Conduct a 21st Century Skills Self-Assessment and Make a Wordle

Grade Level: 5-6th grade Subject: Social Studies/21st Century Skills Prepared by: Ron Gardiner Overview and Purpose: After viewing and discussing 21st Century Learning Skills, students will conduct a self-assessment of the 21st Century Soft Skills they possess in order to set goals for themselves. Educational Standards

Provide information and technology to students where they are Promote curiosity and wonder in each student Enable students to develop excellent communication skills via presentation and dialogue Teach students how to learn by providing play lists that develop individual accountability in the process of learning Provide multi-disciplinary education to enliven educational opportunities and interests across disciplines
Objectives: (Evaluation Level) rate your current level 21st Century Soft Skills using the provided survey and create a Wordle word cloud that reflects the survey results. Materials Needed: Soft Skills Personal Survey (1 copy per student) from pages 67-68 of http://

www.leadered.com/pdf/Personal%20Skill%20Dev%20excerpt.pdf
Other Resources:

http://www.wordle.net/create
computer with Internet access, word processing, and ability to print .pdf or xps files. Drop Box account at https://www.dropbox.com/m/login?cont=https%3A//

www.dropbox.com/m YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=rvyPcwpHN8&NR=1

Prezi: 21st Century Learner Wordle Activity Fact Sheet at Wordle fact Sheet

Information:

1. Discuss and record student ideas of what it takes to be a 21st Century Learner. 2. Use Prezi at 21st Century Learnerto introduce 21st Century Skills and procedures for
completing the survey. 3. Students submit the finished Wordle along with the reflection paragraph via Dropbox.

Verification: Steps to check for student understanding

1. After students complete the survey, they use mental math to calculate their total

score.

2. Conduct a class discussion about their feelings about the survey results. 3. Students write a paragraph to reflect of what they learned from the survey.
Activity: Wordle Students use the fifteen key words/phrases from the survey to create a Wordle that reflects their results. See Wordle Activity Fact Sheet for specific directions.