We have begun the same process and are interested in communicating
with others who have a similar focus. Several years ago we began the
work of reshaping our curriculum and instruction to focus more on
thinking than on remembering. We have also worked hard to increase
student engagement through collaborative project-based learning, and
through learning activities that connect students' thinking to
important real world problems. We have invested a lot of hard work
in this area but I think we still have substantially more 20th than
21st century teaching going on here. At any rate, please count me in
on the collaboration project idea.
Earl Oremus
Headmaster
Marburn Academy
Columbus, OH
On Aug 7, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Ally Wenzel wrote:
> Hello All -
>
> We are beginning explicit integration and assessment of 21st century
> skills in our curriculum at Stevenson. We are hoping to begin
> networking
> with other schools who are involved in this process to share
> information
> and experiences in order to help each other.
>
> Any schools that are about to begin this process, are currently
> doing it,
> or have already done it - please let us know. Perhaps we could set
> up a
> Ning community, Wiki or blog to collaborate and share while we all go
> through this process.
>
> Please contact me directly or reply to the listserv if you know of
> something already specifically setup for independent schools. We are
> tuned in with 21stcenturyskills.org, ISTE NETS and a variety of other
> organizations setup such as novemberlearning.com.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ally Wenzel
> Director of Technology
> Stevenson School
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