Slide show: chapter 2. Principles.

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Understanding 21st
Century Learners
Shari Beavers

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Effective Instruction
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As a classroom teacher your role is to establish learning
environments that foster the defined outcomes for your learners
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Engage your students in the learning process

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Assess Prior Knowledge
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Gather relevant information about each student’s knowledge
and skill level
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Know what knowledge your students already have

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Consider Individual Differences
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Be aware of the multiple learning needs of your students
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Different languages
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Types of technology at home
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Media experiences

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State Objectives
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The goal must be specified in order to know what should be
accomplished
Develop Metacognitive Skills
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Skills of monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting their approaches
leads
to life long learners

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Provide Social Interaction
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Learners gain experience when collaborating with others in and
beyond the classroom
Incorporate Realistic Contexts
Students benefit from understanding
how their knowledge and skills fit into
the world around them

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Offer Frequent, Timely, and
Constructive Feedback
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Learners need to know if their thinking is on track
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Feedback can come from:
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A teacher
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A tutor
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Electronic messages
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Scoring in a game
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Oneself

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Principles of Effective Technology
Utilization
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Teachers are expected to be competent in the use of
technology in their teaching
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National Education Technology Standards For Students
Guidelines:
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Creativity and innovation
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Communication and collaboration
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Research and information fluency
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Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
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Digital citizenship
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Technology operations and concepts

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Principles of Effective Media
Utilization
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Media Literacy Skills
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How to access media
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How to understand and analyze content
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How to create new media messages
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Television
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Text
Video
Guide students to use media sources that at wise, safe, and
productive

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Principles of Effective Text
Utilization
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Text is everywhere!
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Textbooks
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Fiction and nonfiction books
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Newspapers
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Booklets
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Computer screens
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Magazines
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Study guides
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Manuals
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Worksheets
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Word-processed documents

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Advantages
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Availability
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Flexible
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Portable
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User friendly
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No special navigation through them
Economical

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Disadvantages
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Reading level
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Students lacking adequate literacy skills
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Memorization
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Vocabulary
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Texts usually have a large amount of vocabulary words in a short
amount of space
Overwhelming
One-way presentation

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Integration
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Font Choice
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Background and Patterns
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Arrangement
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Check and Revise

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Summary
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As a teacher you will want to be prepared to engage your
students with technology and media to motivate them and help
them to gain the types of knowledge and skills they need to be
successful learners