Creating+Collaborative+21st+Century+classrooms

 **Essential Question ** • What are potential obstacles  • What Instructional Methods could you use to support teaching and learning in this environment?  • What existing resources in your school could you use?  • How can you build upon past professional Learning experiences?   http://cctec-pbl.wikispaces.com/  • What technologies can you use to help this situation? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Can Collaborative Teaming help this situation? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Altering Schedules <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Co-Teaching <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.31in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.31in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"> ** Possible area of Investigation: ** <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Differentiated Instruction <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Constructivist Approaches to Learning (PBL) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Creative Problem-Solving (engagement activities) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Cooperative Learning <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• 2 minute Inquiry-Based Learning exercises <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Team Building and Critical Thinking activities <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Student Centered Classroom <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Research Based Practices--Transforming Education Through Technology--Classroom Instruction that Works [|http][|://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/professional_development/strategies][|/] <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Multiple Intelligences (Gardner’s Intelligences) Professional Learning Communities <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• School-wide theme-based project <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Electric Car <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Collaborative Teaming <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Technology student centered classroom http://careerandtechnical.wikispaces.com/ <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">• Standards-based lesson plan development aligning core content areas to technical tracks (construction, automotive, etc)