21st+Content+~+Math+3-16

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**Session**: March 16, 2010

for Session 8:
In this class session, class participants will share lesson ideas in the content area of math and reflect on where the activities fit in the ICT literacy map for 21st Century skills. (as defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills."

Quote for the Session:
"The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple." ~ Albert Einstein

e-Hint Article on 21st Century Skills & Content:

 * [|21stCenturySkills_CurricLeadershipInstitute.pdf]
 * Read the Article above
 * **Twitter:**
 * Set-up a Twitter Account and your first post will be a "Tweet" reaction to this article
 * Your second tweet will be to share something from your reaction reading for this week (it could be a link to your article, TED Video, etc.)
 * **Follow the other individuals in this class** in addition to:
 * Google Tips: (A Nebraska Educator sharing insight on Google): @http://twitter.com/GoogleTips
 * Angela Maiers: An Iowa Educator & Presenter who offers great tips: @http://twitter.com/AngelaMaiers
 * An ESU#4 Professional Developer who frequently shares great web sites: @http://twitter.com/SuzanneWhisler
 * David Warlick: National speaker in the area of technology & education: @http://twitter.com/dwarlick


 * Links Used: ** [[image:21st.jpg align="right"]]
 * Partnership for 21st Century Skills
 * **NDE Math Standards:** @http://www.nde.state.ne.us/math/index.html
 * **Beauty of Numbers SlideShow**: [|1-Beauty of Numbers-pk09.pps]
 * **Shopping Mall Math at Illuminations:** @http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L265

Activities for Objective:

 * **Reading/Reflection Sharing:** Via Twitter (see above)
 * **ICT Literacy Map & Shopping Mall Math at Illuminations:** Link to ICT Literacy Map
 * **PowerPoint Flash Cards for i-Pods:** Create a set of PowerPoint Flash Cards
 * Handout: [|Ipod flash cards.pdf]
 * Template in PowerPoint: [|PPT-Template.ppt]
 * Samples: [|Math Facts Nines.ppt] ~ [|Angles Presentation Example.ppt>> >>]
 * **Lesson and Idea Sharing: (each class member will share the following)**
 * Delicious Web Sites (3-5 in Delicious)
 * Their Wikispace page for Math
 * Technology Tools Used
 * Objective of the Lesson/idea
 * Overview of materials needed
 * Links shared on your Wikispace
 * Lesson Idea share
 * 21st Century Skill Addressed

Assignment for March 23rd: (Science Focus Content Area)[[image:Einstein.jpg align="right"]]

 * **Delicious Web Sites:** as you complete your work, add 3-5 bookmarks to Delicious (EDUC699 tag)
 * **Complete a Page to Your Wikispace for the Science Area**
 * **Revisit tools you could use:** (from previous weeks--Google Docs, spreadsheet or forms, smart searching, Bit Strips, Wikispaces, content area links, etc.) and use those that are helpful to the content area
 * **Include Class/Topic Date**
 * **Objective of your share:** student objective for the activity you share
 * **Materials needed**
 * **Include 3 links or resources used** (although you can add more if you would like)
 * **Short 3-5 sentence summary/overview of** your share on the focus area. Include enough information so that a person who was not in class would know what you presented.
 * **21st Century Skill Addressed:** Use your framework provided the first night or the 21st Century Partnership site
 * (this page should look like a short lesson plan if that helps)