21st Century Learning Activity

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A BID FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND EDUCATION TERMS AND CONCEPTS. ALL DIRECTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED AND NO PLAGARIASM. MY SCHOOL USES SOFTWARE TO DETECT COPIED MATERIAL.

21st Century Learning Activity

This assignment is your opportunity to demonstrate your ability with the learning outcomes Construct a 21st century inquiry-based learning activity that includes differentiated instructional strategies and learning styles as part of the instructional methods and Design a content-based activity that includes self-reflection and shared feedback opportunities for students. Additionally, this discussion is your opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the Course Learning Outcome 2 while reinforcing MAED Program Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9. 

Your principal has directed your attention to the Framework for 21st century learning (http://www.p21.org/about-us/p21-framework)  and has asked you develop a learning activity centered around a core subject for students incorporating Learning and Innovation Skills, Information, Media, and Technology Skills, and Life and Career Skills (http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework), while exhibiting differentiated instructional strategies and consideration for a variety of learning styles. Additionally, you use your time during your school wide professional learning to plan this lesson for a two-fold purpose: (a) to implement it in your own classroom and (b) to potentially share it during subsequent professional learning time. Someone from your school’s leadership team if not the principal will observe your lesson as a guest in your classroom (you are not being evaluated) as you implement it with students. 

Instructions

YOU DO NOT NEED TO CREATE THE PRESENTATION, YOU WILL PROVIDE CONTENT ONLY.

Prepare a 7-10 slide presentation with the goal of implementing it and sharing it with others per your principal’s request. Your presentation will include what a high quality instructional plan would have and follow what your principal has asked you to design during professional development, though it will be represented in presentation format only for this assignment. Create a multi-media/digital presentation of your lesson in a teacher-friendly (easily understood by teacher participants), engaging, presentation format including your choice of presentation software such as Prezi, Slideshare, PowerPoint, Thinglink, Present.me or another source from educatorstechnology. 

Create your assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations below. 

Content Expectations

1. Presentation—Digital/multi-media (2 points): Plan utilizes presentation software for communication/sharing of ideas. 

1. Presentation—Lesson Plan (4 points): The following components of a high-quality lesson plan should be included in your presentation with each appropriate label. It is imperative you do not include a separate, formal lesson plan document within your presentation as it is not readable by viewers.

• Grade level content standard—Includes one to two reading, writing, math, or science standards from your state or Common Core State Standard. My state is Georgia - https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/default.aspx

• Learning objective/outcome--Aligns with selected standard(s), is specific, observable, measurable, and in student-terms.

• Grade level content standard—Includes one to two reading, writing, math, or science standards from your state or Common Core State Standard.

• Learning objective/outcome--Aligns with selected standard(s), is specific, observable, measurable, and in student-terms.

• ISTE-S--Include at least one technology standard that integrates student use of technology in a meaningful way to support your plan. Link to standards - https://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-teachers

• Skills—Lesson addresses at least one Learning and Innovation skill, one Information, Media, and Technology skill, and one Life and Career Skill from the Partnership for 21st Century Learning framework. (Link listed above)

• Inquiry—Includes an inquiry-based approach and at least two purposeful questions ranging in levels of cognition (Bloom’s - https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/orWebb’s DOK - https://www.edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst) to promote critical thinking.

• Differentiation http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/examples-of-differentiated-instruction/ - At least two different suggestions for differentiating instructions and/or materials so as to reach ALL learners.

• Student self-reflection & Feedback—Suggests at least one way students can receive and give feedback as well as reflect upon their learning. 

• Formative Assessment https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/teaching/check-learning/methods  -Include three different ways to assess FOR learning such as student work samples (what kinds of student artifacts would you bring to share with the participants of your presentation?)

Written Communication Expectations

1. Syntax and Mechanics (0.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.
2. Source Requirement (0.5 points): Provide at least 5 resources for your participants that cover at least three of the components of a high-quality lesson plan as demonstrated in your presentation (i.e. resources pertaining to writing objectives, State, CCSSI, and/or ISTE standards, 21st century learning/skills, inquiry-based teaching and learning, differentiated instruction, student self-reflection, provision of feedback, and formative assessment).