Coming to terms with TGE's and 21st Century Learning
Submitted by Ed Bianchi on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 08:54.
Attached is is my first attempt at coming to terms with 21st Century Learning. Please view this with a very large grain of salt. My hope is to get input to refine the map so I have something to show administrators and teachers that will help them understand how 21st Century Learning fits in the education of our students.
A practical exercise is to identify items that schools are currently formally teaching and assessing through the VT TGE's or other content areas. What "TGE's" need to be added to address the others?
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Ed, thanks for posting
Ed, thanks for posting this.
This document below (and the process of creating it) are what I used to be able to ignore the 'forrest' and the 'trees' of the tGEs.
http://vtcite.org/system/files/GCEmatrix.xls
R.
Great Comparison
Hi Ray ... thanks for sharing this spreadsheet ... it really helps to lay out the difference in approach to these evolving standards ... moving from basic skills to a much more conceptual framework and application.
-- Sandy
Sandy Lathem
University of Vermont
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Difference in Approach
Ray.. thanks for sharing the spreadsheet. I have used this before and included it in a wiki where I have been posting various versions of Tech GE's. http://vt-it-ge.wikispaces.com/Formats
ED, Sandy, I'm thinking I will add a page to this that includes approaches to transitioning over to the New ISTE Standards.
I have added Grapplings spectrum to my toolbox and use it to shape my approaches in this transition. People seem to "get" it. It talks about moving across a spectrum from the "checklist" skill focus, to a "do something, do anything, just integrate it somewhere" place, to a tranforming education model. http://www.bjpconsulting.com/spectrum.html
It doesn't say we need to do ONE and not the others, it just talks about the fact that we need to change the allocation of resources (time, focus, $) across the continuum, if we are to progress.
I spoke to this in my recent entry at Infinite Thinking (called Audience Matters)
http://www.infinitethinking.org/2008/06/audience-matters.html
Lucie deLaBruere www.LearningWithLucie.com