21st Century Learning Community Forum

How Can We Prepare Students
to Meet the Challenges of a Global Society?

Monday, March 15, 2010 • 7 PM
High School East Lecture Hall

Panelists:

• Dr. Sheldon Karnilow, Superintendent of Schools
• Mrs. Mary Rettaliata, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education
• Mr. Michael DeStio, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education
• Dr. Patrick Harrigan, Assistant Superintendent for Research, Assessment and Special Services
  
• Mrs. Corinne Carriero, Director of Instructional Technology
• Mr. Ron Labrocca, Director of Mathematics
• Mr. John O’Farrell, Director of Science

Moderator:

• Mrs. Kelly Fallon, Assistant Superintendent for Districtwide Administration

Agenda

• Welcome - Mrs. Jeanine Bottenus, Vice President Board of Education
• Opening Remarks - Dr. Sheldon Karnilow
• Video Presentation - Did You Know?
• Submission of Questions
• Remarks by the Panelists and Responses to Submitted Questions
• Closing Remarks and submission
  • Questions community members still have
  • Suggestions to consider as we move forward
  • Comments / Remarks

Additional Resources

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Website sponsorsed by a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.
• Article from T.H.E. Journal, "Learning for the 21st Century, a report from a  public-private coalition known as the Partnership for 21st Century Skills that articulates a vision of how schools can best prepare students to succeed in the first decades of the 21st century. Central to the report's recommendations is a call for schools to focus on six key elements of 21st century learning."
• STEM Resources
  • Site associated with the largest group of companies and non-profit orgs pushing the STEM agenda
  • Site connected to a group of non-profits and governmental officials pushing STEM agenda
  • Great article regarding STEM education published by the STEM
  • STEM resources for teachers and parents from PBS
• 21st-Century Skills - Article from T.H.E. Journal
  This article "notes that the technology alone is insufficient. Good pedagogy is still good pedagogy, and that means engaging students, challenging them, encouraging them, and trusting them to do well."
• 21st Century Skills in the Language Arts Classroom

Sample Work from HHH Students

• Video created by an HHH LOTE student addressing why students should study another language. The video was created for the ACTFL contest
• European History class wiki ((online collaborative work/preview space)
• Fifth grade class wiki (online collaborative work/presentation space)
• Rubber band advertisement (project from a high school Business student)
• Civil RIghts Video - created by high school Social Studies student based on a poem by his teacher
• News podcasts - elementary class weekly news podcasts
• Video-conferencing between Half Hollow Hills and a school in France