Overview
An introduction to the ways that students are learning in the digital world, how parents can engage and support their children in this environment, and what this means for decision making at home. We will explore research from MIT, as well as key highlights from the big thinkers in 21st century learning, to discover how and why learning may look differently today than it did when we were in school.
This session has been developed and will be facilitated by:
- Kim Cofino, NIST Consultant in Residence
- Tosca Killoran, NIST Digital Learning Coach
Presentation
Resources
Trends & Research
- New Learning Institute (videos on Vimeo)
- K12 Horizon Report 2015
- Technology Outlook for International Schools 2014
- Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out
- Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out: A Conversation with the Digital Youth Project
Exploring Scenarios
- Scenario Cards, created by Tosca Killoran, used with permission
Project Examples
Lower Elementary:
- Redefining Redefinition by Ms. Pana
- Tami Ruebush: Flipped Math in Gr 1
- Tweeting in Grade 2 (Jamie Raskin)
- @YIS1P – Twitter in the grade 1 classroom (Zoe Page)
Upper Elementary:
- Reid Wilson: Minecraft in the Classroom
- Kara Cole: Minecraft in Gr5
- Angela Spitzman: TourBuilder for Literature Circles
- Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Tsunami – “in Plain English” Videos by NIST students (Will Kirkwood & Ivan Beekmans)
- @manyvoices (George Mayo) and the full story
Middle School:
- Bringing the Art Show to Life by Laura
- Mapping & Understanding Our Earth (Grade 8 Science)
- Students as Tutorial Designers, YIS Tutorials, ISB Tutorials (Kim Cofino)
- Minecraft – ThatFergusonKid A student who was given the opportunity show his learning using Minecraft for his History Project Submission.
- 7th Graders (And One Teacher) Learning With Minecraft (Rebekah Madrid, COETAIL)
- Minecraft Mania (Alex Guenther, COETAIL)
High School:
- Ange Maloney Blended Learning in Math
- Deana Greig: Animated GIFs for Learning (in PE)
- Famous People of the Civil War+ rubric + reflective blog post (see many more fantastic projects on YIS Humanities teacher Rebekah Madrid’s class blog)
Whole School:
- #yisreadseverywhere – a hashtag to promote a love of reading coordinated by English HOD, Cari Barbour
- #yisoneschool – a hashtag to capture a two day learning event with all MS students at YIS
- @nistschool – central hub for all tweets from NIST International School