21st century collaboration skills

21st Century Collaboration Skills

Dave HarmsPenta Career Center

Traditional 10-12 Social Studies

Career Center

Online, Hybrid, and Traditional Post Secondary

About Me

All students have a talent – but not all of the talents show up academically

• The World is Flat…..Identifies 21st Century skills needed by today’s students

• Students need to apply knowledge – not memorize

•Thomas Friedman

Higher Level Thinking/ Quadrant D

Daggett

• 1. Ability to Research• 2. Logical Thinking• 3. Technology Literate• 4. Communication Skills

• Source: http://www.graduate-career-advice.com

• Job Skills Demanded by Industry

Diorama (Traditional)

Adapting Traditional Collaboration Projects

New Technology• Flipcams – Flipsoftware/ MovieMaker

OR• iPad II or III and iMovie

Improved Collaboration Diorama• Student becomes the Teacher• Diorama and explain

Student Examples\IMG_0392.mov

PBWorks Get To Know YouCreate Personal WebpageJudge Technology Skills

•Collaborative Hometown Movies• Get to Know You Hometown Movies

Student Examples\North Baltimore movie.wmv

Podcast – Audacity – Garage Band

Student Examples\Mastered Harms.mp3Student Examples\jakechad.mp3

Constitutional Convention

Technology• PowerPoint Claymation movies

Student Examples\HSTW Stalin's Son Movie.ppt

•How A Bill Becomes A Law (Zombie Bill)

Student Examples\zombie movie.wmv

•Make sure objectives are clear…..What are they learning?

Movie Ideas

Movies Continued• Mock Congress

Student Examples\Welfare.mov

• Energy CommercialsStudent Examples\energyyyyyyyyy.wmv

Wikis• Wikis – writing research

AssignmentAverage Word

CountAverage Raygor

Grade Level

Average Flesh Kincaid Grade

Level

Average Flesh Kincaid

Reading Ease Score

Average Grade Percentage

Wiki 245.3 9.60 9.10 51.30 47.30%

Written 168.20 9.78 11.10 48.30 28.70%

Wiki Compared to Written 77.10 -0.18 -2.00 3.00 22.85%

Wikis

Authentic educational activity – publish research for others to view

Incorporates technology in content area

Incorporates research skills, Web 2.0, and presentation skills

Improves writing skills….

The Art of American Indian Cooking by Yeffe Kimball and Jean Anderson.

Wiki

ProjectsBalance Technology with Other

Stuff

Middle Eastern Project

Wiki

Integrating Technology

African Aids Excel Project

Electoral College Project

Latin American Graphing

Financial Literacy

iPad II• Simplifies Movie Making• Garage Band• Photo collages• Mix movies and photos• Music video idea• Podcasts with microphones

Other Activities

• http://animoto.com/play/OkaccBCO8PrnUMM3AbiBYgAnimoto

• Student Examples\Hstw (2).m4aSongify

• http://www.ushistory.org/us/7.asp

Online textbook

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What Does It Look Like?

Main Page of the Site

MOODLE

Teacher Tube

Camtasia (Explain Everything/ Educreations)Kahn Academy

Integrated Technology

Main Page Features

Welcome Video

Transcript of Video

Class Syllabus

Modules Based on Topics

News Forum for Questions

Class Syllabus

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Jordan Water

Theft Module

Water Theft Module Features

Introduction Video

Discussion

Discussion Rubric

Water Theft Video

Tragedy of the Commons Video

Transcripts

Assignment

Jordan Water Theft

Module Second

View

Water Theft Discussion

Water Theft Discussion Rubric

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