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3.1.1 - What Is the Role of the Teacher in a 21st Century Classroom?
1/36 - View Multimedia Segment—Unit Overview
 * __SLIDE - DIRECTIONS__**

2/36 - View the [|Rationale for 21st Century Change K-L-D Chart] Fill in the "K" column recording what you know about the topic. Save the chart for later use.

The topic is: //"What is the role of the teacher in the 21st century classroom?"//

3/36 - View Multimedia Segment about the "old" role of the teacher.

4/36 - View Multimedia Segment about the role of the teacher in the 21st Century.

5/36 - Click **Print** to view and read article (**in blue binder**) titled "[|Characteristics of a 21st Century Classroom]."

6/36 - 21/36 - View Multimedia Segments on the Range of Instructional Practice:



22/36 - Click **Print** to view the [|"Range of Instructional Practice" Graphic].

23/36 - Click **Print** to view the [|"Instructional Practice Analysis Tool"]. Complete the Complete Course Activity "Instructional Practice Analysis" by filling in the Instructional Practice Analysis Tool. Answer questions 4 & 5
 * This is in your BLUE BINDER**

Summarize your answers in your **Learning Log**. To open your learning log, follow these steps:

Label Your Learning Log Entry "Instructional Practice Analysis."

24/36 - Complete Course Activity—Personal Change You will be asked to share your answers to these questions with a department chair or an administrator. To save time, it is OK to discuss your answers to these questions with anyone (perhaps at prep time).

Summarize your answers in your **Learning Log**, following the same steps as above. Label Your Learning Log Entry "Personal Change."

3.1.2 - What Knowledge and Skills Are Needed by the Teacher to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Students?
25/36 - 26/36 - View Multimedia Segment
 * __SLIDE - DIRECTIONS__**

27/36 - Click **Print** to view and read article (**in blue binder**) titled "[|Elements of Differentiation]."

Click **Print** to view and read article (**in blue binder**) titled "[|Defining Inquiry-Based Learning]."

Click **Print** to view and read article (**in blue binder**) titled "[|Defining Project Learning]."

28/36 - Complete Course Activity—Skill Application Reflection

Fill in the "L" and "D" columns of "The 21st Century Teacher K-L-D Chart" you printed at the beginning of the unit.

29/36 - Complete Prediscussion Activity—Successes and Challenges

30/36 - Open The Course Discussion by clicking on the drop-down menu:

Click on "Discussion."

Post your entry in the discussion board labeled, "Successes and Challenges."


 * 3.1.3 - What Are the Perceived Obstacles to 21st Century Teaching?**

32/36 - View Multimedia Segment of testimonials from teachers who have "made the transition."
 * __SLIDE - DIRECTIONS__**

33/36 - Complete Prediscussion Activity—Current State of Readiness

34/36 - Open The Course Discussion by clicking on the drop-down menu, click on "Discussion," and summarize your responses in the course discussion entitled, "The Current State of Readiness."

35/36 - Participate in Unit 3 Sync Point Discussion. (initial post and subsequent reply to another learner)

Please post your responses online by opening the Sync-point discussion for Unit 3 and replying to the topic (if you are the first one to post, you will need to click "start new topic").

36/36 - **Take the Quiz**

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=Unit 2 Course Work=

Unit Overview
This Unit is broken into three sections of slides. There are 28 slides in the first section, 10 slides in the second section and 1 slide in the third section.

Number of K-L-D Charts: 1 Number of Articles You Will Read: 6 Number of Learning Logs You Will Write/Post: 2 Number of Discussion Posts: 3 Number of Sync-Point Discussions: 1 Number of Quizzes: 1 with an essay question

=Section 1=

//Slide 1 of 28//
Introduction slide for the unit. You are asked to click a //Print// button. You may need to do this to be able to advance the slide. Just close the window that opens after you click the print button. This slide does not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 2 of 28//
The slide says "Refer to your Learning Guide (pink section of your binder) for the activity and more instructions." This is a little misleading because it is not clearly marked when you get there. The Course Activity described on this slide is completing a K-L-D chart (Know-Learn-Do). This is the first K-L-D chart in the course. These charts are not collected at the culmination of the course. They are meant to guide your reflection and discovery process as you progress through the course. If you notice there are two //Print// buttons on this slide. The //Print// button on the left brings up a K-L-D chart in a new window. It is a good idea to actually print it. Also, there is a copy of it in your course binder, in the beige section. The //Print// button on the right brings up an explanation of what a K-L-D chart is. It is worth reading before you close it. You do not need to print it from the window that opens. Complete the K column of the K-L-D chart using the following topic.

"How Do 21st Century Students Communicate?"


 * After you complete the K column, return to the online course.**

//Slides 3-8 of 28//
This is a slide presenting some information about how kids socialize and collaborate in the digital age in technology. It has good information about how technology is forming culture. These 6 slides do not call you to complete any tasks in writing or online.

//Slide 9 of 28//
This slide describes the breakdown of a series of activities that will come after it. This slide does not direct you to create any handwritten or online content.

//Slide 10 of 28//
This slide directs you to read an article entitled [|The Interconnected Nature of the 21st Century World]. When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your course binder. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide

//Slide 11 of 28//
This slide directs you to complete an activity in which you will analyze your personal use of technology. In the beige section of the binder,turn to where it says //Course Activity: Personal Use of Technology//. Follow the instructions and complete the survey.

//Slide 12 of 28//
This slide directs you to create a Student Focus Group and to administer a survey about their use of technology. As it says, refer to your learning guide for the activity and more instructions. This means to go to the bottom of the page to where it says //Job-Embedded Activity: Student Focus Group Protocol//. You will need to pick six students according to the stipulations for this section. On the next slide you are instructed to give them a survey.

//Slide 13 of 28//
This slide directs you to print the [|rubric] for what will be your first //Learning Log Entry//. You can click the //Print// button and close the window that opens or actually print the document if you want a copy of it. The Learning Log is a place where journal entries are kept that only you and the facilitator of your group see. They are done online. You must be logged into your Embedded Learning Account to complete them. As mentioned above, this slide directs you to administer a survey to the six student in your focus group. Therefore, you will need six copies of the survey I've attached to the top of this page. You can print them or you can save the document and email them to the students taking the survey. If you want to email the document, give it a right click and choose //Save Target As// and attach it to an email to the student(s)//.// The advantage of doing this is that they can email it back to you and save time.

After you get the surveys back from your focus group, refer to the corresponding pages of your Learning Guide (pink section) and answer the questions there. The answers you give to these questions will be used to synthesize your //Learning Log// entry. If you feel confident in your ability to synthesize an entry without answering the questions on the "hard copy" pages in writing, feel free to do so. They are at least worth reading.

To write your //Learning Log// entry do the following. Make sure you are logged into your Embedded Learning Account and then... and then...

and then click the Add **button.

Start the first line of the Body box with the words** Student Use of Technology**.and then hit enter once or twice. This will give your //Learning// //Log// entry a title. Sometimes it is good to open up Microsoft Word, work there and then paste what you want in the body. This does not only help you spell check BUT if you accidentally navigate away from the page that has the body box on it before you hit Save, you will lose your changes and need to start over. **

//Slide 14 of 28//
You are directed back to the middle of page 14 (in your pink Learning Guide) where it says, Pre-Discussion Activity: Technology Reflection**. Address the Venn Diagram and answer the questions that follow, stopping at the bottom of page 16. Keep in mind that nobody sees these answers. They are meant to help you organize your thinking so that you can ready yourself for the online dicussion. You are then asked to fill out the L and D columns of the K-L-D chart for this section, then return to the online course to do the online discussion.**

//Slide 15 of 28//
You are directed to participate in an online discussion on the message board for this course. To access the discussion board from the course window...

Then click the Discussion **link.



When the message board appears, click the link for the discussion entitled,** Technology Reflection**. While here, post a summary of your thoughts that you collected from your notes on pages 14-16 of your green folder. You are aslo encouraged to respond to what other people have posted there as well. Again, working in Microsoft Word and pasting your post in the body box here is a good idea.**

//Slides 16-18 of 28//
These slides give some commentary on brain development and technology. They do not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 19 of 28//
You are asked to read an article entitled, [|Do They Really Think Differently?]. When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your course binder. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 20 of 28//
You are directed to the section in your Learning Guide where it says //Pre-Discussion Activity: Student Thinking Patterns//. Answer the questions there that continue onto the middle of page 18. These will serve as notes for a discussion post that you are directed to on the next slide.

//Slide 21 of 28//
You are directed to participate in an online discussion on the message board for this course. To access the discussion board from the couse window...

Then click the Discussion **link.



When the message board appears, click the link for the discussion entitled,** Student Thinking Patterns**. While here post a summary of your thoughts that you collected from your notes. You are also encouraged to respond to what other people have posted there. Again, working in Microsoft Word and pasting your post in the body here is a good idea.**

//Slides 22-24 of 28//
These slides demonstrate how kids today communicate through tehcnology outside of school and then unplug when they come to school to get non-tch rich instruction. These slides do not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 25 of 28//
You are directed to read two articles on this slide. The first is called [|Engage Me or Enrage Me], The second is called, [|Engaged Students, Engaged Adults]. When the //Print// buttons appears, click them one at a time. A window will open containing each article. You can read them on the screen, print them out or refer to the copy of them in your blue binder respectively. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 26 to 28//
This slide directs you to where it says Prediscussion Activity: Student Engagement**. Fill out the charts and answer the questions that continue until you get to a //Print// button. It links to a document called [|Learning Indicators for Engagement] that can also be found in your blue binder. You may need to click the //Print// button and close the window that opens in order to advance to the next slide. You are to use these indicators to develop some interview questions for the focus group you created. Return to the online course. **

//Slide 27 or 28//
This slide directs you to participate in an online discussion. To access the discussion board...



Then click the Discussion **link.



When the Discussion Board comes up, select the link that takes you to the discussion for** Student Engagement**. Join in an appropriate discussion.**

//Slide 28 of 28//
This slide communicates your are done the first part of Unit 2.

=Section 2=

//Slides 1-2 of 10//
These slides talk about technology in the changing workplace. This slide does not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 3 of 10//
You are asked to read an article entitled [|Technology, Education, and Workplace: What Is the Link?]. When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your blue binder. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 4 of 10//
This slide directs you to your Learning Guide to where it says Section 2.2: The 21st Century Workplace. Answer the questions and continue. These answers will serve as notes for you to do a //Learning Log// entry. To access the Learning Log...

and then...

You need to click the Add **button. Start the first line of the Body box with the words** Classroom Organization **and then hit enter once or twice. This will give your //Learning// //Log// entry a title. Sometimes it is good to open up Microsoft Word, work there and then paste what you want in the body. This is not only help you spell check BUT if you accidentally navigate away from the page that has the body box on it before you hit Save, you will lose your changes and need to start over.

Return to the online course.**

//Slides 5-6 of 10//
This slide presents information about the workplace. These slides do not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 7 of 10//
You are asked to read an article entitled [|21st Century Workplace: Skills for Success]. When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your blue binder. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 8 of 10//
This slide directs you back to your Learning Guide. Complete the table and corresponding questions. You are asked to interview your Focus Group as part of this activity. You can make use of the "Student Survey Career Choices" document (Above) to conduct the survey similar to the survey from Section 1.

When you get the completed surveys returned to you, address questions 3a and 3b.

At the bottom of page 26 and the top of page 27 you are directed to your //Learning Log//. To access your //Learning Log//... and then... You need to click the Add **button. Start the first line of the Body box with the words** 21st Century Skills **and then hit enter once or twice. This will give your //Learning// //Log// entry a title. Sometimes it is good to open up Microsoft Word, work there and then paste what you want in the body. This is not only help you spell check BUT if you accidentally navigate away from the page that has the body box on it before you hit Save, you will lose your changes and need to start over. **

//Slide 9 of 10//
This slide directs you to participate in a Syncpoint Discussion for the unit. We will either meet in person for this, or it will be completed online. We will discuss the following: a. The disconnect between what effective instruction looked like in the 20th Century and what effective instruction should look like in the 21st Century was not established overnight. From the information presented in this unit and from your personal experience, what do you identify as the most critical reason that many schools are "stuck" in the 20th Century modality? Why do you feel that the world changed but not our schools? What is your rationale for identifying this reason as the most critical? b. What have you learned and what insights gained from this unit? c. What unanswered questions have been raised in your mind?

//Slide 10 of 10//
Says you're finished Section 2 of this unit

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This slide is a 10 question multiple choice quiz with essay. The following is the essay question. You are STRONGLY recommended to work in Microsoft Word and transwer your essay over via copy and paste. The "Teaching in the 21st Century: The Need for Change" course has been developed to establish the need and rationale for adapting instructional methodologies to better serve student needs in the 21st Century. In your own words, please summarize the argument for change presented in the unit. You must support your response with evidence from your personal experience. Describe how this transformation will help you meet your ultimate goal as an instructor and identify potential support mechanisms and obstacles. As you write be sure to include:
 * Examples of how you currently utilize technology in your instruction
 * The disconnect between the classroom and your students' personal lives and where you have success and areas for improvement
 * Your student engagement level and factors that impact this level
 * The current link between education, the workplace, and technology in your classroom and potential areas where you can help make this relationship more complimentary

_ Hello and welcome to your first year of CFF! The list below is a description of the tasks that await you as a learner in this course. Please feel free to email me any time for help as we proceed together through the course work. It is both a privilege and honor to work with all of you as we usher our students into a true classroom for the future. Please keep in mind that these tasks are always changing and that this wikispace is a work in progress.

Orientation
Sign in to your Embedded Learning account (the online course) [|here] and complete the Orientation. If you have any problems logging in, please email me.

Before you start the Orientation, keep the following points in mind:

1. The orientation is designed to teach you how the buttons and slides of the course are laid out for the purpose of navigating the course. 2. All of the information in the orientation that you need to navigate the course is included in the guides you can find in this wiki. Ex: If you miss something during the orientation, do not worry, the information is provided for you when you need it on this wiki. 3. You are asked to print some materials a few times in the orientation (around 5 or 6 times). Do not do this. Click the Print **button, but then close the print window when it appears. 4. The orientation runs in a slides format with audio. Every now and then you need to advance the slides by clicking the** Next **button. The material in this orientation is not incredibly exciting, but it needs to be completed to start the course.**

To create an account:
1. Go to [|www.embeddedlearningacademy.com/pde]. 2. Click Login **in the upper right corner.** 3. Click Create an Account **in the ‘Need to Create an Account? ‘ box.** 4. Enter your personal information **on pages 1-4. (note: fields in red are required. You will need to enter a valid email address, school district name, and PPID.) If you do not have a PPID number, click [|HERE]** 5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Accept **to agree to the Terms of Use.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Save. **(Note: You will need to validate your account within the next three logins.)**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To validate your account:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Check your email for a message from notifications@learningsciences.net <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Go to [|www.embeddedlearningacademy.com/pde]. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Login **in the upper right corner.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enter your username and password **in the spaces provided.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Login. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enter the validation code **provided in the email from notifications@learningsciences.net** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Continue**.**
 * (Note: Depending on system settings, this email may end up in a spam or junk folder. Please check your email folders carefully for this message.)**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To obtain your account validation code:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Go to [|www.embeddedlearningacademy.com/pde]. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Login **in the upper right corner.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enter your username and password **in the spaces provided.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Login**.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Resend Welcome Message. **(Again, check your email folders)**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To log into the LMS:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Go to [|www.embeddedlearningacademy.com/pde]. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Login **in the upper right corner.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enter username and password **in the spaces provided.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Login.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To access a course:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Log in using your username and password. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Learn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click View **in the Enrolled Courses table.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Launch Course **in the Course Action section.**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To access the learner console:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Log in using your username and password**.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Learn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click View **in the Enrolled Courses table.**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To indicate that your coursework is complete:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Log in using your username and password**.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Learn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click View **in the Enrolled Courses table.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Launch Course **in the Course Actions section.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Complete all course work**.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click Finish** on the final screen of the course.