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
90 seconds
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20/200 O1
20/100 M G 2
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
L M A O T T F N7
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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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P-Essay
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http://www.xtranormal.com1010
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
http://lrougeux.glogster.com/PED-Fruit-Sale
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Google Earth
http://earth.google.com1313
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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
http;//sms.google.com1616
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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