Glassmeyer+Final+Project

=My Beliefs about Learning in the 21st Century Classroom:= Learning in the 21st Century Classroom is different today then when we were in school or our students' parents were in school. It is not just child centered, but child driven. Learning today involves student engagement which consists of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. It is not where the teacher stands in front of the room and lectures for 45 minutes but rather a teacher uses formative assessment to find out where her students are and designs lessons to mover her stucents forward in their learning endeavors.

If we look at 21st Learning and the 21st Century classroom, we must look at all of the components of what makes up the classroom; that's where the "Maifesto" comes into play. The "Manifesto" is a document that highlights the individual columns and there can be change in one area that affects the other parts within the the column, but it also will have affects across the rest of the columns.

My final artifact hits the redefinition stage of technology use. The students will record what they are reading on a google doc in Edmodo (substitution stage). Then the students will write about one of their books and tell what they read about. Then the students will sometime throughout the week respond to 2 other students' responses with a question or thought about what was written down. The students will be able to access Edmodo at home or in class sometime during the week. This assignment addresses the manifesto on many accounts. On the manifesto under the teacher column it addresses: technology, curriculum, instructional strategies, norms and routines. On the manifesto under the learning environment column, it addresses: social responsibility, flexibility, rigor, being connected, empowering,and being innovative. Under the column of what students need, it addresses: collaborative, strong communicators, critical thinkers, and information, media, and technology literate. It's like a ripple affect of how making several changes of the traditional weekly reading log can be transformed into 21st Century learning.

=**Artifact **= =**#1 **= Students will complete a Homework Environment poll on Edmodo. =**Artifact **= =**#2 **Below is a snippet from a Google Drive form which is a parent survey that I will email prior to the school year starting. In previous years I would send home a paper copy for parents to complete and return. Now parents will be able to electronically get and receive the survey. =



=Artifacts= =#3 Weekly Reading Collaboration=



In my final reflection I believe this will positively effect my students and really engage them as 21st Century learners.