Instructional Design

How is 21st c instructional design different from 20th c instructional design?

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Nominate your own promising practice. Click on the Easy Edit button to add your item. Be sure to include contact information.	Describe what you're doing in your classroom, school or district to foster 21st century teaching and learning.	Add links to supporting materials. You can upload word documents, or link to a web page, wiki, video...
From Powerful Learning Practices	trace your trash- environmental science class takes tracing trash into a layer of Google earth as well as a plan for their school to reduce consumption & disposal	wikispaces description of project etc..
De Beque School District Doug Pfau, Superintendent: 970-283-5418 ; dpfau@debeque.k12.co.us	The district is part of the SMET (Standards Made Easy for Teachers) Partnership that has focused curriculum and teaching to the standards and made correlations to the state assessment practices. It is a very good resource for our teachers and has many other resources for training and professional development of our staff.	To learn more about SMET
Roaring Fork School District Judy Haptonstall: 970-384-6001 ; jhaptonstall@rfsd.k12.co.us	The district’s DECA program is acknowledged at both the state and national level as an outstanding program for providing students with the business and entrepreneurial skills to succeed in the 21st century. Writing business plans, interviewing for jobs, developing web pages, designing advertising campaigns are just a few of the opportunities junior and seniors have in this program. The entire community participates as judges in a DECA contest held in the fall of each year where students compete against others across the state for excellence in a variety of categories.	To learn more about DECA
Roaring Fork School District Judy Haptonstall: 970-384-6001 ; jhaptonstall@rfsd.k12.co.us	Working in conjunction with the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and Colorado Mountain College, Roaring Fork High School students are combining community college course work with internship experiences in businesses in the Carbondale Community. Business partners have committed to working with students to learn the business from the bottom up and to have the opportunity to work in the business on an ongoing basis after school and in the summers. Students are required to submit resumes and apply for the program and undergo interviews with the employer as well as the college and the high school. Businesses provide students with ongoing feedback concerning their understanding of all of the facets of the business. This program will soon be replicated in Glenwood Springs, another community in our district, again working in partnership with the local Chamber of Commerce and Colorado Mountain College.
RE-1 Valley School District Sterling, Colorado Ron Marostica, Assistant Superintendent: 970-522-0792 , ext. 230; marosticar@re1valleyschools.org	The district’s new “Foundation” class for all freshmen students is designed to truly prepare students for a successful high school experience. The class is taught by various high school staff, including vocational/technology instructors and counselors. It provides extended “exploration” activities in all aspects of high school from academic opportunities, career choices, and extracurricular options. Parents and students are finding this required class provides a better understanding of how to optimize the high school experience and prepare for graduation.
RE-1 Valley School District Sterling, Colorado Ron Marostica, Assistant Superintendent: 970-522-0792 , ext. 230; marosticar@re1valleyschools.org	District staff develop Preschool-Grade 12 curriculum with subject area committees under the direction of the assistant superintendent. The committees develop frameworks for each instructional area. After curriculum is developed and adopted, the committees select supporting materials and textbooks. They develop a very stringent template to send to publishers to find instructional materials that match our curriculum rather than matching the textbook. The interesting part of this process is how publishing company representatives have to prepare for our teaching staff. The staff is knowledgeable about what they need to support the adopted curriculum frameworks. The vendors have to answer the teachers’ instructional and teaching questions vs. the traditional presenting of all the “bells and whistles” of an adoption. The instructional staff are the experts!
Roaring Fork School District Judy Haptonstall: 970-384-6001 ; jhaptonstall@rfsd.k12.co.us	With advisors from the non-profit Computers for Kids (C4K), student teams work on problems or projects submitted by local businesses. They access expertise worldwide to present a solution to the business partner, doing project planning, data analysis, complex research, interviewing, problem solving, and presentation planning. Students apply skills and knowledge in authentic ways through their work. Students discover new skills and talents, and gain confidence in their abilities as problem solvers in the world of business.	To learn more about C4K
Academy School District 20 Lynn Kintz: 719-234-1316 ; lynn.kintz@asd20.org	Each year, Discovery Canyon Campus has a “Research Expo” with 6th grade students. Students are asked, “What do I want to learn that is new and challenging to me regarding earth, sea, and sky?” For Research Expo, 6th grade students develop personal guiding questions as related to this question. Students focus on the investigation process of the design cycle. Sixth graders learn to develop, evaluate, and categorize guiding and fact questions. They develop effective search strategies, evaluate print, human and electronic resources, complete note taking worksheets, and create bibliographies following MLA format. Throughout the process, students also keep learning logs that helped them to reflect on their accomplishments and problem solve their frustrations. Students are given rubrics to follow and are graded on the research process, the written paper and the presentation. Their final product is a poster board displaying three of their questions researched; their top choice question includes a hypothesis and annotated bibliography. Parents and community members are invited to the Research Expo culminating event – where students display their projects and talk about what they learned.
Roaring Fork School District Judy Haptonstall: 970-384-6001 ; jhaptonstall@rfsd.k12.co.us	Roaring Fork High School, one of 4 in the district, is transforming into an international school, emphasizing learning in a global environment and project-based learning. Infusing the curriculum with an international perspective and 21st century learning skills, the school will encourage additional exchange students to participate in the program. The school offers flexible spaces for project teams, inviting collaboration among content areas.
Academy School District 20 Lynn Kintz: 719-234-1316 ; lynn.kintz@asd20.org	The district recently brought the D20 TV production facility on line. This facility makes it possible to teach classes on video production, as well as offer opportunities for embedded video in online staff development, video production experiences for elementary and middle school students, and the creation of news magazine shows highlighting district programs and accomplishments produced by students. This program is especially well-suited for students who would like to explore this creative form of expression more fully. It can also be used to produce vodcasts for instructional use, whether student or teacher created. All aspects of video production are explored in depth, including production design, writing, on-air talent, and technical production activities.

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