Going beyond the facts: Collaborating for higher level thinking in schools.

2. 1992

3. 2012
Written report

5. http://padlet.com/wall/whichskills

6. Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel. (2009). Confronting the challenges of
a participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century.
What % of your list is made up
of the skills below?

7. Education reform
– Policy makers
U.S. Department of Education, 2009; Transforming
American Education, 2010; National Governors
Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief
State School Officers, 2012
– Public
“Waiting for Superman,” “Education reform” sections in
Huffington Post & Wikipedia, mainstream press and
opinion & editorials

8. Education reform cont…
Business sector
Jennings, 2012; Partnership for 21st
Century Skills [P21],
2008; National Research Council, 2012, p. Sum: 1;
Department of Labor, 1991
Progressive educators & related education
associations and organizations
Brown & Thomas, 2010; Commission on Accreditation,
2010; Gee & Hayes, 2011; Ito et al., 2010; Jenkins,
Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006;
MacArthur Foundation, 2009; Partnership for 21st
Century
Skills, 2008; Rheingold, 2008; Robinson, 2006; Tapscott,
2009

9. American Association of School Librarians, 2007; International Society of
Technology in Education, 2007; National Association of Independent Schools,
2010; National Research Council, 2012; Partnership for 21st
Century Skills, 2008
21st
century skills
What % of your list is
comprised of 21st
century
skills?

10. Go to:
http://todaysmeet.com/TLA2013

11. What is this graphic telling us?
Write your responses on the
Today’s Meet page

12. Photo by Barbara A. Jansen, 2012.
Participate with teachers to help students
practice higher-level thinking through 21st
century skills

13. Image: http://taxleaseconsultants.com/home/business-meeting. Permission requested.
Collaborate, identify, & integrate

14. Copyright 2010, Linworth Publishing, Marla W. McGhee and Barbara A. Jansen.

15. What makes up a
meaningful assignment?
Go to: www.socrative.com and login as student
with this room number: 891478
I will use short answer to display your responses

16. Meaningful assignments
shift the mindset from teaching to learning.
(How will the student best learn this
knowledge and practice these skills for
transfer?)
articulate content-area knowledge the student
should build.
focus on the content not the container.

17. Meaningful assignments
cont...
move students beyond knowledge and
comprehension by:
making the content relevant to students’
lives,
requiring vigorous effort and rigorous
thought, and/or
providing an audience for their results.
allow for students to practice “traditional” skills.
allows for students to practice “21st
century”
skills.

18. With apologies to “Young Frankenstein.” 20th
Century Fox, 1974.
DO
BarbaraA. Jansen

19. Questions to ask: Going beyond
information found in sources
1. Is the purpose of the activity to provide
initial background information for the topic or
are you wanting to have the students make
connections among topics they have already
studied or something that is important to them
in their lives today?
2. I wonder if the kids can just cut and paste
information they find in the sources?
How do you want the students to go beyond the info

20. 3. Who is the students’ audience?
4. What is the best way for students to
show the results to, or reach, the audience?
5. Do we want to ensure that
all students benefit by all of the research and
results and are responsible for learning about
all topics in addition to the one they
researched?
Questions to ask: Going beyond
information found in sources cont…

21. Character trait worksheet
Lesson plan

22. 6th
grade history channel
Go to Big6#5 Synthesis

24. Presentation Evaluation, board
member

25. What elements of a meaningful
assignment are present? Missing?

26. Audience

28. Planning document

29. “How do we ensure that
every child has access to
the skills and experiences
needed to become a full
participant in the social,
cultural, economic, and
political future of our
society?”
(Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006, p. 56).
Self assessment

30. My involvement
Plan with teacher(s)
Create student planning and pre-production
materials
Assemble assignment wiki
Decide on sources (with teacher input)
Teach skills at point of need
Assess note cards and citations (OMG!), and
presentation skills as appropriate

31. Lead with conversations
What questions will you need to ask yourself?
What questions will you need to ask your
teaching partner?
Group collaboration: Develop questions for
which you can raise the bar in designing learning
experiences that will help students build
knowledge, require rigor of thought, and develop
essential skills.
http://bit.ly/11aBGtX

32. Learning design
Group collaboration: Choose a topic or set of
curriculum objectives that you want to develop
into a rigorous and meaningful learning
experience for students. Use your questions to
guide the design of a dynamic experience for
students.
http://bit.ly/ZciQET

33. Group collaboration
Lead with
conversations
What questions will you need to ask
yourself? What questions will you need
to ask your teaching partner?
Group collaboration: Develop
questions for which you can raise the
bar in designing learning experiences
that will help students build knowledge,
require rigor of thought, and develop
essential skills.
http://bit.ly/11aBGtX
Learning design
Group collaboration: Choose a topic or
set of curriculum objectives that you
want to develop into a rigorous and
meaningful learning experience for
students. Use your questions to guide
the design of a dynamic experience for
students.
http://bit.ly/ZciQET

34. Contact
bajansen@utexas.edu
library.sasaustin.org
@bjansen