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David Jakes and Ryan Bretag, Glenbrook School District, Chicago

Essential Question: What does it mean to be well-educated in the 21st century?

critical thinker, reader and writer how to ask the right questions? collaboration, global thinkers/communicators transfer of learning (cognitive transfer) socially constructed innovators and creators self motivated, own their own learning

Critical and discerning navigators of the information sphere

Al stakeholders and get everyone's insights. Six hats of thinking:

Edward Debono, way to approach a decision from five different perspectives

What does it mean to teach and learn in the 21st century.?

"Learning independent of time, space and place."

Course Management System like Moodle. (Sloodle, WizIQ, Sloodle) Frustration: kids create content but want to take it with them.

Creating a Student Learning Space that the students own>

Course Learning Space--for classroom Content Creation--for student space (Google Apps for Education) Use tags and teachers RSS the tags

Student Space idea came from students.

Balance between walled and open garden. Four years for them to grow towards being global. Freshmen: limited Sophomore: district

Knowledge Commons will span across the modules.