Final+Project

Collaborate, Connect, Create: Motivating the 21st Century Learner

Motivating 21st century learners can feel like a daunting task. Students have access to any information any time. Teachers are no longer simply the dispensers of an established body of esoteric information students “need to succeed.” In the Information Age, students have changed, and teaching needs to reflect the evolution of the individuals in the classroom. This paradigm shift holds the keys to motivating learners, all learners, even the unmotivated or uninterested. In 21st century classrooms, teachers manage information, facilitate the acquisition of skills, and design opportunities for students to create meaning in ways that engage their intellect, independence, and interdependence. To evidence your evolution towards this kind of teaching, you will create an **e-portfolio.**

** Objective: ** Collect the lessons, resources, tools, links, and strategies you’ve developed in a central location for easy access and ( hopefully) continued use after the class concludes.

1. Create a new wiki page. 2. Include an image – a photograph, design, clip art, cartoon that reflects something about your learning from class. 2. Link the wiki page your created for use with your class(es). 3. Link 3-5 Web 2.0 tools you have used with students. Annotated each link with a short paragraph describing the tool and the ways you used it with your students. 4. Embed your Voice Thread/podcast or 3-5 examples created your students. Annotate with the details about the ways you used this technology in your classroom. 5. Include 5 reflections from students about any of the technology projects you piloted as projects for this class. 6. Link or embed the activity your design to utilize social networks with your students. 7. Write a 2-3 paragraph reflection evaluating the engagement/motivation demonstrated by your students while involved in the work included in your e portfolio. Include new directions you’ll pursue after class concludes. Embed this reflection as the introduction to your e-portfolio wiki page ( in creative conjunction with your image of course).

** E-portfolios due on 6 January class. ** ** Be prepared to share your portfolio with the class at that time. **