Welcome to Rigor + Relevance+Web.20 =Results or Can you see your way to Quadrant D? BJ Bagwell, Ph.D Susan Milligan

What does this mean to us? “We’ve been doing it this way for so long we know it‘s right.”

6Evaluation 5Synthesis 4Analysis 3Application 2 Comprehension 1Knowledge Knowledge in one discipline Apply Knowledge in one discipline Apply across disciplines Apply to real-world predictable Apply to real- world unpredictable 6Create 5Evaluate 4Analyze 3Apply 2Understand 1Remember

Chocolate Tasting Link to the form in Edmodo to record the taste test

Relevance Connect their learning to the context of their world – What are we learning today? – Why are we learning it? – How can I use what I learn to make a difference?

Chocolate Knowledge and Remembering Comprehension and Understanding Chocolate Quadrant A

RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE What would it look like? StudentThinks Teacher Works Student Works Works Student Thinks and Works High Low High

Rigor is not: Rigor is not about severity or hardship. Rigor is not about back-to-basics. Rigor is not about higher-order thinking. Rigor is neither a conservative nor a liberal agenda Finally—and most important—rigor is not a measure of the quantity, but quality of content.

Bloom is Back Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

Data Analysis

RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE What would it look like? StudentThinks Teacher Works Student Works Works Student Thinks and Works High Low High

Web 2.0 Tools Blog Ning Facebook Web-based HTML Social Bookmarking Wikipedia Wordle Wiki Google Doc LMS MUVE

The C’s Collaboration Communication Connection Creativity Contribution Critical Thinking Conversation

Collaboration is not a 21 st Century Skill it is a 21 st Century Essential Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy It is not about the “stuff”. It is about the collaboration.

Lunch Be Back At 1:45

On Return From Lunch Use the task card at your seat to create a free VoiceThread account Check your graded paper in Edmodo

The Machine is Us

Why Web 2.0 ? A new age of publication and collaboration. Referred to as the Read/Write Web A perceived transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites serving web applications to end users. These services may/will replace desktop computing applications. Free!! Free!! Freedom to choose appropriate tools.

RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE Who Does the Work? StudentThinks Teacher Works Student Works Works Student Thinks and Works High Low High

The Dark Side of Chocolate

Quadrant C Emotions awareness

Quadrant D Adaptation, students have the competence to think in complex ways as they apply knowledge and skills they have acquired to new and unpredictable situations. Students create solutions and take actions that further develop their skills and knowledge.

What? So What and Now What?

So..what are we teaching them? For students to become lifelong learners, problem-solvers, and decision-makers, Quadrant B and D skills are required. In effect, our students need to “know what to do when they do not know what to do.”

Three Steps