Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society

An EducAtor’s GuidE to thE Four cs
Classroom Resources
Project Based Learning (PBL) Starter Kit: 21st
Century Skills Rubrics
The Collaboration Rubric can be used to
assess how well a student works as a member
of a team during a project. It is designed
to assess individual performance, not the
group as a whole. The Presentation Rubric
guides assessment of an individual or a team
presentation to an audience, which may be
accompanied by the use of media or visual
aides.
http://www.bie.org/images/uploads/useful_stuff/
PBL_St_Kit_rubrics.pdf
Using Groups Effectively: 10 Principles
A useful list of ten principles for teaching
collaboration effectively in classrooms. Answers
questions such as: When are groups effective
as means of learning? What tasks are better
accomplished collaboratively than individually?
How do you structure groups for optimal
effectiveness and results?
http://eduratireview.com/2011/01/using-groupseffectively-10-principles/
Creating Online Professional Learning
Communities and How to Translate Practices
to the Virtual Classroom
A beneficial “best practices” list that explains
the role of professional learning communities in
schools, who joins them, and what they do.
http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section
=articles&article=122-1
Collaboration
P r e P a r i n g 2 1 s t C e n t u r y s t u d e n t s f o r a g l o b a l s o C i e t y
Meta Collab
A discussion of Wikiversity, other collaboration
efforts—the wiki on collaboration.
http://collaboration.wikia.com/wiki/
Category:Education
NoodleTools: Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit
Very helpful Q&A for teachers that provides
links to various documents and suggestions on
collaboration.
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/consult/
collab/
Department of Education—Teacher’s Guide to
International Collaboration on the Internet
A list of resources for cross-cultural interaction
and project work compiled by the Department
of Education.
http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tech/
international/guide_pg2.html
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