Design 21 website

Skill Progression Chart

Core 21st Century Skills

• Strategic Reading

• Problem Solving

• Research

• Collaboration

• Technology

• Oral Communication

• Written Communication

Technology

Effective use of technology means the student will: Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS,  etc.), communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a knowledge economy Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues (Digital Literacy)  surrounding the access and use of information technologies Adapted from Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Route 21

WHS Technology Rubric

Sample Rubrics

• PowerPoint project rubric

 

Project and Lesson Plan Ideas:
PowerPoint Project - World War II	Public Service Announcment Video Project- Cardiovascular Disease Project Rubric	Creating a Webquest Assignment - Medical Myths
Interactive Poster - Digestive System Disease	How to Make Animation or Movies with Microsoft PowerPoint: Mitosis-Meiosis Project Rubric	Sample Lesson Plan 6

 

Helpful Web 2.0 Tools
	With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.
	Online thinking tools from Intel Online thinking tools are active learning places where students can engage in robust discussions, analyze complex information, pursue investigations, and solve problems. Visual Ranking Identify and refine criteria for assigning a ranking to a list. Then debate differences, reach consensus, and organize ideas. Seeing Reason Investigate relationships in complex systems, and create maps that communicate understanding. Showing Evidence Construct well-reasoned arguments supported by evidence, using a visual framework.
	Work together with Flowchart You can collaborate with your colleagues in real-time. All collaborating parties can chat and design a flowchart at the same time. Flowchart.com does not require any software download, it works with your favorite browser such as: Fire Fox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, Google Chrome. Flowchart.com works on any Operating System.
	Say it With Video Narrate your pictures with text to tell a story. Send a message to a loved one. Create event invitations. Unlimited potential.

We are eagerly looking for your materials to add to this collection.  Please submit lessons and resources to the Design 21 Leadership Team by emailing them to justin.galusha@weymouthschools.org.