https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1 Schools that participate and engage in 21st Century learning. en-us 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC 2023-12-22 02:03:50 UTC hello@padlet.com jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908560 *The 21st century skills that are supported in Avonworth are collaboration with not only other students and teachers, but with cultural institutions and employers.  Communication is the base of the exposure students have to learning on a global scale.  
* Learning experiences reflect culturally relevant pedagogy by disconnecting the students from the traditional classroom environment and turning the classroom into a 360-degree working laboratory.  Lecture time has gone from 90% down to 40%.  
* The school promotes creativity by giving the students and teachers a chance to connect with contemporary art museums, allowing them the opportunities to create their own hands-on galleries (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). 
Tag #15]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908560 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908561 The students at Avonworth take career preparation seriously.  This school takes partnerships with cultural institutions and employers. Beginning on day one of a student's freshman year, they take surveys and career assessments that will build on their portfolios in anticipation of graduation and college admission.  All freshman also take part in mentoring programs that smooth the transition into high school by connecting the students and teachers to build a successful school community (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). 
Tag #14]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908561 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908562 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908562 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908563 Avonworth High School - Located in Pittsburgh, PA, Avonworth is a traditional public high school that consists of 460 students from grades 9-12 (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). 
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]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908563 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908564 * The 21st century skills this school posses is critical thinkers with problem-based design challenges.
*Culturally relevant pedagogy is expressed through the classrooms that are set up like design studios and the projects designated to raise awareness of other cultures. 
*Teachers at HFA know how to make learning relevant and meaningful to their students by using cost-effective materials and since these students are of low socioeconomic status, they are relative resources (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). 
Tag #12]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908564 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908565 * This school has a variety of 21st century skills such as collaborating with people outside their classroom,  communicating with other students by defining their roles, and critical thinking by reflecting on how productive they are .
*Culturally relevant pedagogy can be difficult because it is still hard for the teachers to let go and let the students solve their own problems. 
*The promotion of creativity with in this program is called STEAM Lab that is a dedicated place for students and teachers to go and do hands on experiments (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). 
Tag #9]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908565 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908566 The school has 525 students that are spread across grades K-12 composing two charter schools.  Henry Ford is a tuition free school serving 99% minority population and 86% free/reduced lunches (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). 
Tag #11]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908566 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908567 Henry Ford Academy - School for Creative Studies District - 
This school is located in the Detroit, MI school district. It is an expansion of other large city schools with the same mission in mind - to decrease dropout rates (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).
Tag #10]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908567 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908568 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908568 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908569 This school is unique in its devotion to the "Think Tank" which is a program that looks rigorously at Common Core standards and turns them into project based learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).
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This school is located in the western suburbs of Chicago.   It consists of 570 students that get to participate outside of their classroom and into their community (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). Tag #7]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908570 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908571 Now that we have a little background on what we are looking for when we say 21st century schools; here are a few exemplary options...
Tag #6]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908571 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908572 Tag #4]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908572 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908573 "It's okay to be wrong!" (Edutopia, 2016). Tag #5]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908573 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908574 Dr. Segev does an experiment on creativity (Segev, 2013). Tag #3]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908574 jnadeau5 https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908575 Tag #2]]> 2016-10-25 05:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jnadeau5/um1153qq6s1/wish/132908575