HOW IS TECHNOLOGY USED

IN AJUSD?by Tracy Watanabe

This work by Tracy Watanabe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

How do we use technology?

• Communicating

• Shopping

• Banking

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Remember the day?

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What skills are needed in the 21st century?

• communication

• collaboration

• critical and creative thinking

• problem solving

• informational literacy

• digital citizenship

Key ideas• How we “do school” has

changed, and focusing on 21st century learning skills is the shift taking place

• At AJUSD, we are preparing them for 21st century college and career paths

• Technology helps students connect learning beyond the four walls of the classroom

photo by Tracy Watanabe

Mystery State Skype

• Knowledge: Remember facts about states

• Skills: Use the critical reasoning to determine the state, and answer questions about our state

3rd graders in Mrs. Hamman’s classblogs.goaj.org/mrshamman

Virtual Field Trips• Knowledge: Learn

facts about places and share to teacher

• Skills: Learn about places, go on virtual field trips, and create a video to share their learning with others

5th graders in Mrs. Hamman’s classblogs.goaj.org/mrshamman

Virtual Field Trips• Knowledge: Learn

facts about places and share to teacher

• Skills: Learn about places, go on virtual field trips, and create a video to share their learning with others

5th graders in Mrs. Hamman’s classblogs.goaj.org/mrshamman

Save the Rhinos

• Knowledge: Research about endangered species

• Skills: Research, share, raise awareness, and make an impact on the world

3rd graders in Mrs. Moore’s and Mrs. Hamman’s classes

Iditarod Project

• Knowledge: Learn the facts about the race

• Skills: Interact with the mushers and share their learning

3rd graders in Mrs. Hamman’s classblogs.goaj.org/mrshamman

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Mock Crash Site

Photo Credits: Brian Killgore from AJUSD

Approaches & Falls Far BelowExceeds & Meets

• Knowledge: Memorize Newton’s Laws

• Skills: Students use critical reasoning and apply Newton’s Laws to real world learning

Blended & Flipped Learning

• Knowledge: Learn chemistry facts from teacher

• Skills: Apply chemistry through PBL in class and online content

AJHS chemistry students spend class time focussed on PBL and content is flipped,

coming from an online source

Blogging about Journey North Mystery Class

• Knowledge: Longitude and Latitude affects seasons

• Skills: Students use critical reasoning to determine longitude and latitude of others

3rd graders in Mrs. Hamman’s classblogs.goaj.org/mrshamman

Blogging about WW2

• Then: Students write for the teacher as the audience

• Now: Students write for a global audience and converse in comments

8th graders in Mrs. Carpenter’s classblogs.goaj.org/pcarpent

Blogging

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

image by Tracy Watanabe, quoting CASTLE research

Blogging Increases Academic Achievement• Knowledge: Students

know how well they learned it when they get their scores

• Skills: Students know how well they learned it when they create, share it, and reflect on it; scores reflect the amount of learning

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2012-2013 Benchmarks3rd grade bloggers

6 Traits of Writing

Key ideas• How we “do school” has

changed, and focusing on 21st century learning skills is the shift taking place

• At AJUSD, we are preparing them for 21st century college and career paths

• Technology helps students connect learning beyond the four walls of the classroom

photo by Tracy Watanabe

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