This assignment re- introduces you to the framework of 21st century skills that you will consider each week as you work to redesign prior coursework for your ePortfolio. Note that a similar format is followed for each of the assignments in this course. You will upload this assignment to the course for evaluation and to your ePortfolio.

Specifically, after reviewing the

Framework for 21st Century Learning

, you will redesign or modify a prior assignment from one of your courses in the master’s program that represents your mastery of your programs learning outcomes (MAED or

MASE

). An assignment you may want to redesign could be in the form of a lesson plan or teaching unit you previously created for a course. Your redesign of the assignment must show a representation of 21st century learning through incorporation of student outcomes and support systems, which are defined as follows:

• Student Outcomes: Learning and Innovations Skills (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity), Core Subjects 3Rs and 21st Century Themes, Information, Media, and Technology Skills, Life and Career Skills.
• Support Systems: Standards and assessments, curriculum and instruction, professional development, learning environments.

When selecting an assignment to redesign, think about how the assignment should consider the diverse strengths, differences, cultures, and communities of students while offering a safe, collaborative, engaging, and inclusive learning environment. If you do not have previous work to use for this assignment, please contact your instructor for guidelines on how to proceed. As needed, refer to your program learning outcomes (PLOs) list (MAED, or MASE).

NOTE* Before you select the PLO’s you will highlight in this assignment, be sure to read the

final assignment

for this course to ensure that you will cover each of your programs PLOs adequately.

In your paper,

Create your assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations noted below.

Content Expectations

The Redesign expectations explain what you are required to do with the prior coursework you choose to redesign. The Summary expectations are for the separate written portion of this assignment.

• Redesign – Outcomes (2 Points): Redesign of the lesson plan or teaching unit includes at least one component of the following 21st Century Student Outcomes: Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes, Learning and Innovation Skills, Information, Media, and Technology Skills, and Life and Career Skills.
• Redesign – Support Systems (1 Point): Redesign of the lesson plan or teaching unit includes at least one component of the following 21st Century Support Systems: 21st Century Standards, Assessment for 21st Century Skills, 21st Century Curriculum and Instruction, and 21st Century Learning Environments.
• Summary – Introduction/Conclusion (1 Point): A one paragraph introduction to the summary that concisely presents the scope and organization of the summary writing, as well as a one paragraph conclusion that recaps your summary’s key points.
• Summary – Modification (1 Point): For each revision, summarize in a paragraph how you revised the activity to address the components of 21st Century Student Outcomes and 21st Century Support systems. Explicitly state how your redesign assignment provides evidence of mastery of at least two PLO’s from your master’s program. .
• Summary – Reflection (1 Point): In one page, reflect on your experience with the redesign in terms of challenges you encountered and how you overcame those challenges, including any difficulties experienced in revising to address the components of 21st Century Student Outcomes and 21st Century Support systems.

Lesson Plan Template

Content Area or Developmental Focus: All About Me (Self-Portrait)/ Social-Emotional

Age/Grade of Children: 12 months to 3 years old (Early Head Start)

Length of Lesson: 30 – 45 minutes

Goal

Recognize themselves as artists
Demonstrate a growing ability to care for themselves, their personal belongings, and to meet their own needs.

Objective

The child will use creativity to increase understanding and learning by creating a self- portrait.

Standards Included

Mississippi Early Learning Standards for Infants Through Four- Year – Old Children.
1. Make discoveries about self, others and the environment.
2. Find new things to do with familiar, everyday objects.
3. Shows delight in creating something new.

Materials

Various colors of people shaped poster board
Small hand mirrors
Crayons / Markers
Various colors of yarn (Hair)
Various colors of eyes
Glue

Introduction

The educator will tell the children that today we will be creating a self- portrait. The educator will communicate about portraits and why artists like to create them.

Lesson Development

The lesson will allow the children to understand similarities and differences between themselves and peers.
(For example: color of skin, eyes, and hair.)

Differentiation

Support: The child may need support with choosing the right color of people shape poster, eyes, yarn, crayon, or marker for the color of their image.

Enrichment: The educator will encourage the child to add 1 or more of their favorite things, such as ear rings.

Assessment
(Practice/ Checking for
Understanding)

The educator will observe the children work to see what they have created. To see have they added any favorite things. Ask open-ending questions about their self- portrait.

Closing

The educator will ask the children to place their portraits in the basket. Allow the children to hang their portrait up around the class so it can be view by others. Ask the children open-ended questions about their portrait.