Module 1 Part 1 EED 509

21st Century learning is the method of teaching in and outside the classroom, 21st century learning teaches you how to personalize using smart boards, Google Docs, and Twitter are methods that 21st century leaders use to ensure that the needs of each student are met.  Technology helps make learning fun; it helps catch the children's attention because of different styles and techniques that can be used in the classroom.  Technology has came along way since I was even in the classroom, with today's society this is how we learn and relate to one another is through technology whether it be through social media, emails, texts, and etc.  I believe in using technology because this engages the student and allows them to have hands on or getting visual images rather than being lectured to.

21st Century has many different types of learning skills such as critical thinking, creative thinking, collaborating, and communicating.  In my classroom my students use communication to discuss there daily social studies problems.  Critical thinking is very useful in all sorts of learning.  Critical thinking helps each student build up knowledge to answer their question in their best ability with complete details and complete sentences.

One of my favorite skills that I have learned about is the cross curriculum teaching.  The cross curriculum teaching is fun because of the way I can teach around the other classes, and the way I can include the other classes curriculum in my daily Social Studies lessons.





As you can see on this model these learning skills go hand in hand with one another. They each teach different learning skills that are used in the 21st Century Student Outcomes and Support Systems. The 4C's of learning and Innovation Skills which are critical thinking, communication, collaboration,and creativity.  P21 is taught formally and informally across the nation.  States have came together to design new assessments, standards, and professional development programs.  We have professional developments called vertical alignment that is implemented in our school system where we come together as a school a couple times out of the year and meet and collaborate about our system and how we stand and what direction do we need to move in.



Evernote Strategy

Evernote has really been very beneficial to me especially when I learned how to use it.  I'm not very tech savvy, I guess you could say.  This has been a great tool for me it enables me to go back and forth from my book to my notes.  Evernote allows me to collaborate all the information and keep it organized in different categories so I will be able to go through very easily and quickly and gather any information I need.  I would recommend this tool to all teachers because it is very easy and simple to navigate through the categories.

TPACK M1P3



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbzDXk4vKk

http://www.appsinclass.com/imovie.html



One of my favorite 21st Century Tool that I like and have included in my classroom is iMovie. iMovie for ISO devices (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) is an incredible app to use in the classroom.  With an iPad even smaller iPod Touch or iPhone equipped with iMovie you can put in to students hands a mobile movie studio.  I put a web link at the top of the paragraph so if you would like to go through the tutorial to see how an iMovie works or would like to implement it in your classroom I would go check it out.  I have learned that this tool has been very useful in my classroom and the students really get engaged and have fun with the iMovie. iMovie is very educational because it teaches students to be proud of their hard work and time spent on the iMovie.  iMovie is very self explanatory and very easy to implement in your teaching, we have done numerous videos in my classroom especially on the topics of World War 1 & World War 2.  Students can share/publish finished iMovie projects as movies to your camera roll or as podcasts that are accessible on any number of platform via YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, or through Itunes.  This follow the TPACK model, because it allows the students to integrate traditional and new knowledge in that they have learned in the class setting and present it through the iMovie.  The pedagogy of the activity will be gone over with the students by using tutorials and teacher assistance.  Being able to present an iMovie will give the teacher a better understanding of the different domains of the students knowledge on the topic or topics in which they will be presenting, this will be a great tool for both teacher and the student.