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Course 1 - Introduction - Trainer Guide
Course 1 - Introduction - Trainer Guide
Objectives
3. Identify the 21st century skills learners need for life and work in the 21st century
4. Determine the purpose of 21st century learning design framework, rubrics, and decision trees
Target audience
▪ K-12 educators
Timing
▪ 80 minutes
Day of training
▪ Arrive early to set up for the presentation and test Internet, projection, and sound
▪ Arrange the room for small group discussions. Organize educators by grade, division, or content area, or mix them
Hi, educators!
I’m so excited to connect with you at our upcoming 21st century learning design session!
We’ll be exploring:
Preparation
• If possible, please arrive approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start time
• Bring your lesson plan book. You may find it useful during the session
Have questions about this professional development opportunity? Don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
[xxxx]
Reminder email
Hi, educators!
This is just a friendly reminder that our 21st century learning design session is coming up.
I can’t wait to explore with you the many ways we can transform learning with 21st century learning design!
Preparation
▪ If possible, please arrive approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start time
▪ Bring your lesson plan book. You may find it useful during the session!
Have questions about this training session? Don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
[xxxx]
Timing Suggested talking points Presenter action
15 mins Do:
prior
Greet participants as they arrive.
1 min Say:
Say:
3 mins (If you do not regularly work with the participants, learn
a bit about your audience.)
Say:
▪ An elementary educator?
(pause for responses)
▪ A middle school educator?
(pause for responses)
▪ A high school educator?
(pause for responses)
▪ Science?
▪ Math?
▪ English?
▪ History?
▪ World Languages?
▪ Computer science?
▪ Visual Arts? Performing Arts?
▪ CTE (Career and Technical Education)?
▪ Physical education?
▪ Other?
When you get there, your screen should look like mine.
Alright! Let's begin with a quick check-in. When I say Give participants time to respond to the prompt.
21st century skills, what comes to mind?
Let’s start by watching the introductory video for the Play the Introduction to the 21st Century Learning Design
21CLD learning path. This will give us an overview of course video.
what’s to come.
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Have our education systems kept up with the types of
skills required to thrive in a modern society?
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Exactly.
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Thanks, everyone, for sharing. Play the Research behind 21st Century Learning Design
video.
What I hear you saying is that we know that our learners
need to practice 21st century skills but incorporating
those skills in a meaningful way can be challenging.
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Knowledge construction which requires learners to go
beyond memorizing information to analyzing,
interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating information.
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The rubrics capture the big ideas of each dimension and Send participants to the Knowledge Construction section
serve as a framework for activity design. They outline of the OneNote notebook.
the criteria for each level of the dimension.
For example, if you select the Knowledge Construction Ask them to review the Knowledge Construction rubric
section in the OneNote notebook, you will see a page page.
titled “Knowledge Construction rubric”.
In addition to the rubric, each dimension also has a Send participants to the Knowledge construction section
decision tree. of the OneNote notebook.
The decision trees are a visual way of breaking down Ask them to review the Knowledge Construction decision
the big ideas of each dimension with simple “yes” or tree page.
“no” questions.
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• Working independently
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We can also take our own lessons and use the rubrics
and decision trees to code them.
Before we close for today, does anyone have any Answer participants’ questions.
questions related to 21CLD, the dimensions, and coding
lessons with the rubrics?
Thank you for your time and attention today. You have Share the link to the Introduction course online and show
been wonderful, and I have loved learning from you. participants where the quiz is located.