10 Ways Technology Supports 21st Century Learners in Being Self-Directed
This blog post has a GREAT ideas about innovative ways to have kids demonstrate knowledge and responsibility for their learning. I particularly like:
- YouTube & iTunes Learning
- Authentic Learning Portfolios
- Empowering Students to Assess and Learn Themselves
I would like to find and use more YouTube and iTunes resources for sharing knowledge with students. I find there doesn't always seem to be enough time in the day to dedicate to finding ALL the relevant information to each of my classes--why is this? Am I simply disorganized? Is it my three very different classes to prep for? Do I not carry enough over from year to year to be able to use more of the same resources with similar lessons? Somehow I need to get better at this. I think one contributing factor might be that in the Visual Arts we are not working with a text book; instead we are working on a constantly changing landscape of planning that is dictated by what we believe students should learn and where the interests of the students rest.
I already have students create Learning Portfolios, and want to see more examples, as well as have students look at what other students are sharing in visual art portfolios, hopefully moving towards mutual commenting on each others' work.
The thought of students assessing themselves is something I work at and try to help them do by providing rubrics. Ideally they will look at them at the start of a project/lesson, aim to do their best at all criteria, and self-assess at the end. I'd like to learn about other ways to do this.