Using either the QR code reader orone of the resources mentioned in the book,explore it, try it, and writea short summary about the resource and how
you can use it in your class.
I followed the QR code about Passion Projects. While I was looking through the page, I saw the link to Trello. It helped me understand part of the process he went through with his students to complete passion projects. I read through some of the essential questions, his responses, and the steps the students listed to be able to complete their passion project. While on his site, I saw the passion time count down so students are aware of the deadline. A poster made perfect sense, so students were always aware of how much time they had to finish their passion project. I still don’t know how I could use passion projects with my students, but I’d like to investigate Trello more. It looks pretty user friendly, and I’d like to see if it’s something I could use with students when I’m not in their building or district.
I too was looking at his passion projects and on his website he shows the students examples of his own passion projects! Most teachers I know would not have time for that. So you could try looking at his website for ideas to help your students.
I went to learnlikeapirate.com to see what was available there. I found a 21st century skills assessment that Paul used with his students. They had to work in groups to read it and assess themselves several time throughout the year. Then they wrote goals for the year. I printed it off and intend to use it with my student to see where they would score themselves. I also found some example of how Paul sets up the class at the beginning of the year and some lesson plan examples that help the teacher to "start with the end in mind." There was even a video I watched on how to get started teaching 21st century skills. Can't wait to explore more and try it out!
For the assessment: Go to learnlikeapirate.com Educators 21st Century Skills Assessment
I like your idea of having the students assess themselves on the skills. I wonder how different their perspective will be from where you see them being...
I used the TED-style videos QR code. I picked this one as I love the TED talk videos and use the with students. They are always on the cutting edge of what is going on in the world and are really eye openers. On the TED-style videos there was a young girl talking about good and bad foods for you. She was very informed about her topic and gave and excellent talk about 7 minutes of information. She also had a a web page and her list of questions planning her talk. She did a reflection and had comments from others on her presentation. I thought making the talk was such a great way for her to share all the information she had gathered, and she had to gain new skills just to do the talk. Since kids love watching the TED talks, have the do one on a topic the are passionate about.
I have never used TED before but is sounds like something I am going to look into. I like how you said that the girl showed her thought process before just jumping right into the presentation and that she had comments from others to look at afterward; that's a good way to work on 21st century skills!
I've never used TED videos with my students, but I think many of them watch them on their own. I think students would really get into making TED videos about a passion topic. Great idea!
I have watched alot of TED videos but have never thought about having my students make one as a summary. I wonder what the legalities of it are since we are dealing with sped kids????
I remember when you set up a book blog for all your students between your different districts so they could interact with each other. Do you think there'd be a way to set up a private group for all of them to share TED videos on if they made something like Solarz's students??? I can see them REALLY getting into that, and you have some pretty passionate students who would probably create some excellent projects. I'm assuming there's a way, but don't have the slightest idea how to go about it. Maybe something to ask your students how to do??? Haha! :-)
Our English teacher recently started a project called "Nerd Talks". They're informative sessions where someone who is passionate about something gives a presentation about it. Think about it like a niche information TED talk. I am really excited to see what the kids came up with.
I followed the shared reading QR Code and learned as much as I could there. I did other research on it and plan on using it next year in my classroom. I will put a book on the overhead and can highlight, insert things, write comments to the side as needed. Ti will be a time we can read aloud together, switch readers and summarize together and then on our own at the end of each week. We will be able to make predictions, connections, I wonder, what if, what do you think, what would you do if you were, moments and fully discuss it with it all right in front of us. I have been collecting things and getting this ready for next year. Already I am getting excited about it as I get things ready.
I used the QR Reader on every code he had in the book and got alot of great ideas. The one I am going to use next school, or at least try to, is the 21st Century Skills Progress Report. I want to fill one out for each of my students in the fall, at Christmas break, and in the spring. Hopefully that skills report will give the team more specific and detailed information on my IEP students than what I have now. I think it will mean more to the parents too. I like how it breaks the skills down and the continuum of beginning, developing, and secure to measure growth. I definately agree that growth in more important than what we currently use to measure progress, letter grades. Over the summer I plan on going through all the QR codes I downloaded and get some specific ideas down for the next school year.
I went to the Learn Like A Pirate website and explored the following links: The Presidential Election: Several online resources are listed. I chose to try out the isidewith.com since I was not familiar with it. One of my more significant students (academically) needs to make a poster of a presidential candidate for her government final. This site was not particularly helpful for her, because she has no concept of many of the issues. It did give me some ideas on working with her. While there are several issues I’m not sure students (especially special ed) students would be aware of, the questions about those issues should lead to some educational opportunities. I like the fact that there was a shortened version of the questionnaire. I also looked at VoteEasy
Science Fair: I really like the page: The Role of the Science Fair in the 21st Century Classroom : http://psolarz.weebly.com/mr-solarz-eportfolio/the-role-of-a-science-fair-in-the-21st-century-classroom. It includes step-by-step directions in the whole process with graphics.
I think there is so much we can do with current events in our classrooms that would make learning more relevant to our kids. I really liked the isidewith.com resource and plan to do somethings with it. Election time is such an interesting time to get kids involved in understanding the voting and election process.
I liked the isidewith.com resource. Every election year, I take one of my students with me when I go vote. They walk through the line with me as I show my ID, get my ballot, go in the booth with me to vote, and deposit the ballot into the voting box. It seems like such simple steps, but if they have never seen it done, they are overwhelmed by it, which can prevent my students from voting when they turn 18. Leading up to election day, we talk about how to choose who to vote for. I tell them some of the issues that are extremely important to me when I am selecting a candidate. I also ask them which issues they think are important. Most of the time they have no idea. I do ask leading questions, like do you think it is ok for legislators to pass laws that prevent citizens from getting guns--issues I know they have likely heard parents talking about at home. Also, I bring up issues that they should care about because it will affect their future--tax policy or social service spending. I like this site because it contained information on a lot of different issues. I am certain that at least one of the issues listed under "Popular Issues" has been discussed in my students homes. They have also likely seen tv footage of our current candidates. All of this is relevant and interesting to my students.
How brave you are - to take a student with you as you vote; and what a great learning opportunity ! With this being an election year and our state just finishing it's state caucus, I have come to realize that many adults have not learned about voting and all that goes with it.
I went back a b it and did the QR for the scavenger hunt. In this section Paul gave his students a digital camera, a clipboard, and a piece of paper with a list of energy forms and asked them to walk around the school and find examples of the energy sources. I think it is AWESOME! Not only were the students only semi-supervised (he couldn't get volunteers last minute) but they were respectful and using appropriate behavior in the hallways. I love this idea for Pre-K students or Kinder kiddos working on shapes! How fun to go around the school and find examples of the shapes that they see everyday but never think about!
Thanks for sharing about the scavenger hunt. What a fun way to learn and as you pointed out, I think this could be adapted to fit several core subjects.
I liked the scavenger hunt idea too. This is something I could simplify for my little ones and yet still have them be independent. I could have them find pictures around the building and then have them write the CVC word for the pictures they are able to find.
I followed all the QR links, but the one I chose to respond to is the self-assessment for 21st century skills and the further links on how Solarz grades students for these skills through the year. I like the idea of students thinking about and rating themselves on these skills- metacognition in action.
I really like the idea of students grading themselves too. It makes them more aware of their strengths and weaknesses, but also makes the teacher more aware of how the student feels about certain topics.
I did the QR code for passion projects, and will continue to follow him. I really want to do passion projects in my classroom. I love that the students get so into it, it makes them work a little harder because its something they are truly interested in. I want to do the passion project combined with the video blog. This way the students can watch them selves and critique their own videos (like his students did for the science project). Then they are revising their own work, seeing their own strengths and weaknesses, rather than a teacher just pointing them out. This makes the process more authentic, and their growth more personal, because they see and grown from within rather than from a teachers comments.
I followed the QR code about Passion Projects. While I was looking through the page, I saw the link to Trello. It helped me understand part of the process he went through with his students to complete passion projects. I read through some of the essential questions, his responses, and the steps the students listed to be able to complete their passion project. While on his site, I saw the passion time count down so students are aware of the deadline. A poster made perfect sense, so students were always aware of how much time they had to finish their passion project.
ReplyDeleteI still don’t know how I could use passion projects with my students, but I’d like to investigate Trello more. It looks pretty user friendly, and I’d like to see if it’s something I could use with students when I’m not in their building or district.
I too was looking at his passion projects and on his website he shows the students examples of his own passion projects! Most teachers I know would not have time for that. So you could try looking at his website for ideas to help your students.
DeleteI love the poster countdown idea. Visual reminder to the kids everyday but not taking class time to remind them.
DeleteI love the poster countdown idea. Visual reminder to the kids everyday but not taking class time to remind them.
DeleteI liked the Trello site too. The teacher can leave feedback on the ideas and resources student's post and easily see a student's progress.
DeleteI went to learnlikeapirate.com to see what was available there. I found a 21st century skills assessment that Paul used with his students. They had to work in groups to read it and assess themselves several time throughout the year. Then they wrote goals for the year. I printed it off and intend to use it with my student to see where they would score themselves. I also found some example of how Paul sets up the class at the beginning of the year and some lesson plan examples that help the teacher to "start with the end in mind." There was even a video I watched on how to get started teaching 21st century skills. Can't wait to explore more and try it out!
ReplyDeleteFor the assessment:
Go to learnlikeapirate.com
Educators
21st Century Skills
Assessment
Great idea to see how Paul sets up his class. I wouldn't have thought to do that, but it would be a great way to "start with the end in mind!"
DeleteI plan on doing the same thing with my students!! I think that data will help generate better goals for the students!
DeleteI like your idea of having the students assess themselves on the skills. I wonder how different their perspective will be from where you see them being...
DeleteI used the TED-style videos QR code. I picked this one as I love the TED talk videos and use the with students. They are always on the cutting edge of what is going on in the world and are really eye openers.
ReplyDeleteOn the TED-style videos there was a young girl talking about good and bad foods for you. She was very informed about her topic and gave and excellent talk about 7 minutes of information. She also had a a web page and her list of questions planning her talk. She did a reflection and had comments from others on her presentation. I thought making the talk was such a great way for her to share all the information she had gathered, and she had to gain new skills just to do the talk.
Since kids love watching the TED talks, have the do one on a topic the are passionate about.
I have never used TED before but is sounds like something I am going to look into. I like how you said that the girl showed her thought process before just jumping right into the presentation and that she had comments from others to look at afterward; that's a good way to work on 21st century skills!
DeleteI've never used TED videos with my students, but I think many of them watch them on their own. I think students would really get into making TED videos about a passion topic. Great idea!
DeleteI have watched alot of TED videos but have never thought about having my students make one as a summary. I wonder what the legalities of it are since we are dealing with sped kids????
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DeleteI remember when you set up a book blog for all your students between your different districts so they could interact with each other. Do you think there'd be a way to set up a private group for all of them to share TED videos on if they made something like Solarz's students??? I can see them REALLY getting into that, and you have some pretty passionate students who would probably create some excellent projects. I'm assuming there's a way, but don't have the slightest idea how to go about it. Maybe something to ask your students how to do??? Haha! :-)
Our English teacher recently started a project called "Nerd Talks". They're informative sessions where someone who is passionate about something gives a presentation about it. Think about it like a niche information TED talk. I am really excited to see what the kids came up with.
DeleteI haven't ever used TED before either. But definitely something I'm more interested in now!
DeleteI wonder if Vimeo or Videosprout might work to create private groups.
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ReplyDeleteI followed the shared reading QR Code and learned as much as I could there. I did other research on it and plan on using it next year in my classroom. I will put a book on the overhead and can highlight, insert things, write comments to the side as needed. Ti will be a time we can read aloud together, switch readers and summarize together and then on our own at the end of each week. We will be able to make predictions, connections, I wonder, what if, what do you think, what would you do if you were, moments and fully discuss it with it all right in front of us. I have been collecting things and getting this ready for next year. Already I am getting excited about it as I get things ready.
ReplyDeleteI really want to implement more research based projects in my class. This will be a good QR code to follow.
DeleteI used the QR Reader on every code he had in the book and got alot of great ideas. The one I am going to use next school, or at least try to, is the 21st Century Skills Progress Report. I want to fill one out for each of my students in the fall, at Christmas break, and in the spring. Hopefully that skills report will give the team more specific and detailed information on my IEP students than what I have now. I think it will mean more to the parents too. I like how it breaks the skills down and the continuum of beginning, developing, and secure to measure growth. I definately agree that growth in more important than what we currently use to measure progress, letter grades.
ReplyDeleteOver the summer I plan on going through all the QR codes I downloaded and get some specific ideas down for the next school year.
I went to the Learn Like A Pirate website and explored the following links:
ReplyDeleteThe Presidential Election: Several online resources are listed. I chose to try out the isidewith.com since I was not familiar with it. One of my more significant students (academically) needs to make a poster of a presidential candidate for her government final. This site was not particularly helpful for her, because she has no concept of many of the issues. It did give me some ideas on working with her. While there are several issues I’m not sure students (especially special ed) students would be aware of, the questions about those issues should lead to some educational opportunities. I like the fact that there was a shortened version of the questionnaire. I also looked at VoteEasy
Science Fair:
I really like the page: The Role of the Science Fair in the 21st Century Classroom : http://psolarz.weebly.com/mr-solarz-eportfolio/the-role-of-a-science-fair-in-the-21st-century-classroom. It includes step-by-step directions in the whole process with graphics.
I think there is so much we can do with current events in our classrooms that would make learning more relevant to our kids. I really liked the isidewith.com resource and plan to do somethings with it. Election time is such an interesting time to get kids involved in understanding the voting and election process.
DeleteI liked the isidewith.com resource. Every election year, I take one of my students with me when I go vote. They walk through the line with me as I show my ID, get my ballot, go in the booth with me to vote, and deposit the ballot into the voting box. It seems like such simple steps, but if they have never seen it done, they are overwhelmed by it, which can prevent my students from voting when they turn 18. Leading up to election day, we talk about how to choose who to vote for. I tell them some of the issues that are extremely important to me when I am selecting a candidate. I also ask them which issues they think are important. Most of the time they have no idea. I do ask leading questions, like do you think it is ok for legislators to pass laws that prevent citizens from getting guns--issues I know they have likely heard parents talking about at home. Also, I bring up issues that they should care about because it will affect their future--tax policy or social service spending. I like this site because it contained information on a lot of different issues. I am certain that at least one of the issues listed under "Popular Issues" has been discussed in my students homes. They have also likely seen tv footage of our current candidates. All of this is relevant and interesting to my students.
ReplyDeleteHow brave you are - to take a student with you as you vote; and what a great learning opportunity ! With this being an election year and our state just finishing it's state caucus, I have come to realize that many adults have not learned about voting and all that goes with it.
DeleteI went back a b it and did the QR for the scavenger hunt. In this section Paul gave his students a digital camera, a clipboard, and a piece of paper with a list of energy forms and asked them to walk around the school and find examples of the energy sources. I think it is AWESOME! Not only were the students only semi-supervised (he couldn't get volunteers last minute) but they were respectful and using appropriate behavior in the hallways. I love this idea for Pre-K students or Kinder kiddos working on shapes! How fun to go around the school and find examples of the shapes that they see everyday but never think about!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about the scavenger hunt. What a fun way to learn and as you pointed out, I think this could be adapted to fit several core subjects.
DeleteI liked the scavenger hunt idea too. This is something I could simplify for my little ones and yet still have them be independent. I could have them find pictures around the building and then have them write the CVC word for the pictures they are able to find.
ReplyDeleteI followed all the QR links, but the one I chose to respond to is the self-assessment for 21st century skills and the further links on how Solarz grades students for these skills through the year. I like the idea of students thinking about and rating themselves on these skills- metacognition in action.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of students grading themselves too. It makes them more aware of their strengths and weaknesses, but also makes the teacher more aware of how the student feels about certain topics.
DeleteI did the QR code for passion projects, and will continue to follow him. I really want to do passion projects in my classroom. I love that the students get so into it, it makes them work a little harder because its something they are truly interested in. I want to do the passion project combined with the video blog. This way the students can watch them selves and critique their own videos (like his students did for the science project). Then they are revising their own work, seeing their own strengths and weaknesses, rather than a teacher just pointing them out.
ReplyDeleteThis makes the process more authentic, and their growth more personal, because they see and grown from within rather than from a teachers comments.