Tag Archives: 21st Century Learning

Enhancing Professional Learning through Twitter Chats

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

If you have a Twitter account, you may want to participate in Twitter Chats to promote your own professional learning. The chats are free and run the full breath of educational outcomes including Common Core, Art, 21st Century Learning, Educational … Continue reading →

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Complex Text and Annotating with Technology

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Tracy Watanabe has created a post describing strategies to help students navigate complex text. The post begins with an overview of text complexity followed by resources to scaffold students to successfully working with this outcome–with suggestions for integrating technology. She … Continue reading →

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Lesson Plan: Characterization

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

In the previous post, a video of Jon Corippo is tagged describing how educators can introduce and scaffold students to the successful understanding of conflict. Further into the video, Corippo describes a process helping students with characterization. Corippo has generously … Continue reading →

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Wagner’s 21st Century Learning Skills and the CCSS

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Teach Indy has helpfully posted a professional development video that overviews the Common Core State Standards, the instructional shifts, and several PARCC performance tasks here. In addition to the aforementioned, the presenters in the video make explicit connections between Tony … Continue reading →

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