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  1. Aug 2018
    1. used nutrition, multimedia, and technology to create a healthy trail mix. This lesson doesn't specify the audience but I feel that their fellow classmates trying the trail mix and possibly deciding the best one could be an authentic audience

    1. Fanfic writing

      I think classroom lessons can incorporate this, students could use a book required in their content area class as the basis, or television program

    1. pedagogy of Multiliteracies, in contrast, requires that the enormous role of agency in the meaning making process be recognised, and in that recognition, it seeks to create a more productive, relevant, innovative, creative and even perhaps emancipatory, pedagogy. Literacy teaching is not about skills and competence; it is aimed a creating a kind of person, an active designer of meaning, with a sensibility open to differences, change and innovation. The logic of Multiliteracies is one which recognises that meaning making is an active, transformative process, and a pedagogy based on that recognition is more likely to open up viable lifecourses for a world of change and diversity

      active designer of meaning

    2. he Multiliteracies approach suggests a pedagogy for active citizenship, centred on learners as agents in their own knowledge processes, capable of contributing their own as well as negotiating the differences between one community and the next

      active citizenship, learners as agents in their own knowledge

  2. Jul 2018
    1. I can see how PBL is the vehicle by which I can teach both the Common Core Standards and the 21st century competencies to my first graders. I am also very excited that I don’t have to throw out all the great units I have taught in the past, but instead can view them through a PBL lens.

      Not completely starting over, just improving previous lessons. This ties in to the article about viewing digital literacies through a different lens. PBL can be the vehicle to teach standards along with 21st century competencies.

    2. Videos, pictures, books to introduce topic. Map made of where animals were located. Signs posted in their area about saving the frog. Students discover why the frog population is declining, then come up with their own solutions. Students discuss the declining frog population with a local expert. I like this project based learning activity although it doesn't necessarily involve technology. However, students were asked to identify how they could post information about saving the frog on media. Students posted an informative video on youtube. I think this could involve technology in the research part of the lesson, but I also feel that this was appropriate for student levels.

    1. For younger students, steps should be assigned to a time line, while students in middle school and above can schedule the tasks on their own and learn about self-discipline at the same time.

      I like that this included an example for elementary students. Many times a first grade student is not as independent as a middle school student, but they still need to practice these skills.

    2. Authentic assessments help students analyze what they’ve learned and apply it their own experience. They don’t have to memorize facts for a test, so they can use their creativity to show what they’ve learned. For older students who can use a combination of writing and speaking, authentic assessment helps them refine their writing and oral presentation skills. Authentic assessment works great for groups, so students can get experience collaborating on projects with their peers.

      Students need these skills to become successful members of society outside of school. Students collaborate to find solutions.

    1. learning is so rich and it's so 04:21 meaningful that our students do very 04:23 well on standardized tests

      This is interesting. I feel that standardized tests are the opposite of what comprehensive assessment encourages. I can see how promoting problem solving skills could lead to better standardized test performance.

    2. 01:57 you're doing a lot of small check-ins 01:59 with the students to see where they're

      Assessments should provide feedback to teachers and used to see what students know or are struggling with. Teachers adjust instruction based on assessments.

    3. 00:17 evolve to reflect the skills and 00:20 knowledge that we actually value and 00:22 that we need schools to teach in our 00:25 students to learn

      Teachers can change classroom assessments, but I wish there was a way to change this at a federal level. They will not experience multiple choice questions in their daily life, assessments like that do not reflect real-world experiences.

    1. 05:45 standards and there's an assumption 05:47 behind a lot of that that we actually 05:48 know what our kids are going to face in 05:50 the future

      Standards don't necessarily reflect what students will experience in the future, teaching for only standards is not necessarily authentic.

    2. have the opportunity to kind of tinker 04:19 they get to think about something but 04:21 then also actually build it create it

      Reminds me of the video about productivity increasing when employees were given creative freedom.

    3. language arts class students wrote 03:28 letters to Portland City officials and 03:30 created proposals for the installation 03:33 of their original works of public art

      Love that it ties in to multiple subject areas.

    4. sites going to be connected as a walking 02:43 tour you know how to get there so if we 02:45 went to the othe

      collaborative project that reflects a real world situation, reading and making a map, identifying things in your community. Very cool project!

    1. best use of assessment is to figure out 03:45 where they're at and how I can get them 03:48 to where I want them to be

      Best use of assessment is to gain feedback and gain insight on your students' learning processes.

    2. 02:55 that they do to challenge them to 02:57 synthesize things and to approach 03:00 problems in the way that a scientist 03:03 does or historian d

      Authentic because they can use it in their lives outside of school

    1. We need you to make sure that they're transparent enough 08:12 that we can see what the rules are 08:14 that determine what gets through our filters.

      we should have control, and these algorithms should be transparent

    2. 03:29 Yahoo News, the biggest news site on the Internet, 03:32 is now personalized -- different people get different things.

      This makes it so much harder to get information about subjects you are not familiar with. The internet chooses what to show you based on your likes/dislikes. Reminds me of advertising rather than providing an objective search.

    1. hese learning activities and assessments are supercharged through the use of digital texts and tools, while building the web literacies of you and your students. As you become more familiar with Internet Inquiry Projects, you’ll find that you regularly use the web for teaching and learning every day

      Teachers need to explore and familiarize themselves with digital texts and tools to comfortably integrate them in their lesson plans.

    1. orest schools are also under the greatest pressure to raise sc

      I can attest to this. I have never had a student who had access to the internet at home. I also agree that our school system and teaching practices can rely heavily on "teaching for the test" because of how much value is put on the score. I like the point about new literacies of online reading comprehension being ignored because they are not tested.

    1. I agree and feel that in my school district the overall attitude towards new online resources can be negative. Some teachers feel that they aren't properly trained or that they are given a new resource to learn each year. I've spent time learning an online program and then it was taken away the next school year. This wouldn't happen with an OER though because they are free, which is great.

    1. Someone reading this standard with a lens to the past would interpret it by teaching point of view within narratives, engaging students in discussions about the point of view held by different characters. Some-one reading this standard with a lens to the future would interpret it by teaching point of view in relation to the evaluation of a website’s reliabil-ity, where point of view is one of several important elements to consider when evaluating the reliability of information that is found online

      I like how they include an example of interpreting a standard with a "lens to the future" by incorporating digital skills in current standards.

    2. most of our prior knowledge about reading is derived from an under-standing of reading in offline contexts, the U.S. standards are likely to be interpreted in relation to offline reading comprehension, not online reading comprehension. Another way of looking at this issue is to suggest that many educators will read the CCSS only with a lens to our past, and not a lens to our future, failing to include instruction in important online reading skills.

      I agree that standards reflect reading skills and comprehension offline.

    3. Most importantly, how we adapt to a dynamic definition of literacy in the classroom will define our students’ future.

      I really like this statement. How teachers adapt to the evolving digital literacy skills influences how our students interact online in the future.

    1. Social and institutional contexts are often unsupportive of teachers’ efforts to integrate technology use into their work.

      I agree, sometimes I am even given new technology or a new app to use in class without training.