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Partnership for 21st Century Skills:
OCM BOCES and You

Summer 2010 Conference Artifacts a
ccess links here:
Ken Kay's Presentation  slides  3 questions opener
Watch p21 videos 
AMA Report on 4Cs (critical skills survey)
DI in the 21st Century Classroom (Classlink Inc)
Catching Up or Leading the Way (Yong Zhao's slides)
Bernie Trilling  slides  questions/responss   Dan Meyer's Math Makeover video
David Warlick's  CNY21 handouts   presentation collection  Landmarks for Schools
Knitterchat    Prezi Tour for Perfect Storm   Prezi Tour for 'Native' Information Experience
Prezi Tour for Literacy & Learning   Prezi Tour for Personal Learning Network   
Backchannel Chat Wiki (password "teacher")
Henrico County Resources  Henrico21   21C Teaching & Learning

Resources for 21st Century Skills
Link to P21

Professional Development Solutions: 6 Steps to Implement 21st Century Skills
The 6 Implementation Steps (steps described with dates for 2010-2011) slides of steps
Step 1: Awareness  resources   September 27 registration   November 22 registration
Step 2: Assessment   resources  October 25 registration   January 7 registration
Step 3: Narrowing   resources  October 25 registration   January 7 registration
Step 4: Planning   resources  November 19 registration   February 16 registration
Step 5: Implementation
Step 6: Evaluation
 Note: All sessions held in Henry B Conference Room, OCM BOCES Administration Building, except February 16th which will be held in the Operations & Maintenance Building Large Conference Room

Regional 21st Century Skills Leadership Council: Collaborating for the Future
Council Membership
Council Schedule
Council Application process
 

Examples from Other School Districts

Project Based Learning Resources
Edutopia - contains real life examples and a Big List containing article and blogs relating to PBL activities, lessons, practices, and research.
PBL online - resources to design and manage high quality projects for middle and high school students. This site includes information on how to Design your Project.
Buck Institute - is a must visit for anyone serious about PBL. There is some good information on the professional development .
PBLnet Exemplary Projects - site for those wanting practical ideas to infuse PBL into the curriculum. This is the creation of a group of experienced teachers, educators, and researchers whom you may contact as resources.
4Teachers PBL - Writers of this site maintain that these check lists will help teachers start using PBL, by creating on-line downloadable age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects.
Houghton-Mifflin Project Based learning - This site from the publisher contains contains some good resources for investigating PBL and was developed by the Wisconsin Center For Education Research.
Intel Teach - consists of animated tutorials and audio dialogs to explain concepts, Interactive knowledge checking exercises , offline activities to apply concepts. 
Intel Teach - consists of animated tutorials and audio dialogs to explain concepts, Interactive knowledge checking exercises , offline activities to apply concepts. 
A rubric is available from the Buck Institute that can be used to assess and strengthen learning opportunities.




 

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