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> **Content Element Title (Full)** >>> = Podcasts for Curriculum Policy Makers = >>> == Thinking Strategically About the Socio-Technology Trends That Change Everything in Learning & Teaching ==

> **Tab Title (Short)** >>> Curriculum21 Podcast Series

> **Community Type** >>> >>> Community of Interest (CoI)

> **Participant Profile Information** >>> Name >>> eMail >>> Professional affiliation / title >>> City / State / Country

> **Abstract** >>> This podcast series is designed as a companion resource to the book //**Curriculum21: Essential Education for a Changing World**//, edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and published by ASCD (2010). In this podcast series, contributing author Steve Wilmarth discusses the 5 major socio-technology trends that are changing everything in learning and teaching at the dawn of the 21st century. These trends transcend local institutions and programs, and go to the core of what it will mean to be educated in the emerging global economy and society. As Thomas Friedman's "flat world" paradigm has been a theme around which leaders in business and politics have begun rethinking missions and strategies, the "5 socio-technology trends that change everything" outlined in //**Curriculum21**// will need to be considered as a context for strategic planning and holistic thinking for educators seeking to transform curriculum to meet the needs of this generation of learners. >>> >>> The series consists of 7 podcasts, each lasting approximately 20 minutes, and designed to be portable for easy listening and playing, on an MP3 player or a computer at home or work...

> **Full Description** >>> This podcast series is designed as a companion resource to the book //**Curriculum21: Essential Education for a Changing World**//, edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and published by ASCD (2010). In this podcast series, contributing author Steve Wilmarth discusses the 5 major socio-technology trends that are changing everything in learning and teaching at the dawn of the 21st century. These trends transcend local institutions and programs, and go to the core of what it will mean to be educated in the emerging global economy and society. As Thomas Friedman's "flat world" paradigm has been a theme around which leaders in business and politics have begun rethinking missions and strategies, the "5 socio-technology trends that change everything" outlined in //**Curriculum21**// will need to be considered as a context for strategic planning and holistic thinking for educators seeking to transform curriculum to meet the needs of this generation of learners. >>> >>> The series consists of 7 podcasts, each lasting approximately 20 minutes, and designed to be portable for easy listening and playing, downloadable to an MP3 player or to a computer at home or work. The series headings are as follows: >>>> * **Introduction** - Why do the 5 socio-technology trends change everything and how do they contextualize the strategic planning process >>>> * **Social Production** - What it means in education when students stop being content consumers and start being content creators >>>> * **Social Networking** - Why networking and network effects are the most important learning paradigm in education today >>>> * **New Modalities of Search & Discovery** - How new models of search and discovery will forever change our notion of knowledge >>>> * **New Media Grids** - Why immersive multi-media and simulated environments make just-in-time learning the wave of the future >>>> * **Non-Linear Learning** - What science, specifically neuroscience and biology, informs us about the future of learning and teaching and why we need to pay attention >>>> * **Prologue** - A practical guide for curriculum leaders to develop a holistic mission and strategic planning process for curriculum transformation around the 5 socio-technology trends that change everything in learning and teaching

> **Resources** >>> Audio/Podcast (in production)

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>>> **Blog** - Standard component on the social learning page. Blogging will allow me to provide updates and new information to community participants as time goes along.

>>> **Community bookmarks** - Standard component on the social learning page. Makes the resource an easy reference item for community participants.

>>> **Newsfeeds** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community participants to opt in to updates as a news feed.

>>> **Chatrooms** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community participants to engage in real time discussions and dialogues.

>>> **Social Media Messaging (Twitter, Facebook, Ning, eMail, IM, etc.)** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community information to be pushed out to the participant community through social media.

>>> **Polls** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows for follow-up feedback from the community participants.

> **Content Element Title (Full)** >>> = Course Template = >>> == Cross-Disciplinary; News Journalism for high school students == Top of page > > **Tab Title (Short)** >>> Course Templates

> **Community Type** >>> >>> Community of Practice (CoP)

> **Participant Profile Information** >>> Name >>> eMail >>> Professional affiliation / title >>> City / State / Country

> **Abstract** >>> This resource is a course template that high school teachers and curriculum developers can use to create a cross-disciplinary project or program that seeks to help students build skills in journalism, specifically news journalism, by creating and managing a school newspaper that objectively reports on local events and news. This course template offers resources that can be organized into a highly professional product that puts students and guiding teachers in the role of running a news room operation for the benefit of the local community. All aspects of a working, online "newspaper" are developed into a hands-on real-life experience. This course is intended to provide a project-based collaborative learning experience that meets a wide range of state standards, assessments, and content requirements.

> **Full Description** >>> //**All The News That's Fit to Know!**// >>> >>> This unit will introduce high school students to the world of online news journalism, including the research process and the basic structure of article editing, writing, multimedia production, and online presentation of a community news site and resource. This project-based, hands-on, real-life experience may also motivate aspiring young journalists to seek more intensive courses of study in 21st century journalism, and explore the issues that confront news gathering, editing, and production in the digital age. Students will learn how writing, editing, and production can act as powerful tools for informing citizens of the community (local and global) about the most relevant news items affecting their lives and why effective news journalism in the digital era is essential to creating and preserving open, progressive societies that must address the challenges facing citizens around the world. Students who participate in this project will be inspired to start a class or school newspaper that focuses on issues that matter to the community, both locally and around the world.

>>> **Disciplines** >>>> Language Arts >>>> Social Studies

>>> **Educational Level(s)** >>>> Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-18

>>> **Instructional Component Type:** >>> Curriculum: Unit >>> >>> **Key Words:** >>> journalism citizenship writing editing news >>> >>> **Language:** >>> English

> **Resources** >>> How-to guide for setting up a school newspaper: >>>> http://www.ehow.com/how_5105878_create-high-school-newspaper-online.html >>> >>> Online school newspaper hosting services: >>>> YourStudentNews (Fee-based hosting service starting at $144 per year) >>>> School Newspapers Online (Fee-based hosting service starting at $600 set-up and first year, $200 renewable annual fee) >>>> Create your own website of your school server using [|Microsoft Publisher] or Apple Pages >>> >>> YouTube Direct - This brief video explains how YouTube Direct can engage citizen reporters in the community, to create a mediated platform for news gathering. >>> media type="youtube" key="tgGxi3hiOnY" height="344" width="425"

>>> Here's a link to the YouTube Direct API page. YouTube APIs enable you to customize and display YouTube videos on your site. Now with YouTube Direct, you can add more interactivity to your site by soliciting video submission from your site visitors. This simple tool allows you to tap directly into the vast YouTube community to engage with your site, and it allows you to filter that activity in a private moderation console.

> **Widgets**

>>> **Blog** - Standard component on the social learning page. Blogging will allow me to provide updates and new information to community participants as time goes along.

>>> **Community bookmarks** - Standard component on the social learning page. Makes the resource an easy reference item for community participants.

>>> **Newsfeeds** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community participants to opt in to updates as a news feed.

>>> **Chatrooms** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community participants to engage in real time discussions and dialogues.

>>> **Social Media Messaging (Twitter, Facebook, Ning, eMail, IM, etc.)** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community information to be pushed out to the participant community through social media.

>>> **Polls** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows for follow-up feedback from the community participants.

> **Content Element Title (Full)** >>> = Social Learning Communities = >>> == Strategies for classrooms, schools, and districts to build communities that learn == Top of page > > **Tab Title (Short)** >>> Social Learning

> **Community Type** >>> >>> Community of Interest (CoI)

> **Participant Profile Information** >>> Name >>> eMail >>> Professional affiliation / title >>> City / State / Country

> **Abstract** >>> This resource is a course template that high school teachers and curriculum developers can use to create a cross-disciplinary project or program that seeks to help students build skills in journalism, specifically news journalism, by creating and managing a school newspaper that objectively reports on local events and news. This course template offers resources that can be organized into a highly professional product that puts students and guiding teachers in the role of running a news room operation for the benefit of the local community. All aspects of a working, online "newspaper" are developed into a hands-on real-life experience. This course is intended to provide a project-based collaborative learning experience that meets a wide range of state standards, assessments, and content requirements.

> **Full Description** >>> //**All The News That's Fit to Know!**// >>> >>> This unit will introduce high school students to the world of online news journalism, including the research process and the basic structure of article editing, writing, multimedia production, and online presentation of a community news site and resource. This project-based, hands-on, real-life experience may also motivate aspiring young journalists to seek more intensive courses of study in 21st century journalism, and explore the issues that confront news gathering, editing, and production in the digital age. Students will learn how writing, editing, and production can act as powerful tools for informing citizens of the community (local and global) about the most relevant news items affecting their lives and why effective news journalism in the digital era is essential to creating and preserving open, progressive societies that must address the challenges facing citizens around the world. Students who participate in this project will be inspired to start a class or school newspaper that focuses on issues that matter to the community, both locally and around the world.

>>> **Disciplines** >>>> Language Arts >>>> Social Studies

>>> **Educational Level(s)** >>>> Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-18

>>> **Instructional Component Type:** >>> Curriculum: Unit >>> >>> **Key Words:** >>> journalism citizenship writing editing news >>> >>> **Language:** >>> English

> **Resources** >>> H.

> **Widgets**

>>> **Blog** - Standard component on the social learning page. Blogging will allow me to provide updates and new information to community participants as time goes along.

>>> **Community bookmarks** - Standard component on the social learning page. Makes the resource an easy reference item for community participants.

>>> **Newsfeeds** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community participants to opt in to updates as a news feed.

>>> **Chatrooms** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community participants to engage in real time discussions and dialogues.

>>> **Social Media Messaging (Twitter, Facebook, Ning, eMail, IM, etc.)** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows community information to be pushed out to the participant community through social media.

>>> **Polls** - Standard component on the social learning page. Allows for follow-up feedback from the community participants.