additional charge to Comcast digital cable customers in Indiana

• Programs for grades K-12, covering key subject areas

• More videos, interactive games, family activity ideas, puzzles and more available online

Content designed to correlate with what children are learning in school to help

parents support the great work educators do in classrooms every day

www.LearningOnDemand.com/comcast

www.LearningOnDemand.com/comcast

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20/70 L O L 3

20/50 R O F L 420/40 L 8 R P O S 520/30 U R A N O O B 620/20

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Data from Kaiser Family Foundation Study, 2005

R U havN trouble rEDN DIS? iz it makin U :-||, ^set, Grr? DIS iz d way kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ 4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv it mo wen U spk thR lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.

Are you having trouble reading this? Is it making you mad, upset, angry? This is the way kids talk. Seriously. It is easy for them. They love it. They love it more when you speak their language. At least a little bit.

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3 hrs watching TV

1 hr on the computer (outside of schoolwork)

1 hr 45 min listening to music (radio, CDs, MP3 players)

45 minutes playing video games

6 ½ hrs/day

Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds (Kaiser Family Foundation)

21st Century Skills

• Teaches 21st century skills discretely in the context of core subjects and 21st century interdisciplinary themes

• Focuses on providing opportunities for applying 21st century skills across content areas and for a competency-based approach to learning

• Enables innovative learning methods that integrate the use of supportive technologies, inquiry- and problem-based approaches and higher order thinking skills

• Encourages the integration of community resources beyond school walls

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

Non-linear, non-linguistic representations

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http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/Lance.Rougeux

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5 Minute Break

• Whales• Global Warming• Things Fall Apart• What is Web 2.0?• Incredible Universe

http://edu.glogster.com

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Google Earth

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Students can create and collaborate via voice, animated doodling and text commenting

http://ed.voicethread.com

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www.blackle.com

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web

sustainability

Send to 466453

Blogging

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Blogging Resources

• ClioTech– http://jdorman.wikispace

s.com/blogworkshop

• Top 100 EduBlogs– http://oedb.org/library/fea

tures/top-100-education-blogs

Blog EnginesEduBlogs

http://edublogs.org21 Classes

http://21classes.com Class Blogmeister

http://www.classblogmeister.com

Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com

WordPresshttp://wordpress.org

Wikis

• Free online writing space that can facilitate authentic collaborative learning

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Wiki Hosts

• Wikispaces– http://www.wikispaces.com

• PB Wiki– http://pbworks.com

• WetPaint– http://www.wetpaint.com

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Thank you!

Lance_Rougeux@Discovery.com