This past week I had the pleasure of hosting our very own Damon Zeller and Randi Greenspan as presenters at the Weed Rotary Club. They and two students gave a presentation about the new Geometry and Construction Program that they have developed at Weed High School. It is impressive how these teachers and students have taken on a project that is bigger that any one individual teacher, student, or community partner. This is truly a collaborative effort that takes commitment, learning, and risk to implement. Take a look at the Power Point Presentation that they put together. The last slide shows the variety of community partners involved in this project. We can all be proud of the efforts and accomplishments of our Siskiyou Union High School Staff members as they work to develop the programs and experiences that prepare students for success in the 21st century. Thank you to Randi, Damon, and your students for your outstanding work.
Reflections of the Siskiyou Union High School District presented by Superintendent: Mike Matheson
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Proud of our Teachers and Students
Do Your Own Research
The other day I was working to develop a management meeting agenda and because of some articles that I had been reading I wanted to talk about 21st century skills. What are they, how do we teach them, and how do we measure them?
So I started my research here: Google – 21st century high school learning standards
And ended up here:
http://cell.uindy.edu/NTHS/NTHSresources.php
and here
http://cell.uindy.edu/docs/NewSkillNewCentury.pdf
and here
and here
http://cell.uindy.edu/NTHS/NTHSVideo.php (watch the video)
and here
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning (wow - look at these videos)
Try it for yourself. Google 21st century learning skills and see what amazing places you end up visiting. Share them with me and others by posting what you fine here.