NEIT2011+OpenSpace2+G


 * 21st Century is only a buzz word.**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4RkudFzlc
 * Flipped Classroom as an option**

John Faig Math videos in middle school using Some websites Worksheets are spreadsheets based Be careful, as the video needs to be of very high quality Not every kid will do well with a flipped classroom Data visualization and mashup are 21st skills
 * Art of Problem solving
 * Khan Academy

Dan Meyer http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

What are the skills a student needs?
 * Child taking ownership of the learning and becoming a lifelong learner
 * Media Literacy
 * Self moderation - teaching students how how they learn best
 * Lois - The skills are really the same as ever - Read, write, think, problem solve, grow towards wisdom
 * Basil - 21st Century skills are on top of the old skills to help students do new project
 * Group work and collaboration is a skill that students need to learn more in the 21st century
 * Linda Vasu -There is an instructional piece missing. We need to teach students HOW to collaborate. Training kids the first part of the year to create a "habit of mind". It's slow... needs scaffolding. Add a reflective piece to slow kids down.
 * Asking the student to ask themselves what their strength is, so students can get together in a group.
 * Problem Solving is a huge skill needed. Teaching kids a process and a system for solving intractable problems.
 * Innovation is a new skill, giving students the ability to create something new
 * With information available so quickly, teaching students to slow down and take time with larger problems.
 * Use Blooms taxonomy to teach higher order critical thinking skills- Linda Vasu... Fact based teaching is not helping students.
 * How do you make the subject interesting to the student.... find the students passions
 * Sitting down in front of a computer and be comfortable learning how to use a program and learn themselves

Examples > - Infographics and data visualization are the next wave in humanities [] Linda
 * Flipped Classroom
 * Flat Classroom Project (flatclassroomproject.net and flatclassroom.org)
 * Digital and quantitative literary analysis in the humanities - Linda Vasu. Franco Moretti at Stanford's Litlab. [] Linda
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 * The Republic of Letters, Map of the enlightenment []
 * A Problem solving class - Bill Campbell. The class is Application Agnostic. They can use the tools they want to solve a problem or produce a presentation
 * Mash up - Have kids take a half written paper and make it better. Take something and make it better
 * gapminder.org - data visualization
 * Having backchannel chat, with a rewards system linked to answering questions.

Possibilities
 * A class on remix culture.
 * Create a course for teachers to teach students how to learn. Having teachers teach students to work together. While this should be integrated in the class, this interim solution would help teachers begin thinking about