This online conversation will be of great interest to educators who view the 21st century as a time of global connectivity. This changed world impacts our ‘classrooms’ as it does the workplaces our graduates enter into. How do we shift our approach to teaching and learning in ways that provide increased opportunity for students to develop 21st century competencies which are likely to invite more occasions of success in present and future times? Join this exploration and learn together in a supportive community.

1. Welcome to
Designing Learning for the 21st
Century Classroom: Realizing
Our Purpose!
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3. Introductions… in 140
characters or less ;)
Looking to tweet about it? #TEL21C

4. Perception is guided by higher-level knowledge,
experience, expectations, and motivations…
Read this:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it
wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/
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5. When you to the moonlit sky… what do you see?

6. Gaze into the moonlit sky...
what do you see?
In scientific terms, what a moon-gazer sees may come down to brain
wiring. But through the ages, what civilizations perceived in the moon's
face took on greater significance, in the preservation of cultures, origin
stories, and beliefs.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140412-moon-faces-
brain-culture-space-neurology/

8. What color is that dress?
http://youtu.be/AskAQwOBvhc
https://youtu.be/I0OPNOpU6SY

9. Term Collaborator #1 Collaborator #2 Collaborator #3
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10. Terminology - http://bit.ly/profterms

11. “Understanding
derives from
activity”
-John Dewey

12. Three questions to ask yourself
while designing learning activities
1.Where are we going?
2.How are we going to get there?
3.How do we know we got there?

13. Phrased a little differently…
1. What kind of learning do I want to see take
place?
2. What kind of learning processes, skills, and
strategies should students experience?
3. What kind of understandings should
students gain?

14. Looking at our objectives… seeing the connections
http://bit.ly/dropboxskilz
Your job will be to design a learning activity which
exercises 21st Century learning skills while
meeting the objectives of your course. You will
be working with a partner and your activity will
be shared with the larger group.

15. Post your activity to the shared Wiki located in
the ‘Technology Enabled Learning CourseSite’
https://profskilz.coursesites.com/

16. Think ‘pedagogy’… what are any impediments
to doing this type of active learning more
often in your classrooms?

17. Gratitude
Risk
Originality
Wonder
Truth
Humility
-Seth Andrew (Democracy Prep)

18. Questions remain…
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19. How do we share our
experiences most
effectively to learn
from/alongside one
another?
Discussion Board!

20. What is required for you
to take your teaching to
the next level? How will
you invest in acquiring
needed competencies?
Reflect and Share!